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'I'm willing to die for the Pope and the Church,' says new Cardinal You

New Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik receives the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Francis during a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday. AP-Yonhap Archbishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik becomes Korea's fourth cardinalBy Kwak Yeon-sooPope Francis appointed Archbishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik, the prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, as cardinal, the second most senior position among the ranks of the Roman Catholic clergy after the pope.You is Korea's fourth cardinal following late Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan in 1969, the late Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk in 2006 and Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung in 2014.At a consistory held at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, Saturday, You and 19 other men were named as the Catholic Church's newest cardinals. You was the second to be called after Cardinal Arthur Roche of England, and after receiving a red biretta and a cardinal's ring, he briefly spoke with Pope Francis and shared a hug.“The

Guy Sorman supports Korea's decision to relocate presidential office to Yongsan

French-American columnist Guy Sorman speaks via video call during the 2022 Culture Communication Forum (CCF) held at the Grand Hyatt Seoul in central Seoul, Aug. 25. Courtesy of CICI CICI organizes forum under theme of 'Space and Culture Communication'By Dong Sun-hwaGuy Sorman, a world-renowned scholar and intellectual in economics and philosophy, said it was a positive decision for Korea to relocate the presidential office from Cheong Wa Dae in central Seoul to the defense ministry compound in Seoul's Yongsan District. The French-American columnist, who was an adviser to then-President Lee Myung-bak in 2010, made the remark during the 2022 Culture Communication Forum (CCF), which took place at the Grand Hyatt Seoul in central Seoul, Aug. 25. The Corea Image Communication Institute organized the forum under the theme of “Space and Culture Communication,” inviting experts from around the world to analyze different spaces in Korea and explore the meaning of space in t

Assembly Speaker Kim congratulates South Korean archbishop on coming cardinal ordination

In this Aug. 22, 2021 file photo, South Korean Archbishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik speaks during a memorial mass celebrating the 200th birth anniversary of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon at the Vatican. YonhapNational Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo sent a letter of congratulations Friday to South Korean Archbishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik, who is set to be ordained as a cardinal this weekend, calling for his role in raising global attention for peace on the Korean Peninsula, according to his office. You, 70, has been serving as Prefect for the Congregation for Clergy overseeing matters regarding priests and deacons since June 2021, and was appointed as one of 20 new cardinals by Pope Francis in May. He will be sworn in at a consistory at the Vatican on Saturday (local time) to become the fourth South Korean to receive the cardinal red hat. "You's ordination is not only wonderful news for the South Korean Catholic community but also for the whole country," Kim wrote in the letter, saying the event is "more meaningful, as 2023 is the 60th anniversary of the establishment of ties between Seoul and the

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Korean Buddhist culture arrives in New York

Ven. Jeongkwan, right, gives a talk on temple food and offers samples at the 2022 Discover Your Korea event at Grand Central Terminal in New York, Monday, as part of the Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism's “An Encounter with Korean Traditional Buddhist Culture” program. Courtesy of Cultural Corps of Korean BuddhismBy Park Han-solFrom a one-day Templestay visit to temple food workshops, a number of events celebrating Korea's Buddhist culture are greeting New Yorkers in the heart of the U.S. city until Aug. 29 (local time). Organized by the Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism under the Jogye Order, the nation's largest Buddhist sect, the “An Encounter with Korean Traditional Buddhist Culture” program kicked off Monday with a temple food session led by Ven. Jeongkwan, as part of the 2022 Discover Your Korea event at Grand Central Terminal.As one of Netflix's “Chef's Table” stars ― who received the prestigious Icon Award Asia 2022 ― the monk was also named a Master of Korean Temple Food by the Jogye Order earlier this year. During the program hosted insi

INTERVIEW Sponsoring dreams of North Korean defectors

Seo You-jin, a lawyer and director of the Nanum & Ieum Foundation, poses during a youth counseling program near Bucheon Station in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, in this June 3 file photo. Courtesy of Seo You-jinBy Jung Min-hoIt is easy to assume that North Korean defectors are more satisfied with their lives here than they were before their escape. In South Korea, they no longer have to worry about starving to death or being imprisoned for criticizing corrupt leaders. Yet the reality is more complicated. Here, North Korean defectors struggle with different issues. Some say they feel even more lost than when they were trying to escape a land with no freedom.Lawyer Seo You-jin, 34, the director of the Nanum & Leum Foundation established by the law firm Shin & Kim, said she was one of those who had that same blind notion before she started to truly listen to their voices.“I was surprised to learn that some North Korean defectors tried to kill themselves because of depression. They had motivation for a better future when they risked their lives to escape North Korea. That

INTERVIEW Restoring bilateral ties will boost Korean studies in Japan: professor

Junya Nishino, a professor in the Faculty of Law and Politics at Keio University and the director of the Keio Center for Contemporary Korean Studies / Courtesy of Junya Nishino Japanese professor talks about influence of Korea-Japan ties on Korean studies By Dong Sun-hwaRelations between Korea and Japan have deteriorated to their worst level in years due to Tokyo's imposition of export controls on three key materials critical for the semiconductor and display industries here, in apparent retaliation against a 2018 ruling by the Supreme Court of Korea ordering Japanese companies to compensate surviving Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor.According to Junya Nishino, a professor in the Faculty of Law and Politics at Keio University in Tokyo, this deterioration in bilateral ties has reduced the number of Japanese students willing to major in Korean studies. Nishino is also the director of the Keio Center for Contemporary Korean Studies, a research institution

Adoptee chef discovers herself and family through Korean cooking

Melanie Hye Jin Meyer, the owner of a Korean-inspired pop-up restaurant “Tiny Chef,” poses in front of her restaurant, located in St. Louis, Mo. Courtesy of Melanie Hye Jin MeyerChef expresses her identity through Korean-inspired foodBy Lee Yeon-wooAs receipts roll out of the register, busy hands pin them on a board and call out to a solo Korean-American chef who is masterfully handling frying pans in the center of a micro kitchen. She calls out to the server, “Food's ready. Go go go!”That's what you'll encounter on a typical weekend evening at “Tiny Chef,” a restaurant in St. Louis, in the central U.S. state of Missouri.Located in The Silver Ballroom ― a pinball bar ― this Korean-inspired pop-up restaurant offers food atypical to the neighborhood ― multinational cuisine enriched with traditional Korean spices. Kimchi carbonara, Korean crab boil cooked with garlic butter and pepper, Korean-inspired tostada with chicken marinated in bulgogi sauce are the main attractions gracing the menu.Melanie Hye Jin Meyer, a 38-year-old chef born in Korea and ad

INTERVIEW Korean is one of the 'most popular foreign languages in Kazakhstan': professor

Jang Ho-jong, a professor of Korean language at Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages, speaks during the 2022 Korea Foundation (KF) Global Korean Studies Forum at the Westin Josun Seoul hotel, Aug. 4. Courtesy of the KFKorean language professor in Almaty stresses significance of nurturing Korea-friendly scholars in Central AsiaBy Dong Sun-hwaMany Korean nationals feel emotionally distant from Central Asian countries. Kazakhstan, for instance, is about 5,000 kilometers away from Korea, but most Korean nationals are unfamiliar with the culture of the country, whereas they know more about the U.S. and France, which are almost twice as far away. When Jang Ho-jong first set foot into Almaty ― the largest city in Kazakhstan ― in 2009 to teach Korean to Kazakhstani students, he, too, had no clues about the place that he was going to settle in. Prior to joining Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages as a professor of Korean language, he had worked at Novosibirsk State University in Russia. “Numerous Koreans stil