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Lawmaker looks after stray cats at Assembly

 Rep. Han Jeoung-ae of the Democratic Party of Korea, left, and National Assembly Secretary General Woo Yoon-keun smile in front of an outdoor shelter for stray cats, Jan. 4. / Courtesy of Rep. Han Jeoung-aeBy Choi Ha-youngThe National Assembly opened four outdoor shelters for stray cats on Jan. 4. The structures were made after Rep. Han Jeoung-ae of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) rescued three cats from the parking lot at the Assembly last September. They were named “Democracy,” “Nuri” and “People” after the three largest parties: DPK, Saenuri Party and People’s Party. The cat called Democracy was seriously injured after being hit by a car, and barely survived. Han proposed to Secretary General Woo Yoon-keun to install the houses for cats at the Assembly and Woo approved it. “Lawmakers take many steps to protect social minorities,“ Han told The Korea Times, Wednesday, at her office. “If we fail to protect the weakest creatures here, it would be hard to say we can protect citizens.”This is the first time cat

Jan 18, 2017
Lawmaker looks after stray cats at Assembly

Skating for orphans

Grand Hyatt Seoul General Manager Adrian Slater, second from right, poses with over 25 girls and teachers from Songjukwon Girl’s Orphanage and representatives from ANZ Bank, the Kiwi Chamber of Commerce, the New Zealand Embassy and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise at a skating event sponsored by the Grand Hyatt Seoul, Jan. 10. / Courtesy of EDGE Communications

Jan 17, 2017

New Naver CEO to reshape firm into platform giant

By Lee Min-hyungHan Seong-sook, CEO appointee at NaverNew Naver CEO Han Seong-sook will focus on reshaping the firm’s identity in a way to make it the nation’s largest technology platform provider. This comes as part of her first and foremost strategy to turn the local portal service operator into a trailblazer creating an open environment for small- and medium-sized business operators here.Last October, the 51-year-old executive was promoted to head the firm, in recognition of her decade-long efforts as a de facto control tower managing its various internet-based services.Upon Han’s appointment, her first pledge was to realign its portfolio to become a tech platform firm by investing more on emerging technologies ― such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data.In her first public appearance at the firm’s annual developers’ conference in late November, she said the company would focus more on strengthening alliances with more partners here by remaining more agile and transparent with open corporate policies.“We realized that Naver benefits

Jan 16, 2017
New Naver CEO to reshape firm into platform giant

Entrepreneur bridges farmers and consumers

By Kim Bo-eunPark Jong-beomIn 2003, Park Jong-beom started working for a company that provided consulting services for farming villages. As he learned about farming and farmers in rural villages, it occurred to him that the dominant retail structure of how produce ends up with consumers was not designed to be favorable to farmers or consumers.“I realized farmers need to provide products to retailers' requirements and have little control over prices,” Park, 36, said. “I thought bridging farmers and consumers would be a way to solve this problem.”On the sidelines of work, Park engaged in various projects with farmers.In 2013, he began a project incorporating the concept of crowdfunding to farming. Individual consumers would invest small amounts for the produce from a rice farmer, and they would receive rice in return for their investments. The project eventually developed into Farming Fund.“This way, farmers can start farming without debts and can be freed from concerns of retail and sales,” Park said. “In the case of consumers, they are a

Jan 13, 2017
Entrepreneur bridges farmers and consumers

Fine Korean food will become global

Yun Kyoung-suk, chef and owner of Yunga Myeongga, poses in her restaurant, at Avenuel in downtown Seoul, Tuesday. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulYunga Myeongga chef committed to promoting 'hansik'By Kim Ji-sooYun Kyoung-suk, chef and owner of Yunga Myeongga, is known as “Wonder Woman” among her staff at the Korean fine dining restaurant in downtown Seoul. For one thing, she hardly sleeps.“Oh, you might say I live 25-hour days,” Yun, 50, said.Passionate and driven to spread “hansik,” or Korean cuisine, she makes many of the ingredients herself, even the oil, soybean sauce, chili pepper paste and soybean paste.Her belated return to a childhood dream of promoting Korean fine dining began two years ago with Yunga Myeongga. She prepares and cooks the dishes, which she updates according to Korea’s four seasons, and she constantly thinks about ways to better deliver fine Korean dining.Interestingly, if Korean food had a passionate preacher, Yun would come close.“Korean dining has a rich history that anyone can delve into; our f

Jan 13, 2017
Fine Korean food will become global

Alumni dinner

Andrew Martin, the dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan, speaks during the school’s Seoul Alumni Dinner at the Lotte Hotel in downtown Seoul, Thursday. A total of 190 alumni attended the annual New Year event./ Courtesy of the University of Michigan Korean Alumni Association

Jan 12, 2017

Kyobo Life Chairman to become 'honorary poet'

By Nam Hyun-wooShin Chang-jaeKyobo Life Insurance Chairman Shin Chang-jae will become an “honorary poet” acknowledged by the Society of Korean Poets, the insurer said, Thursday.In a New Year gathering of the society on Jan. 18, Shin will be awarded the honor for his efforts to assist poets through various methods.The insurer said that Shin earned this honor for helping Korean literature's progress and globalization by running the Daesan Foundation and Kyobo Bookstore, the country's largest bookstore chain."Chairman Shin has made a huge contribution to the progress and the popularization of the country's literature, as well as setting a model case as a corporate patron of the arts," an official at the society said.Shin is known for his dedication to the progress of Korean literature.The Daesan Foundation, established in 1992, is a non-profit cultural foundation to support writers and the translations of their works.It awards writers with Daesan Literary Awards, among the most prized literary awards here, as well as supporting their publications and translations. Also, it o

Jan 12, 2017
Kyobo Life Chairman to become 'honorary poet'

CICI honors Korea image promoters

From left are British Ambassador to Korea Charles Hay who received the CICI award on behalf of U.K.-based DeepMind’s AlphaGo; Cho Tae-kwon, president of Kwangjuyo Group; golfer Pak Se-ri; and CICI President Choi Jung-wha posing with the awards at the 2017 Korea Image Awards held at the COEX InterContinental in southern Seoul, Wednesday. / Courtesy of CICIBy Yun Suh-youngStar Korean golfer Pak Se-ri, Kwangjuyo President Cho Tae-kwon and artificial intelligence (AI) AlphaGo were awarded at the Korea Image Awards by the Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI), Wednesday.At an awards ceremony held at COEX InterContinental in Samseong-dong, southeastern Seoul, the CICI awarded the three recipients for promoting the image of Korea in 2016. The ceremony is held annually by the institute to recognize people or objects that have contributed to publicizing Korea and representing it well overseas. The CICI is led by Hankuk University of Foreign Studies professor Choi Jung-wha.The top prize, the Korea Image Stepping Stone Award, went to golfer Pak, who "served as a stepping st

Jan 12, 2017
CICI honors Korea image promoters

Assembly sanitation workers' long battle pays off

Kim Young-sook, head of the union for National Assembly sanitation workers, holds an employee passduring a New Year’s ceremony at the Assembly, Jan. 2. / YonhapBy Kim Hyo-jin“I have no worries at all now. I’m even unaware of the passage of time while working,” Kim Young-sook, head of the union for sanitation workers at the National Assembly said Wednesday, gazing at an employee pass hung around her neck proudly.A total of 203 former contract sanitation workers at the Assembly have recently been directly hired by it.Lawmakers passed a bill to secure a budget for the direct employment of irregular sanitation workers last month in line with a pledge from Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun.Kim participated in the Assembly’s New Year ceremony, Jan. 2, along with fellow workers as regular employees. She recalled the moment when Assembly Secretary-General Woo Yoon-keun bowed to them, saying, “Sorry, having you as our family was so late.”“It made me feel like he has already done everything we’d ever wanted,” Kim said. The move came six

Jan 11, 2017
Assembly sanitation workers' long battle pays off

Veteran war scribe Clare Hollingworth dies at 105

Clare Hollingworth takes part in a party celebrating her 105th birthday at the Foreign Correspondent's Club in Hong Kong, Oct. 10, 2016. / AFP-Yonhap By Ko Dong-hwanVeteran British war correspondent Clare Hollingworth, celebrated for breaking news of World War II’s start, died Tuesday aged 105.Family friend Cathy Hilborn Feng said Hollingworth died in Hong Kong, where she lived for 30 years.Her family released news of her death on the Facebook account “Celebrate Clare Hollingworth,” Wednesday. The post illustrated some of her greatest achievements, including her relentless coverage of the war by travelling across the Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa as a junior reporter for The Daily Telegraph.Her achievements also included reports on the foundation of Israel, unrest in Algeria, India, Pakistan and Vietnam, and China’s Cultural Revolution.“Clare pushed the boundaries for women in journalism and though she has gone, her legacy will certainly live on,” the post said.She celebrated her 105th birthday at the Foreign Correspondents’

Jan 11, 2017
Veteran war scribe Clare Hollingworth dies at 105
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