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Multicultural youth is future asset of Korea

The judges for the fifth Korea Multicultural Youth Awards pose with executives from The Korea Times after the evaluation of award applicants at the daily’s office in central Seoul, Nov 2. They are, from left, Cho Jae-hyon, managing editor of The Korea Times; Seo Young-jin and Ju Gun-ihl, representatives of Seoul YMCA’s civil society movement department; Lee Chang-sup, president and publisher of The Korea Times; Kim Joon-sik, honorary chairman of Asian Friends; Lee Ha-ryong, president of the Korea Support Center for Foreign Workers; Mo Kyung-hwan, president of the Korean Association for Multicultural Education; and Yun Kang-mo, multicultural family support division director at the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. / Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukBy Kim Joon-sikWe, the judges, felt great satisfaction for the privilege of evaluating the applicants for the fifth Korea Multicultural Youth Awards organized by The Korea Times.We could see again that most of the young people from interracial families have been growing well in Korea.This year, the applicants were children

Nov 13, 2016

Consideration for others, key strength for Ban

Ban Jun-hwi, 11, makes a funny face during a photo shoot after class at Youngil Elementary School in Guro, southwestern Seoul, Tuesday. Ban is the top prize winner of the fifth Korea Multicultural Youth Awards.Grand prize winner versatile in language, music, goBy Kim Bo-eunBan plays the violin during orchestra practice at the Guro Culture Center in Seoul. / Korea Times photos by Shim Hyun-chulEleven-year-old Ban Jun-hwi is observant, inquisitive and smart; but what makes the top prize winner of the fifth Korea Multicultural Youth Awards shine above all is his character.On Tuesday afternoon, Ban was early for his orchestra class at a local culture center in Guro, southwestern Seoul.Some students were there, practicing or talking to each other. But there were not enough chairs for all of the orchestra members.Soon, Ban came with a stack of chairs, struggling to get the heavy load into the entrance.“I jokingly refer to him as ‘aeneulgeuni’ (a precocious child), because he is such a mature and responsible child,” Lee Sang-hyo, his violin teacher at Guro Culture Ce

Nov 13, 2016

Korean-born Aussie named new Australian ambassador to Seoul

By Kang Seung-wooJames ChoiJames Choi, a South Korean-born Australian, has been named Australia’s ambassador to Seoul, its Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said Wednesday.It is the first time a Korean-Australian will assume the position after the two nations established diplomatic ties in 1961.He also is the second ethnic South Korean to head a foreign embassy in Seoul, following Sung Kim, the former U.S. ambassador who is now ambassador to the Philippines.“James Choi has been appointed as Australia’s next Ambassador to South Korea, with non-resident accreditation to North Korea,” the department said.Canberra maintains diplomatic relations with Pyongyang, so Choi, 46, will double as the ambassador to North Korea.Choi migrated to Australia in 1974 when he was four and graduated from the University of Sydney, earning a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws.Choi has been a senior career officer with DFAT since 1994. He has served as Ambassador to Denmark, with earlier postings at the Australian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New Y

Nov 11, 2016
Korean-born Aussie named new Australian ambassador to Seoul

Mixing finance experience with graffiti art

Choi Hwan-seung, CEO of Minoa Art Assets, poses in his office, in an interview with The Korea TImes. The company and the Seoul Arts Center will host "The Great Graffiti" at the Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum at the Seoul Arts Center./ Korea Times photo by Kim Ji-sooMinoa Art Assets CEO talks about art managementBy Kim Ji-soo Choi Hwan-seung, former Wall Street broker and financial consultant and now Minoa Art Assets CEO, interestingly finds a commonality between being a broker and dealing in artistic content.“On Wall Street you would think all the decisions are rationally made, when, in fact, there is a lot of emotion involved as well,” Choi said.“It’s akin to how a company’s stocks are evaluated in the United States, where analysts often pore over the people of the company as well as the figures.”Perhaps it is because of that similarity that Choi chose to start his own art content management and museum show company, Minoa Art Assets.Founded in July 2015, the company, with the Seoul Arts Center, will host “The Great Graffiti” exhibit

Nov 11, 2016
Mixing finance experience with graffiti art

Ewha professors win W2.5 bil. subsidy for stem cell therapy

Prof. Jung Sung-chulProf. Kim Han-suProf. Jo In-hoBy Nam Hyun-wooAn Ewha Womans University College of Medicine team has won a 2.5 billion won ($2.16 million) government subsidy for their stem cell therapy research, the university said Thursday.The team, led by Profs. Jung Sung-chul, Kim Han-su and Jo In-ho, was selected as a recipient of the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s stem cell and regenerative medicines subsidy program, with its hypoparathyroidism treatment development project. The ministry will provide them 500 million won annually for five years.In its program, the team is working on a treatment in which adult stem cells are extracted from the tonsils and regenerated into parathyroid cells. Hypoparathyroidism is an intractable disease derived from an underproduction of hormones which can lead to low levels of calcium in the blood.“The condition can be inherited, but there are a number of cases when the parathyroid was removed during thyroid cancer surgery,” Kim said. “Since the size of parathyroid is very small, there are cases it is removed alon

Nov 10, 2016
Ewha professors win W2.5 bil. subsidy for stem cell therapy

'Award strengthened family bond'

This is the third in a series of stories about former winners of the Korea Multicultural Youth Awards hosted by The Korea Times. — EDPark Ji-hanBy Kim Se-jeong Park Ji-han, the top winner of the third Korea Multicultural Youth Awards from The Korea Times in 2014, said the award has brought unity to his family.The then high school sophomore born to a Korean mother and a Sudanese father, Han said he and his family were invited to a television show after winning the award.“We all went to the TV show,” Pak said. “We all put on make-up. My mother got a special facial treatment the night before. It was a now-or-never family experience.”He also remembers that his father read a letter to him in Korean, which touched him deeply. His father told him how proud he was of the son.Besides the TV show, Park was also invited to a radio show on KBS Radio International and to an open debate on diversity. “I felt like I was an ambassador for multicultural families,” Park said.He saved the prize money for college.He graduated from high school in February th

Nov 9, 2016
'Award strengthened family bond'

CEO Loos promotes 'great place to work'

Christoph Loos, CEO of Hilti Group, poses with his company’s signature hard hat at the company’s Korea office in southern Seoul, on Nov.1. / Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukHilti Group pushes 'Champion 2020' for sustainable growthBy Kim Ji-sooLoos smiles during an interview with The Korea Times./ Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukComing out of a meeting, Christoph Loos, the globe-trotting CEO of Hilti Group., easily put on the company’s hard hat and picked up the hammer drill to pose for a photo op. For executives and employees of Hilti, a supplier of quality, innovative and specialized tools for construction professionals, on-site demonstrations are a regular event.“It’s just that we don’t usually wear a suit (when handling power tools),” Loos said, smiling in an interview with The Korea Times.Loos was visiting Korea as Hilti Korea marked its 30th year in the country. Hilti first became familiar with the country because of Korean workers in the Middle East in the late 1970s. Hilti Korea has been growing significantly in recent years, and Loo

Nov 9, 2016

Crown J, Seo In-young reunite in “Just Remarried”

Seo In-young, left, and Crown J pose during the press conference for the season two of TV show “Just Remarried” at the JTBC building in Mapo-gu, western Seoul, Tuesday. / Courtesy of JTBCBy Kim Jae-heunRapper Crown J and singer Seo In-young reunite as a married couple in a variety show on JTBC _ seven years since they last starred on MBC’s “We Got Married” in 2009.The musicians received much love as an honest couple in the old episodes that pushed the TV show to stardom. Now, they are back in a similar TV series called “Just Remarried” on the cable channel and the couple is expected to show some sparks once again.“I never knew we would get back together again,” said Seo during the press conference at JTBC building in Mapo, western Seoul, Tuesday. “Also, if I joined another marriage-themed TV show, I thought I would be partnered with someone else. But I have to admit, Crown J is my guy.”The rapper said he was offered to star in an American TV show called “Love and Hiphop: Hollywood” with actre

Nov 8, 2016
Crown J, Seo In-young reunite in “Just Remarried”

Youths select 31 lawmakers for polite language

Min Byoung-chul, second from right in the second row, chairman of Sunfull Movement, poses with lawmakers who won awards for using polite language, as well as student members of the organization, at the National Assembly, southern Seoul, Monday. / Courtesy of Sunfull MovementBy Choi Ha-youngStudent members of Sunfull Movement, a non-profit organization promoting positive language culture, selected 31 lawmakers for using polite language in National Assembly meetings, Monday. At the award ceremony, four lawmakers received grand prizes: Cho Kyung-tae from Saenuri Party, Pyo Chang-won from Democratic Party of Korea, Yoo Sung-yup from People’s Party and Chung Sye-kyun, the speaker of the National Assembly. The 134 students monitored Assembly meeting minutes from the beginning of the 20th Assembly at the end of May to October, and picked the 31 lawmakers. They reviewed each lawmaker’s speech, adding points for courteous words and subtracting points for coarse words. Lawmakers who often expressed compliments, encouragement and gratitude got high scores, according to Min Byoung-ch

Nov 8, 2016
Youths select 31 lawmakers for polite language
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