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...latest arrivals join an estimated 5,200 already living in the South, and their ranks are expected to grow as conditions in their homeland worsen. But as Yoo testifies, stepping out of a totalitarian time warp and into a high-tech, hyper-competitive society can be the challenge of a lifetime. To help them assimilate, Seoul gives refugees a two-month-long "life-training" course?teaching such things as how to open a bank account?and a $23,000 settlement payment. They also get a monthly income supplement of up to $375 and help with housing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Whole New World | 8/2/2004 | See Source »

...answered. What was it? It was this question here, about background, being well-off. People expect me to ride with angel's wings or something. But they don't expect me to do my own shopping, to cook, to take care of my kids, to make jams, to grow vegetables, to do all the things that I have always tried to do if I could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Everybody Has Their Burdens | 8/2/2004 | See Source »

...WAILERS STILL SO POPULAR WITH KIDS EVEN TODAY? When we sang those songs, we were teenagers. So it affects teenagers. And then as they grow, it grows with them. You never get tired of the Wailers, because you can't find two Wailers songs that sound alike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stirring Up The Spirit Of Reggae | 8/2/2004 | See Source »

...don’t really buy the authenticity of our musicianship and our playing,” Corrigan said. “We always see there’s a lot of room to grow and improve but people keep showing up. And then to find out that there are 15 different countries that are going to be represented at the show on Saturday? Never...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dispatch Reflects, Prepares For Final Show | 7/30/2004 | See Source »

...foreign banks can operate and restricts their access to local ATM networks. Citibank has found a way around this: become Singaporean. The bank, which currently has four branches in the country, plans to spend about $880 million by year-end to incorporate as Citibank Singapore Ltd. Citibank wants "to grow its international business and to be embedded in the local community," says Sophia Tong, a spokeswoman for Citibank in Singapore. Citibank has already localized in Malaysia and Australia and plans to do so in Hong Kong. But its status as the first foreign bank to go local in Singapore gives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Briefing: Jul 26, 2004 | 7/26/2004 | See Source »

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