FMD Vaccination

2011-01-07

Foot-and-mouth disease vaccinations are not an easy task. Many livestock farms do not opt for such a move due to concerns about potential side effects ...

The Security Outlook in and around the Korean Peninsula in the New Year

2011-01-07

NK Intent Behind Proposed Talks

2011-01-06

What is North Korea's intent behind its proposal for dialogue? It could be △to genuinely ease inter-Korean tensions △a tactical move to ...

DRAM, DDR

2011-01-05

The “D” in DRAM stands for “dynamic” while RAM stands for “'Random Access Memory.” DRAMs are usually used as computer memory chips, as they can retain ...

GDP

2011-01-04

GDP refers to the market value of all final goods and services made in a year within the borders of a country. It is considered the key index in measuring ...

Economic Growth in 2011

2011-01-03

The growth forecasts by the Seoul government and the U.N. differ widely. Economy in 2011 The South Korean economy last year posted relatively ...

Cabinet Reshuffle

2010-12-31

President Lee Myung-bak on Friday nominated officials to six minister-level posts, two vice-ministerial posts. Lee also named ten presidential ...

Preconditions to Nuke Talks

2010-12-30

Shift to Dialogue? Foreign Minister Kim's remarks imply that there are new conditions to resuming the six-way talks in consideration of recent ...

Right of Self-defense

2010-12-29

The right of self-defense refers to a nation’s right to implement necessary measures to defend itself in the event its rights or benefits are illegally ...

Gov't Measures against Heavy Snow

2010-12-28

Despite the heavy snowfall that hit Seoul and its surrounding regions Tuesday, authorities were assessed as having avoided the kind of chaos they ...