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Five days after he was slashed in the face by a North Korea sympathizer, U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert said he was feeling “darn good” as he was discharged from hospital in Seoul. Lippert, 42, told reporters at Yonsei University’s Severance Hospital that he expects to make a full recovery and return to work “as soon as possible.”.

Heather Cho, the daughter of Korean Air Lines Co. Chairman Cho Yang Ho, was sentenced Thursday to one year in prison after she was found guilty of usurping a pilot’s authority when she ordered a crew member to deplane during a row over in-flight service. Her actions were “extremely dangerous and lacking in common sense,” Judge Oh Sung-woo said Thursday in a ruling at Seoul Western District Court.

최근 모 방송사에서 우리나라 대학을 심층 취재한 다큐멘터리가 방영됐다. 가장 인상 깊었던 장면은 질문이 없는 강의실이었다. 제작진이 한 대학생에게 수업시간에 다섯 번 질문을 하라는 미션을 줬다. 평소 익숙했던 강의실의 고요함을 깬 학생의 거듭된 질문에 쏟아지는 주위의 따가운 시선은 시청자인 나까지 민망하게 했다. 미국 고등학교에서 수업을 받을 때 내게 문화적 충격을 준 수업이 있었다. ‘World View(세계 시각)’라는 수업이었는데 신의 존재부터 미국-이라크 전쟁의 타당성까지 사람들이 의문점을 품어봄 직한 주제에 대해 매일 토론을 벌였다.

지난 18일 꽃다운 17세 소년 5명이 물 속으로 사라졌다. 그 다음날 싸늘한 주검으로 발견된 이들은 오열하는 부모님을 말 없이 맞이했다. 해병대 캠프에서 벌어진 어처구니없는 사고다. 이 일을 접하면서 불현듯 내가 겪었던 비슷한 악몽이 떠올랐다. 월드컵이 한창이었던 2002년 초등학교 3학년 꼬마였을 때 국토순례 캠프에 참가했을 당시 겪었던 일이다. 한 민간업체가 주최하는 이 캠프는 강원도에서 서울까지 장장 280㎞를 2주 안에 걸어서 횡단하는 것이었다. 가장 더운 여름으로 손꼽혔던 당시의 폭염과 지글거리는 50도의 아스팔트 열기보다 더 힘들었던 것은 주관업체의 미흡한 준비와 교관들의 군대식 교육이었다. 4인용 텐트에서 아홉 명이 자는 일부터가 만만치 않았다.

Hong Kong (CNN) – College students in Hong Kong stood on campus for 27 hours to raise awareness of modern-day slavery, in a campaign that ended on Thursday. The “Stand for Freedom” event, which was organized by students from the University of Hong Kong's International Christian Fellowship group, raised HK$10,000 (U.S.$1,300) for human rights agency International Justice Mission.

The tug-of-war between the administration and the student council never seems to cease at the prestigious Seoul National University (SNU). On May 30, more than 2,000 students gathered at the school’s main plaza, Acropolis, to protest the school’s move to incorporate itself. They held an emergency student assembly.

Many students selected by admissions officers at 47 Korean universities were those who have studied abroad, according to Rep. Kim Sun-dong of the Grand National Party (GNP). As stated in the lawmaker’s congressional report, Sungkyunkwan, Yonsei, Hanyang and other prestigious universities filled at least one third of their early admission student pools with international applicants.

In the movie “The Lives of Others,” German secret agents tap every conversation between the two main characters without any obstacles. According to a revised bill for the Communication Privacy Protection Law proposed by Rep. Joo Han-sung, a member of the Grand National Party, this will become a reality in South Korea.

Admission officers at Carnegie Mellon University have had a rude awakening that has revealed loopholes used to gain access to the prestigious private college in Pittsburgh. When they opened up an envelope with a Phoenix emblem, they certainly weren't expecting a letter from a former Korean President, Kim Young Sam.