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Kang Seung-woo is the Business Desk editor at The Korea Times. Prior to this position, he covered politics, national affairs, finance and sports.

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Hotel Lobby

By Kang Seung-wooGrand Hyatt Incheon hosts Italian wine dinnerThe Grand Hyatt Incheon will host an Italian wine dinner with chef Enzo Carbone, recipient of the Ambassador of the Culinary Arts award from the Italian Premio Guido Alciati Turin, at Restaurant 8, Dec. 6.Enzo found his passion in the expression of family-style Italian cooking. Now he has been creating culinary wonders professionally in kitchens for nearly 20 years, experience that has provided him with a unique outlook and passion for food. Following extensive studies in Italy and Switzerland, Enzo's rich experience in the culinary arts has taken him from England to New Zealand, Hong Kong and then to Shanghai in 2000, where he opened Cucina at the Grand Hyatt Shanghai. In 2005, he received the Ambassador of the Culinary Arts award ― a rare recognition of his contribution to the love of regional Italian cuisine throughout the world. In 2006, he joined the Salvatore Cuomo Group as corporate executive chef and managing director for Asia-Pacific. Under Enzo's management, the group opened multiple restaurants in Korea, China,

Nov 21, 2019By Kang Seung-woo
Hotel Lobby
Society

Rail workers go on indefinite strike

An electronic sign notifies passengers to reconfirm their train schedules, at Gwangju Songjeong Station in Gwangju, Wednesday, as railway workers launched a strike and some train operations were disrupted. / YonhapBy Kang Seung-wooUnionized rail workers began an indefinite strike Wednesday, calling on the state-run railway operator to raise wages and hire more staff.The indefinite walkout is expected to inconvenience commuters, as well as many high school seniors from rural areas who are currently having essay tests or interviews in Seoul for college admission. The Korean Railway Workers' Union and the Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) had last-ditch talks overnight to stop the former from ordering the industrial action, but the two failed to hammer out their differences over four issues including wages and recruitment. This is the first strike since one in 2016 that lasted 74 days from September to December. Ahead of the full-scale strike, the union staged a “warning” partial strike from Oct. 11 to 14. Unions of KORAIL's subsidiary companies, including KORAIL Tourism Develop

Nov 20, 2019By Kang Seung-woo
Rail workers go on indefinite strike
Travel & Food

Various tourism promotions offered ahead of ASEAN-Korea summit

By Kang Seung-wooStarting today, the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) is launching a welcoming week that will provide tourists from Southeast Asia with multilingual information services and discount coupons for the nation's major attractions on the occasion of the ASEAN-Korea Commemorative Summit.The southern port city of Busan is scheduled to host the meeting Nov. 25 and 26.During the ASEAN Welcome Week until Dec. 11, the KTO, along with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, will offer information services in Vietnamese, Thai, Burmese and Indonesian for tourists at the arrival immigration area in Incheon International Airport.Five tourist information centers for ASEAN tourists will be set up at the airport's two terminals as well as Myeong-dong in central Seoul and Haeundae Beach and Gimhae International Airport in Busan.At these information centers, visitors from ASEAN countries will receive a welcoming gift including souvenirs, a travel guide booklet with coupons for a number of services, and information on how to reach the tourist information hotline 1330.The coupons provi

Nov 19, 2019By Kang Seung-woo
Various tourism promotions offered ahead of ASEAN-Korea summit
Law & Crime

Korean man caught for killing Vietnamese wife

By Kang Seung-wooA Korean man is being held for allegedly killing his Vietnamese wife and burying her body, police said, Monday.According to Yangju Police Station in Gyeonggi Province, the man, 57, identified by his surname Shin, stabbed his wife, 29, multiple times at their home Saturday, and took her corpse to his hometown region of Wanju County in North Jeolla Province, where he buried the body in a field of persimmon trees. A Vietnamese acquaintance, who had arranged to meet the wife later in the day, reported her missing to police when she failed to show up. The police, suspicious of the husband's cell phone being turned off, traced the location of his car and apprehended Shin the following day. Police also recovered the body.The man initially denied the killing, but police said he confessed under further questioning.“They often had domestic trouble, and after they exchanged words, the wife said she would leave him, which led him to kill her out of anger,” a police officer said.The police added that the couple often bickered about living expenses. Shin, a fabric brok

Nov 18, 2019By Kang Seung-woo
Korean man caught for killing Vietnamese wife
Society

Activists up in arms against US call for higher USFK bill

A member of a civic group protests the U.S. government's call for higher payment for stationing American forces on the Korean Peninsula at Incheon International Airport, Sunday, as James DeHart, chief U.S. negotiator in defense cost-sharing talks with Korea, arrives in Korea. / YonhapBy Kang Seung-wooFive hundred activists took to the streets in Seoul, Saturday, to protest the U.S.' repeated calls for the government to drastically increase its contributions toward the cost of stationing American forces on the Korean Peninsula.Fifty civic groups, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and progressive organizations participated in a rally held near Gwanghwamun, where the U.S. Embassy is located. “The United States is conspicuously showing its true intention to pressure Korea with the Korea-U.S. military alliance, while being indifferent to peace on the peninsula,” they said.“We have to put an end to the subordinate relationship.”The protesters urged the U.S. to withdraw its demand, noting that 96 percent of respondents in a recent survey opposed any sharp rise

Nov 17, 2019By Kang Seung-woo
Activists up in arms against US call for higher USFK bill
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  • South Korea, US, Japan defense chiefs meet amid North Korea, GSOMIA tension
Global Community

Multiculture Museum seeks to change perception of multiculturalism in Korea

Kim Yun-tae, center, director of the Multiculture Museum, with guests during the opening ceremony of its “Roads of the World” exhibition at the museum in Seoul, Nov. 7. / Courtesy of Multiculture MuseumBy Kang Seung-wooUnlike its original meaning, Koreans have mainly perceived multiculturalism as the culture of people from developing countries who come here for international marriage. A desire to change this perception was the catalyst for Kim Yun-tae, a vocal music major, to establish the Multiculture Museum in 2007. Kim Yun-tae, director of the Multiculture Museum.“I thought a museum was the best place to help fix their perception as it could show them the variety of cultures of each country,” Kim, the museum director, said in an interview with The Korea Times.“In general, Koreans think people from multicultural backgrounds need to understand and adjust to Korean culture, but I believe it should be a two-way introduction of each side's culture. In other words, while we guide them to our culture, we need to understand their cultures as well.“In th

Nov 15, 2019By Kang Seung-woo
Multiculture Museum seeks to change perception of multiculturalism in Korea
Law & Crime

Ex-justice minster questioned over corruption allegations

By Kang Seung-wooProsecutors summoned former Justice Minister Cho Kuk, Thursday, to question him over his possible involvement in corruption allegations linked to his family. Former Justice Minister Cho Kuk leaves the ministry building in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, Oct. 14, after resigning the post amid corruption allegations involving his family. / YonhapAccording to the prosecution, Cho appeared at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in the morning and was questioned as a suspect from around 9:35 a.m. His attendance was not made public in accordance with the prosecution's recent decision to abolish the practice of announcing the summons of suspects ― something that used to allow the media to witness their arrival for questioning ― as part of prosecutorial reform measures.Cho's questioning comes a month after he stepped down from the ministerial post, Oct.14, 35 days after his inauguration, and 79 days since the prosecution launched a massive investigation into his family, Aug. 27. Prosecutors have filed 14 charges against his wife Chung Kyung-sim, now in custody, in re

Nov 14, 2019By Kang Seung-woo
Ex-justice minster questioned over corruption allegations
Law & Crime

Man 'falsely' convicted of Hwaseong murder seeking retrial

A man surnamed Yoon, who claimed he was wrongfully convicted of killing a teenage girl in 1988, reads a statement during a press conference at the Gyeonggi Central Bar Association building in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday, before applying for a retrial. / YonhapBy Kang Seung-wooA man who spent nearly 20 years in prison, after being found guilty of raping and killing a teenage girl, applied for a retrial, Wednesday, claiming he was wrongfully convicted. “I hope the truth about the murder case comes out and I will be acquitted and recover my reputation,” the 52-year-old, surnamed Yoon, told the press before filing the retrial request at Suwon District Court. Yoon, then 22, was arrested in 1988 for killing a 13-year-old girl at her home and was later sentenced to life in prison after admitting to the crime. However, he claimed in the higher courts that police forced him to make a false confession after they assaulted and tortured him, but the appeals court and the Supreme Court upheld the previous ruling. After spending 19 years and six months behind bars, he was relea

Nov 13, 2019By Kang Seung-woo
Man 'falsely' convicted of Hwaseong murder seeking retrial
Law & Crime

Chun faces growing calls to attend hearings

Former President Chun Doo-hwan is spotted playing golf at a course in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province, Thursday, in this image taken from video footage provided by the progressive minor opposition Justice Party. / YonhapBy Kang Seung-wooThere are growing calls for a court to review its decision to allow former President Chun Doo-hwan not to attend hearings in his libel trial because of “poor health.” They come after video footage released last week showed him playing golf, seemingly in good mental and physical health despite his claims of suffering from Alzheimer's disease.Chun, who ruled the country from 1980 to 1988, was indicted in May last year for describing activist priest Cho Chul-hyun, also known as Cho Bi-oh, as “Satan wearing a mask” in his memoir released in early 2017. Cho testified to witnessing soldiers shooting at civilians from helicopters during the military crackdown on the 1980 pro-democracy uprising against Chun in Gwangju. Cho's family sued Chun for libel and since the trial began in August 2018, the former dictator has shown up for only one h

Nov 11, 2019By Kang Seung-woo
Chun faces growing calls to attend hearings
Law & Crime

Mongolian ranking judge referred to prosecution

By Kang Seung-wooPolice referred a Mongolian ranking judge to the prosecution, Friday, recommending that he be indicted on charges of committing an indecent assault and violating the Aviation Security Act. Dorj Odbayar, chairman of Mongolia's Constitutional Court. / YonhapDorj Odbayar, chairman of Mongolia's Constitutional Court, faces allegations he sexually assaulted a flight attendant on a Korean Air flight from Ulaanbaatar to Incheon, Oct. 31. The senior judge was first questioned on Nov. 1 by the Incheon International Airport Police before he was released. The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency then took over the case and interrogated Odbayar for nine hours on his return to Korea on Wednesday.In his first questioning, Odbayar denied the allegations, saying he was mistaken for another Mongolian man who was sitting in the row behind him during the flight to Korea. But in the second questioning, he said he could not remember if he grabbed the cabin crew member's buttocks because he was drunk, according to police. He planned to leave the country Friday, but police, with the cooperat

Nov 8, 2019By Kang Seung-woo
Mongolian ranking judge referred to prosecution
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