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Embarking on trip to Korea

Ann, left, and her sisters Lauren, center, and Ellen feed ducks at a pond near their house in the suburbs of Texas. They'll soon be leaving the warm weather for a chilly spring in Korea. /  Courtesy of Jane HanBy Jane Han That time of the year is finally upon me.The time where I have to embark on a grueling 15-hour daytime flight with my three kids to reunite with family and friends back in the motherland ― Korea.Most of my mom friends here in the U.S. countdown to going home out of excitement, but I'm counting down out of dreadfulness.I miss family and friends; but I don't know what it is.Maybe it's the inconvenience of living out of luggage for two to three months; maybe it's because I'll be away from my husband, my biggest supporter; or maybe it's because I just have too many little people with me.Probably all of these reasons and more combined make it very ― very ― painful for me to leave home.But regardless of how I generally feel about trips, we made the decision to go on this one because my father will be celebrating his 70th birthday, a pretty major milestone we sho

DAILY FORTUNE - FEBRUARY 25-26, 2017

(349) What makes a president?

By Janet ShinUnleashed by the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye and public criticism precipitated by the vicious scandal related to the President’s confidant Choi Soon-sil, the competition among candidates for the 19th presidential election seems to have started earlier than originally scheduled.What do you think constitutes the qualifications to be a president? Will it be his or her intellectual ability including educational background or any kind of political powers? Otherwise, will a person of wealth reach closer to the political authority? If it is about other politicians in general such as the elections for lawmakers or nominations for ministers, we may simply say it is more related with political force or the candidate’s competence. However when it comes to that of the president, the standard of judgment will exceed the conventional verification.An expression that is often cited for critical situations, such as regime change, war or revolution by which the people cultivate the fidelity and creeds for their behavior, is “just and great cause.” M

DAILY FORTUNE - FEBRUARY 24, 2017

DAILY FORTUNE - FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Orchid is new horticultural therapy

From left in the front row are Helena Flower CEO Yoo Seung-jae, Irish Ambassador to Korea Aingeal O’Donoghue and Lee Won Orchids Nursery CEO Lee Chung. In the second row are CICI President Choi Jung-wha (seventh from left), The Korea Times CEO Lee Chang-sup (eighth from left) and Singaporean Ambassador to Korea Yip Wei Kiat (ninth from left) and New Zealand Ambassador to Korea Clare Fearnley (tenth from left). / Korea Times photo by Kim Jae-heunBy Kim Jae-heunLee Chung, the CEO of Lee Won Orchids Nursery, grew up watching his father grow some 2,500 types of orchid on his farm. His father spent almost 50 years studying the plants and caring for nature. Lee naturally spent much time raising various orchids and learning their characteristics.Lee took over his father’s business to run Asia’s largest orchid farm in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, and now is focusing on showing the orchid as a new means of wellness through horticultural therapy.“Everyone has stress and if we had treated it with chemicals before, now we should relieve it by raising an orchid,&rdq

DAILY FORTUNE - FEBRUARY 22, 2017

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DAILY FORTUNE - FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Being both work-at-home, stay-at-home mom

By Jane HanAfter last week's column about my somewhat depressing daily log as a stay-at-home mom, I got several e-mails from readers who were left with some questions.They asked how I feel about leaving the workforce, what it's like to freelance and how on earth I make time to write this column and other articles with three little monkeys in the house.First and foremost, I am thankful and humbled that I have such long-time followers, some who have read my stories since my business reporter days ― which now almost feels like a different era ― all the way through four years of this parenting column.I sometimes look back at all the changes my life has adjusted to after marriage, the birth of my twins and then my third. A lot of changes for sure.I most definitely enjoyed every minute working as a fulltime reporter, meeting people and meeting deadlines.My passion for exploring new and hidden story ideas and love for writing remain unchanged but my work environment has ― drastically.I no longer have coworkers to have an intellectual and mature interaction with.Instead, I hav