March 25, 2014
The Korean daily media headlines and humor
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Here are The Korea Post news, notice, and humor from Korean-language economic dailies and a roundup of important headlines from all major Korean-language dailies, TV and other news media this morning:
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Lee Kyung-sik
Publisher-Chairman
Korea Post Media
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The Korea Post news:
Ahn Cheol-soo meets ambassadors, madams
Co-Chairman Ahn Cheol-soo of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy met the ambassadors of Slovakia, Chile, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Turkey and Austria at the Protocol Office of the Gimpo Airport on March 22, 2014 arranged by Chairman Lee Kyung-sik of The Korea Post.
The ambassadors were on their way to Gwangyang to attend the 2014 Gwangyang International Apricot Culture Festival and Chairman Ahn was on his way to Busan.
When suggested by The Korea Post how Ahn wished to meet the ambassadors, he readily accepted the offer and happily met each ambassador and posed for the camera.
Ahn spoke very good English (perhaps better than any other leading political figure of Korea), and exchanged pleasantries with the ambassadors and madams. He spoke and acted, it was obvious he was very much interested in the promotion of close relations with the international community. (More photos are at the end of the Headlines.)
From left, Ambassador Dusan Bella of Slovakia, Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo, Mrs. Bella and Publisher-Chairman Lee Kyung-sik of The Korea Post.
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The Korea Post notice:
Is your National Day coming up soon? Or is the Head of State of your country visiting Korea soon?
You may have the portrait painting of your Head of State painted by a famed Korean portrait artist who has painted the portraits of President George W. Bush, President Lee Myung-bak at Cheong Wa Dae, President Park Chung-Hee, the then First Lady Park Geun-hye and various other most important persons of Korea and the world.
Please visit the following sites of The Korea Post Internet for sample paintings.
Please directly call Chairman Lee of The Korea Post at 010-5201-1740 for immediate contact with the artists.
Scroll down to the bottom for more paintings, or click:
http://koreapost.koreafree.co.kr/board/index.html?id=artgallery&no=3
http://koreapost.koreafree.co.kr/board/index.html?id=artgallery&no=11
http://koreapost.koreafree.co.kr/board/index.html?id=artgallery&no=1
▲Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (former minister of foreign affairs of the Republic
of Korea) was painted by established Korean artist Kim Dong-hyun in 2010. Ban
was the foreign minister during the liberal government of the late former President
Kim Dae-jung (Nobel Peace Prize Laureate) and so, politically, he could be classified liberal, neither conservative nor progressive. Ban is among the much-talked-about Presidential candidates of the future.
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Humor from Korean economic dailies:
Seoul Kyungje
A woman brings eight-year-old Johnny home and tells his mother that he was caught playing doctors and nurses with Mary,
her eight-year-old daughter.
Johnny's mother says, "Let's not be too harsh on them…they are bound to be curious about sex at that age."
"Curious about sex?" replies Mary's mother.
"He's taken her fucking appendix out!"
Hankuk Kyungje
Smuggler vs Guard
A man with two large bags over his shoulder comes up to the US-Mexican border.
“What’s in the bags?” the guard asks.
“Sand,” answered the man.
“We’ll see about that--get off the bike.”
The guard takes the bags, empties them out and finds nothing but sand in the bags.
He detains the man overnight and has the sand analyzed, only to discover that nothing but pure sand in the bags.
The guard let the man cross the border.
A week later, the same thing happens.
After thorough examination of the bags, the guard let the man go.
This sequence of events is repeated for two years.
Finally the man doesn’t show up.
Three years later, the guard, now retired, meets the man in the bar and says, “Hey, I knew you were smuggling something. Just between you and me, what were you smuggling?”
“Bicycles,” the man says.
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KBS (http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/)
Park: World Without Nukes Should Start from Korean Peninsula
President Park Geun-hye has stressed that a world without nuclear weapons should start from the Korean Peninsula.
Park underlined the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula during a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague on Monday. Leaders of 53 countries were in attendance.
S.Korea, Australia Agree to Work for Swift Ratification of FTA
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se held talks with his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop in the Netherlands on Sunday, local time, to discuss ways to expand cooperation between the two nations.
S. Korea to Sign Deal This Year to Buy 40 F-35A Fighter Jets
South Korea has selected Lockheed Martin's F-35A as its next-generation fighter jet, and plans to sign an agreement to purchase the model by the end of fall this year.
Gov't Mulls Raising 400$ Cap on Duty Free Allowance
Seoul Asks Pyongyang to Repay for Loan in 2007
UM: Civic Fertilizer Aid to North Must be Discussed with Gov't
Koreas Hold First Talks on Dispute Arbitration for Gaesong Complex
Park: World Without Nukes Should Start from Korean Peninsula
Document in China Shows Japan Forced Women Into Sex Slavery
Dutch Textbooks Improve Contents on S. Korea
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Yonhap (http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr)
Pyongyang set for further 'nuclear measures,' envoy says
North Korea will take additional "nuclear measures" if the United States continues its current approach toward Pyongyang, the communist nation's senior envoy here said Monday.
Nuclear security act fails to pass in parliament
A key nuclear security bill failed to pass through South Korea's parliament Monday in a possible blow to the country's image at an upcoming nuclear security summit in the Netherlands.2014/03/24 18:06
S. Korea launches gold trading platform
South Korea's gold trading platform was launched on Monday, the country's bourse operator said, hoping that the unregulated market would become more transparent.
Arrest warrant sought for bizman over stock rigging
State prosecutors sought an arrest warrant Tuesday for the head of a local mine developer on charges of reaping massive profits from a stock price manipulation scheme li..
S-Oil drops out of bid for Australian oil firm
S-Oil Corp., South Korea's third-largest refiner, said Monday that it has broken off negotiations to buy a partial stake in an Australian oil firm.
Asia's biggest aerospace museum to open in Jeju
Asia's largest aerospace museum is set to open on South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju next month to provide visitors with a chance to learn about aviation and space, its operator said Monday. The Jeju Aerospace Museum in the southwestern part of the island will showcase exhibitions on aviation, space exploration and planetary science, according to the Jeju Free International City Development Center (JDC).
S. Korea reports additional infection of bird flu in dogs
South Korea reported additional cases of avian influenza (AI) in dogs Monday, further confirming the spread of the bird flu to different species.
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The Korea Herald (http://www.koreaherald.com)
Park adopts flexible stance on six-party talks
President Park Geun-hye on Sunday showed a more flexible stance on the resumption of multilateral talks on North Korea’...
Malaysia: Missing flight crashed in Indian Ocean
A new analysis of satellite data indicates the missing Malaysia Airlines plane crashed into a r...
Korea may raise duty-free allowance for travelers
The Ministry of Strategy and Finance said Monday that it would consider increasing the personal...
Data stolen from insurers
A massive data leak has been detected in the insurance sector, according to Korean authorities ...
Is rule of law finding its feet in Korea?
It had been common in Korea to see those with money and power, such as owners and executives of conglomer...