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Asan Institute honorary chairman commemorates late US defense secretary

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld speaks in front of a satellite map of the Korean Peninsula at night during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Oct. 11, 2006. Rumsfeld died on Tuesday at age 88. Reuters-Yonhap By Nam Hyun-woo Chung Mong-joon, honorary chairman of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, leaves the funeral hall of the late former KCC Honorary Chairman Chung Sang-young at Asan Hospital in Songpa District, Seoul, Jan. 31. Yonhap Chung Mong-joon, honorary chairman of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, commemorated the late former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who died on Tuesday at age 88.In an English-language letter released by the institute, Chung described him having “an insight that had accurately predicted the present situation” surrounding South Korea 10 years ago, and “a friend who has b

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Chief of Korean War vet association in Mexico passes away at age 90

Jose Villarreal, center, the late president of the Korean War Veterans Association in Mexico / Courtesy of Ministry of Patriot and Veterans AffairsBy Kang Seung-wooJose Villarreal, the president of the recently launched Korean War Veterans Association in Mexico, died Saturday, according to the Ministry of Patriot and Veterans Affairs. He was 90.Villarreal, who was born in Los Angeles, Calif. and left for Mexico later, joined the U.S. Army and participated in the Korean War from September 1950 to February 1952, during which he was involved in the Incheon Landing Operation, also known as Operation Chromite, and the Second Battle of Seoul during the Korean War.Last month, he and three other Mexican veterans, who also fought in the three-year armed conflict under the U.S. armed forces, were conferred with Ambassador for Peace Medals by Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun on the sidelines of the launch ceremony of the Korean War Veterans Association in Mexico. In addition, Villarreal was elected as the first president of the association, whose establishment was supported by the Korean gov

Koreans bid farewell to Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk

South Koreans bade farewell Saturday to Roman Catholic Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk in a funeral mass at Seoul's landmark Myeongdong Cathedral. YonhapSouth Koreans bade farewell Saturday to Roman Catholic Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk in a funeral mass at Seoul's landmark Myeongdong Cathedral.Cheong, who was made Korea's second cardinal in 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI, died Tuesday night at a Seoul hospital at the age of 89.He served as the Catholic archbishop of Seoul for 14 years from 1998, before becoming archbishop emeritus of the capital.Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, the Catholic archbishop of Seoul, recalled that Cheong appeared serious and strong but that, underneath that appearance, he was a soft and gentle person with a broad mind full of love."Cardinal Cheong showed to us through his life that when you throw everything away, you can get everything." Yeom said, overwhelmed with emotion, during rites at Myeongdong Cathedral in central Seoul, where Cheong was baptized as an infant in 1931. "He showed what a happy life is and how to follow God's will."About 250 people ― on

'Omnibus Omnia': Revered Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk dies

Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk died on Tuesday at the age of 89. Korea Times fileBy Kwak Yeon-sooCardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, former archbishop of Seoul, passed away late Tuesday at the age of 89. Cheong, who became Korea's second cardinal after the late Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, had been receiving treatment for various age-related ailments, according to officials of the Catholic Church.He was hospitalized at St. Mary's Hospital in Seoul in February due to his frail condition. Cheong was in a critical condition due to several illnesses, but opted not to receive life-support treatment. “Cardinal Cheong passed away at 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday while in hospital for his deteriorating health. Medical staff and officials of the Archdiocese of Seoul witnessed the hour of his death. His last words were, 'Thank you and always be happy. God wants us to be happy,'” Huh Young-yeop, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Seoul said at a news briefing Wednesday. “As the late cardinal dictated his wish to donate his organs including corneas, his body underwent extraction surg

Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk dies

Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk / Courtesy of Archdiocese of SeoulCardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, former Catholic archbishop of Seoul, died Tuesday, Catholic officials said. He was 89.Cheong passed away of old age at 10:15 p.m. at a Seoul hospital for treatment, according to officials. He had been hospitalized since February due to an unspecified ailment. For years, he expressed his intention not to receive life support treatment, although he managed to overcome critical, life-threatening maladies in the past.He agreed to donate his organs, including his corneas, upon death. Catholic officials said surgeons has removed some of his organs in accordance with his will.A Requiem Mass was held in a solemn mood after midnight at Myeongdong Cathedral, the seat of the Catholic archdiocese of Seoul, presided over by Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, the incumbent archbishop. It was attended by a limited number of bishops, priests and reporters.The body of the late cardinal was laid in a glass coffin before the altar."Cardinal Cheong gave out everything he had to churches and the poor. He dona

Inter-Korean reunification activist Paek Ki-wan dies at 88

Lawmakers of Justice Party condole the death of Paek Ki-wan with a moment of silence during the party's meeting at the National Assembly on Feb. 15. YonhapPaek Ki-wan, who devoted his life to the reunification of the two Koreas, died Monday, hospital officials said. He was 88.According to Seoul National University Hospital and his aides, Paek had been in the hospital since January of last year with symptoms of pneumonia. Born in 1932 in what is now Unnyul in North Korea's South Hwanghae Province, Paek worked to educate the poor and farmers, as well as to reunify the divided peninsula.In 1964, he protested against the signing of the treaty on basic relations between South Korea and Japan. In 1974, he was imprisoned while demonstrating against then-President Park Chung-hee's dictatorship.In this photo from Aug. 15, 2008, Paek Ki-wan, who then was representing an institute for reunification of two Koreas, speaks during an event celebrating National Liberation Day and the 63rd anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial occupation at Press Center in Seoul's Jung District. Yo