[Reporter's Notes] Ministry of Defense: Why the Sudden Accusations on Jang Song-taek?
On the morning of January 31, the Ministry of Defense suddenly handed out information on North Korea to the ministry reporters, causing a buzz in the press room..

[Reporter's Column] Myung-bakese Dictionary
In a corrupt society, even language degenerates. Nowadays, we are vividly witnessing such a reality. President Lee Myung-bak uses a strange language. For exampl..

[Yongmin’s Cartoon]The Great Escape…

[Remaining Ink] Name Tags
"A tiger dies and leaves his skin; a man dies and leaves his name." This proverb shows how important a name is to man. There is also a saying in China: "Geese f..

[Reporter's Notes] Another "Occupying Force" Forbidding Discussions and Complaints
During January 11~17 when government ministries reported to the Presidential Transition Committee, government officials made no response to the press. Not only ..

Today's Society of Hereditary Social Status
I joined members of the foreign press and visited Istanbul, Turkey in February 2006. We were scheduled to meet a chairperson of a major conglomerate with more t..

[Yongmin’s Cartoon] Kind Myungbak

The Right to Pardon is Not the President’s Personal Right
The rights of a president should not be used for private causes. The most serious problem in the Lee Myung-bak government is their disregard for the democratic ..

A Flood of Cosmetic Surgery Advertisements
Last week, I was watching commercials waiting for a movie to start at a theater in downtown Seoul. Among the ten commercials, two were ads for cosmetic surgery ..

[Remaining Ink] Deoksil Village
Five years ago, the press hurled criticism at the city of Gimhae, when the city located in South Gyeongsang Province, promoted its plans to restore the birthpla..

Suicide Prevention: The State Needs to Implement Psychological Autopsy
The city of Busan, the Busan Police Agency, and the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education decided to implement a psychological autopsy for suicides, an initiat..

Dismissal of State-Acknowledged Whistle-Blower
A conglomerate dismissed a conscientious whistle-blower at a frantic time right after the presidential election and the New Year: KT. In February 2012, Lee Hae-..
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