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Heart attack kills young singer

Trot singer Jin Hyoung died on Jan. 7. Capture from Jin Hyoung's InstagramBy Dong Sun-hwaTrot singer Jin Hyoung, 33, died from a sudden heart attack on Monday at his home. He reportedly had not suffered any chronic diseases. The news made headlines after his wife uploaded a photo on her Instagram, Tuesday. “I miss you so much, my beloved husband ― why did you leave so urgently,” she wrote. “Please come and give him the last bow, he must have been looking forward to it.”Jin debuted as a singer in 2006. He married in June 2018.

Jan 9, 2019By Dong Sun-hwa
Heart attack kills young singer

Remembering 'star maker': forerunner, mentor

Photo shows a memorial hall for the late actor-turned-designer Hah Yeong-soo set at the Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital in Seoul, Sunday. Hah died of cancer, Saturday. YonhapBy Kang Aa-young Actor Shin Hyun-ho, left and the late actor-turned-designer Hah Yeong-soo / Courtesy of Shin Hyun-hoActor-turned-designer Hah Yeong-soo, who helped boost Korea's fashion and entertainment industries, has passed away from cancer at the age of 69. Hah died at 2:45 a.m. at a hospital in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province, Saturday. According to his family, he suffered from liver cancer, gallbladder cancer and cerebral infarction. Kan Ho-sup, a professor of fashion at Hongik University in Seoul, said he remembers Ha as a forerunner ― a post-modern actor, director and designer. “He was multi-tasker, who was always ahead of his time,” Kan said.Hah debuted in 1969 as an actor and starred in films such as “Heavenly Homecoming to Stars” and “The Rules of the Game.” He then turned his passion to fashion design from the mid-1970s and established a successful career in the fash

Jan 6, 2019
Remembering 'star maker': forerunner, mentor

Jeon Tae-kwan, original drummer of SSAW, dies at 56

Drummer and founding member of jazz fusion band Spring Summer Autumn Winter (SSAW) Jeon Tae-kwan died of kidney cancer Thursday. Korea Times fileBy Kwak Yeon-sooDrummer and founding member of jazz fusion band Spring Summer Autumn Winter (SSAW) Jeon Tae-kwan died of kidney cancer Thursday, bandmate Kim Jong-jin announced on Twitter. He was 56.“Jeon Tae-kwan passed away late Thursday with his family by his side,” Kim said. “After struggling with kidney cancer for the past six years, Jeon couldn't overcome the illness.” Jeon not only earned great respect from fellow musicians but also gained wide public popularity with his music and humble personality. He was often dubbed the “pride of K-pop” and Kim said this was no exaggeration.Jeon formed SSAW in 1988 with guitarist Kim. It became one of the longest-running and legendary bands on the Korean music scene. Its hit songs include “Everyone Changes,” “Someone's Dream,” “Outsider” and “Bravo, My Life.” Three of SSAW's albums are on the 100 Best Albums of Kor

Dec 28, 2018By Kwak Yeon-soo
Jeon Tae-kwan, original drummer of SSAW, dies at 56

Popular drummer of Korean rock band SSAW dies of cancer

Jeon Tae-kwan, the drummer of the 30-year-old rock band SSAW, or Spring Summer Autumn Winter, has died of renal cancer at the age of 56, his bandmate said Friday. YonhapJeon Tae-kwan, the drummer of the 30-year-old rock band SSAW, or Spring Summer Autumn Winter, has died of renal cancer at the age of 56, his bandmate said Friday."I inform you of heartbreaking news. Last night, drummer Jeon Tae-kwan passed away," wrote Kim Jong-jin on the band's official website. Kim is the band's vocalist and guitarist. "After struggling with renal cancer for the past six years, Jeon couldn't overcome the illness and breathed his last breath with his family by his side.”After being diagnosed with renal cancer in 2012, Jeon had an operation to remove one of his kidneys, but the cancer reportedly spread to other organs. YonhapJeon Tae-kwan, right, and Kim Jong-jin. YonhapThe two started the band in 1988, which became one of the longest-running, most influential music acts in the K-pop scene. Their hit songs include the 2007 release "Bravo, My Life."After being diagnosed with renal cancer in 2012,

Dec 28, 2018
Popular drummer of Korean rock band SSAW dies of cancer

Another victim of Japan's sexual slavery dies

Lee Gwi-nyeo, a victim of Japan's wartime sexual slavery, died at the age of 92, Friday. Her memorial has been set up at Soonchunhyang University Hospital in Seoul. Courtesy of the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by JapanBy Jung Da-minA victim of Japan's wartime sexual slavery has died. She was 92.Lee Gwi-nyeo, who was forced into prostitution at Japanese military brothels during World War II, died of cerebral infarction and other diseases.According to the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, she was only 17 years old when she was forced to work at the military brothels in Rehe Province, China.Including Lee, eight such victims have died this year. Now the number of registered Korean survivors is dwindling at 25.Historians estimate that up to 200,000 women, mostly from Korea, were forced to work in front-line brothels for Japanese troops during the war.

Dec 14, 2018
Another victim of Japan's sexual slavery dies

Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94

In this May 11, 2008 file photo, former President George H.W. Bush arrives on the South Lawn of White House in Washington. Bush died at the age of 94, Friday, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbra Bush. AP file/Lawrence Jackson George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94.The World War II hero, who was also president during the collapse of the Soviet Union and the final months of the Cold War, died late Friday night at his Houston home, said family spokesman Jim McGrath. Son of a senator, father of a president, Bush was the man with the golden resume who rose through the political ranks, from congressman to U.N. ambassador, Republican Party chairman to envoy to China, CIA director to two-term vice president under the hugely popular Ronald Reagan. T

Dec 1, 2018
Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94
  • Bush hailed across party and global lines as man of decency

49th Translation Awards Poetry Grand Prize winners Yang Eun-mi and Ed Bok Lee

Yang Eun-miYang Eun-mi is a poet who earned her master's degree in creative writing from the University of Edinburgh where she won the Grierson Verse Prize. She is currently working on her doctoral thesis regarding problems in Korean-English translation, how global readers react to English editions of Korean literature, and most of all fundamental factors that might be hinder Korean literature from globalizing.Ed Bok Lee is a poet who authored poem collections "Whorled" and forthcoming "Mitochondrial Night." Lee, raised in South Korea and the United States, earned his master's degree from Brown University.Yang and Lee met in 2014 when they were both in residency at the Toji Cultural Center in Wonju, Gangwon Province, and decided to collaborate as co-translators of contemporary Korean poetry. "There aren't enough contemporary Korean poets translated into English. As a poet of Korean descent who is fluent in English, I wanted to contribute to this in some way," Lee said.Ed Bok Lee"As for an advantage, I think it's very rare to find a single person who is equally fluent at a native spea

Nov 29, 2018
[49th Translation Awards] Poetry Grand Prize winners Yang Eun-mi and Ed Bok Lee

49th Translation Awards Poetry Grand Prize

Below is an excerpt of the winning translations. -- ED.Written by Kim Ki-taekTranslated by Yang Eun-mi and Ed Bok LeeDeath of a Thousand YearsCover of Kim Ki-taek's poem collectionThe mummy of an Incan manWas allegedly found in the Andes MountainsFrozen, eyes shut, the whole body curled up.The worn-out head skin reveals skull;Ragged clothingClings to the armpits and genitals a bit like hair.This body that has been dead over a thousand yearsLooks like ruins, not a corpse. Its flesh has not actually rotted, justBecome worn, or broken like the stone pillar of an ancient temple.The man is at the peak of growing ripe in death.The riper the flesh becomes― tough, stubborn, rank―The more it approaches the color and scent of soil.In the ruins where food had been given and secretions excreted,Moss, trees, wild herbs, and roots snoop around, temptedInto the space between ribs, heart, and intestinesFull of nutritive elements. But as he has not yet completely become one with the soil,The man is contained in the spine, crooked from the cold.On knees and elbows crumbled a bit like an earthen wall,

Nov 29, 2018
[49th Translation Awards] Poetry Grand Prize

49th Translation Awards Fiction Commendation Award winner Sean Lin Halbert

Sean Lin HalbertSean Lin Halbert, born and raised in Seattle, graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. in Korean Language and a B.S. in Applied Physics. He is currently getting his master's degree at the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Seoul National University.He became interested in the translation of Korean literature in college. “At the time, I was already proficient in Korean and was just starting to become interested in Korean literature. Even though my major at the time was physics, I was considering turning my passion for the Korean language into something more than just a hobby. In other words, I wanted a practical application for my skills and interests. I realized that as someone who both spoke Korean and had an interest in literature, becoming a translator was a perfect avenue to pursue my passions,” Halbert said.Halbert is a huge fan of novelist Kim Ae-ran which is one of the reasons why he selected Kim's “The Other Side” for his translation.“It was her novels that first got me interested in Korean literature.

Nov 29, 2018
[49th Translation Awards] Fiction Commendation Award winner Sean Lin Halbert

49th Translation Awards Fiction Commendation Award - The Other Side

Below is an excerpt of the winning translations. ― ED.Written by Kim Ae-ranTranslated by Sean Lin HalbertCover of Kim Ae-ran's "The Outside Is Summer"“Let's go to Noryangjin Fish Market this Christmas,” said Isu as he folded towels.“Noryangjin?”Tohwa was cutting some seomcho spinach in the kitchen when she turned her head to speak. Even though the kitchen ― if one could even call it that ― was only a few steps from the living room, you had to raise your voice a little when speaking to someone on the other side.“Yeah, where the National Fisheries is.”Making an expression of dread, Tohwa immersed the spinach in cold water. The plant ― which had grown while enduring the snowy winds of midwinter ― received the city's tap water and swelled like a flower.“We'll only get swindled going on a busy day like that.”Tohwa's hands were lush with green as they pulled the spinach from the water. Isu was sitting on the living room floor and chuckling to himself as he watched a comedy program. Without taking his eyes off the TV, Isu continued to slowly f

Nov 29, 2018
[49th Translation Awards] Fiction Commendation Award - The Other Side
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