English Edition : The Hankyoreh

Updated :Feb.9,2010 12:27 KST



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MBC president resigns under pressure

MBC President Um Ki-young left MBC on Monday after expressing his intention to resign. This is a result of ruling party members of the Foundation for Broadcast Culture (FBC) decision to push through their personnel changes for MBC’s headquarters...

DLP investigation issue strengthening opposition party solidarity

Participants at a meeting of four opposition party chairs Monday morning expressed their anger arising from the police investigation of the Democratic Labor Party (DLP). The chairs, representing...

Inter-Korean Mt. Kumgang tourism meeting fails to produce agreement

Representatives of North Korea and South Korea could not reach an agreement during their meeting to discuss resuming Mt. Kumgang and Kaesong tourism held in Kaesong on Feb. 8. During the...

Immigration Detention Centers in S.Korea in violation of law regulations

It has been confirmed that a number of Immigration Detention Centers in South Korea have violated the law governing their duties. Some detention centers have prolonged the detention period for...

S.Korea impeding software development with non-global standards

Despite the government’s announcement of pan-governmental measures to strengthen competitiveness in the software industry and plans to build a foothold for entering the global market, domestic software and venture firms are voicing complaints...


	[Editorial] MBC parachute appointments further proof of Lee administration attempt to take over broadcasting



	[Editorial] Police investigators must come to their senses over unreasonable search and seizure


Editorial

• [Editorial] MBC parachute appointments further proof of Lee administration attempt to take over broadcasting

• [Editorial] Police investigators must come to their senses over unreasonable search and seizure

• [Editorial] Police should end targeted investigation of the DLP

• [Editorial] Reforming abortion law to acknowledge the realities of S.Korean society

• [Editorial] Digitalized criminal justice information system endangers basic rights


Opinion

• [Column] Committing to an inter-Korean summit with pragmatic intent

• [Column] An impending referendum on hijacked conservatism

• [Column] Holding prosecutors responsible for sham cases

• [Column] Returning conscripted laborers’ remains in Japan to S.Korea

• [Column] A distorted depiction of RTV


National

• Police conduct second seizure of DLP server

• Pro-Park camp considers joining opposition parties to dismiss Chung Un-chan

• Unsafe mercury levels detected at Four Rivers site

• Reward Money Paparazzi System expands in S.Korea

• NIS pressures Jogyesa Temple to cancel progressive civic event


North Korea

• Inter-Korean Mt. Kumgang tourism meeting fails to produce agreement

• U.S. and S.Korea diverge on U.S.-led missile defense system

• Inter-governmental competition increasing to broker summit talks

• Lee administration shows cool response to N.Korea’s proposals for working-level talks

• NHRCK estimates 200 thousand political prisoners are confined in N.Korea


International

• [Traces of forced mobilization-part two] Remains of unidentified Korean conscripted laborers remain at Takashima Island

• Police apprehend unlawful SAT tutor

• Redress movement for sex slavery turns 18

• Former women’s labor corps refuse mere pittance from Japanese government

• Japan offers 99 yen in lieu of an apology to conscripted laborers in South Korea


Business

• Former Samsung Group chairman hints at return

• Lee adminstration sets goal of 80 nuclear power plant exports by 2030

• South Korea caught between growth first doctrine and a jobless economic recovery

• [Analysis] Will South Korea pull stimulus measures?

• Only Korea’s labor costs dropped in OECD


Arts & Entertainment

• [Column] Don’t Hesitate: KOFIC should reverse its decision and renew Mediact’s contract

• Giant hypermarket threatens little guy

• [Spotlight] On the popularity of “The man who can’t get married”

• LMB: The Tax man with the common touch

• [Interview] Mediact, S. Korea’s first media center turns 7

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