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Awkward Silences: 4 Seconds Is All It Takes to Feel Rejected By Maia Szalavitz Thursday, December 30, 2010 It's the pause that doesn't refresh, the awkward moment that you relive over and over and over after you've realized that once again, you've put your foot in it. 새로운 활력을 주지 않는 ‘잠시 멈춤’이다. 그 멈춤은 당신이 다시 한번 실수를 했다고 깨달은 후에 생각하고 또 생각하는 어색한 순간이다. *Over the years, the Coca-Cola Company has had many..

Conflict on the Korean peninsula Ignore us at your peril A deadly attack on South Korean territory reminds the world how dangerous the Kims’ regime can be Nov 25th 2010 | SEOUL and TOKYO | from PRINT EDITION IF THE world sniggered to see Kim Jong Un, with his fat-faced boyishness, thrust forward as the dictator-to-be of North Korea, it is not laughing now. A 65-minute-long artillery barrage on N..

Got Allergies? Be Careful How You Hook Up By Meredith Melnick Monday, November 15, 2010 Jacquie Boyd/Ikon Images/Getty Images ☞영화, 미드, 영자신문 온라인스터디 모집; 클릭하세요 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) estimates that about 11 million Americans have some type of food allergy, but many more are affected by these conditions — especially the partners of highly allergic people. After they consume forbidden..

Gender arbitrage in South Korea Profiting from sexism If South Korean firms won’t make use of female talent, foreigners will Oct 21st 2010 | Seoul Another joyful day at the office “DO YOU know you have to give everything to become a TV announcer?” These words cost Kang Yong-seok, a member of South Korea’s parliament, his membership of the ruling Grand National Party in July. His insinuation that..

The global economy How to stop a currency war Keep calm, don’t expect quick fixes and above all don’t unleash a trade fight with China Oct 14th 2010 IN RECENT weeks the world economy has been on a war footing, at least rhetorically. Ever since Brazil’s finance minister, Guido Mantega, declared on September 27th that an “international currency war” had broken out, the global economic debate has b..

Why Adults Cry So Easily in Animated Kids Movies By Belinda Luscombe Monday, October 11, 2010 "TOY STORY 3" (L-R) Mr. Potato Head, Bullseye, Barbie, Hamm, Ken, Woody, Jessie, Slinky Dog, Rex, Buzz Lightyear, ©Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved. Toy Story 3 is coming out on DVD next month. This is the movie, you'll recall, which hit headlines not just because it made more than a billion dollars wo..

Education in America Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s an important attempt to get the American public behind education reform Sep 30th 2010 *"It's A Bird... It's A Plane... It's Superman" is a musical with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams, with a book by David Newman and Robert Benton. It is based on the comic book character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster a..

Facebook and freedom Sep 29th 2010, 19:41 by M.S. MY COLLEAGUE disagrees with Malcolm Gladwell's argument that electronic social networking doesn't do much to empower oppositional political movements. "On social networks," my colleague writes, 내 동료는 전자 소셜 네트워킹이 정치적 저항운동에 그다지 큰 역할을 하지 않는다는 말콤 글래드웰의 주장에 동의하지 않는다. “소셜 네트워크에 관해서”, 네 동료는 이렇게 쓴다. anyone and everyone becomes a producer of content, and ..

Understanding the universe Order of creation Even Stephen Hawking doesn't quite manage to explain why we are here Sep 9th 2010 Here comes the sun IN 1988, Stephen Hawking, a British cosmologist, ended his best-selling book, “A Brief History of Time”, on a cliff hanger. If we find a physical theory that explains everything, he wrote—suggesting that this happy day was not too far off—“then we woul..

Citizenship and birth tourism Amending the amendment A challenge to an American birthright Aug 19th 2010 Born in the USA PROMINENT Republicans have begun questioning America’s hallowed principle of birthright citizenship. The policy, established after the civil war by the 14th amendment to the constitution, is seen as one of the party’s greatest feats. Yet in July Lindsey Graham, a moderate Repu..