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World-class product

Lee Sun-ouk, right, senior vice president of global marketing at Green Cross Corp., poses with Lee In-ho, deputy minister for trade and investment at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, during a certificate award ceremony for world-class Korean products at the COEX, southern Seoul, Wednesday. The ministry selected the pharmaceutical company’s medicine Hunterase as one of 59 world-classproducts. Hunterase is the second medicine for Hunter’s syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that primarily affects males. Its symptoms include developmental delay, skeletal deformities, airway obstruction and eventually death before reaching the age of 20. The company posted more than 10 billion won in annual sales of the product last year, taking over 50 percent of the domestic market./ Courtesy of Green Cross Corp

Dec 17, 2015

Inha University president

Choe Soon-ja, right, president of Inha University, poses with Lee Chang-sup, president-publisher of The Korea Times, at English daily’s newsroom in central Seoul, Thursday. Choe visited the newspaper company to discuss how to enhance academic-industrial cooperation./ Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Dec 17, 2015

Researcher develops wearable sensor technology

Yi Hyun-jungBy Lee Min-hyungYi Hyun-jung, a senior researcher at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), has developed key technology for wearable sensors to be used in health care products, the state-run research institute reported Thursday.“We have succeeded in developing a bio-sensing platform technology by using nano- and bio-materials which are harmless to human bodies,” Yi said.Yi, 37, studied material engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and is now leading a research team to develop bio-sensor-related technology at KIST.By using the bio-sensing platform, body fluids such as sweat and tears can be analyzed by researchers to obtain chemical information. This will then be used to analyze the health of people, according to the research team.KIST said this breakthrough is meaningful as bio-sensing technology is expected to pave the way for further development of wearable devices in the health care sector.In particular, the research team said the technology, using direct-electron-transfer (DET), does not use chemical materials, wh

Dec 17, 2015
Researcher develops wearable sensor technology

From model to lifesaver

Kim Soo-yeon, former model-turned-emergency first aid specialist, gives instructions on the Heimlichmaneuver to employees of the Seoul Foundation for Culture and Arts last Friday.  / Courtesy of Orca EFRBy Oh Young-jinKim Soo-yeon, Orca EFR CEO Kim Soo-yeon is still doing what she likes most ― talking to crowds of people ― but for a different purpose.The former model used to crisscross the nation on assignments for early morning Today Show-type programs, talking to tens of thousands of viewers through TV.Now, Kim, 33, still does that but devotes more time to smaller crowds, holding classes instructing people on CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), the Heimlich maneuver and other emergency first aid procedures.“Helping people in trouble is good and saving lives is even better,” she said about her new calling as an instructor of lifesaving techniques.In some countries, people are well versed in first aid techniques such that the revival rate of victims reached by someone qualified in CPR is as high as 70 to 80 percent, she said. “In Korea, it is incomparably

Dec 16, 2015
From model to lifesaver

Edwin John Feulner wins ICAS Liberty Award

Edwin John FeulnerBy Chung Hyun-chaeThe Institute for Corean-American Studies (ICAS) said Wednesday that it had awarded Edwin John Feulner, Jr., 74, founder of the Heritage Foundation, a U.S.-based public policy think tank, its annual liberty award. The institute held a ceremony to confer Feulner with the ICAS Annual Liberty Award for 2015 at the Cannon Caucus Room in Congress, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7. “We recognized his outstanding professional achievements with distinguished service to the nation and the people and his exemplary leadership advancing great humanistic values,” ICAS said. Established in 1973, the institute has worked to enhance cooperation and pursue peace and prosperity throughout the Pacific region.Guests included Elaine Lan Chao, an American economist who served as the U.S. secretary of labor under the George W. Bush administration from 2001 to 2009; Becky Norton Dunlop, vice president of External Relations at the Heritage Foundation; and John David Hoppe, chief of staff to the House speaker.“The ICAS Liberty Award, over the years,

Dec 16, 2015
Edwin John Feulner wins ICAS Liberty Award

Jeju governor, Ewha president win 'Persons of Year Award'

Won Hee-ryongChoi Kyung-heeKang Sue-jinBy Chung Hyun-chaeJeju Special Self-Governing Province Governor Won Hee-ryong and Ewha Womans University President Choi Kyung-hee have won the “Persons of the Year Award” from the Journalists Federation of Korea. The federation said Wednesday that it selected Won as the recipient of the best prize in the category of administration renovation in recognition for presenting a blueprint for sustainable development of the resort island. It said Choi was chosen as the winner of the grand prize in the education development category for her innovative drive to provide a customized education for students. She was also lauded for enhancing her university’s research capabilities by establishing a cancer research center in cooperation with the Jackson Laboratory, a U.S. biomedical research institution. “We think the judges thought highly of our president’s effort to expand our international network as many prominent figures including French President Francois Hollande and Cherie Blair, chancellor of the Asian University for Wom

Dec 16, 2015
Jeju governor, Ewha president win 'Persons of Year Award'

'Real carbonara does not have cream'

Sebastiano Giangregorio, executive Italian chef at Lotte Hotel Seoul /  Courtesy of Sebastiano GiangregorioBy Kim Jae-heunSebastiano Giangregorio, an executive Italian chef at the Lotte Hotel Seoul, is one of the very few cooks in Korea who serves authentic Italian dishes. He prepared a luncheon for Pope Francis during his August 2014 visit and Giangregorio is the only certified Italian Cuisine Master Chief (ICMC) in the country ― which he earned in 2013.The Italian chef has been working in Korea since 2005, consulting for Italian restaurants and cooking in Seoul, but there is one thing that he wants to correct about his motherland’s food ― Korean’s favorite Italian food, pasta a la carbonara does not have cream in it.Giangregorio promotes authentic Mediterranean cuisine by using only imported seasonal ingredients from specific regions.“Real Italian food is only made by an Italian chef with Italian vegetables and sauces using an Italian oven in a traditional way,” said Giangregorio during a interview with The Korea Times, Monday, at the Peninisu

Dec 15, 2015
'Real carbonara does not have cream'

Former National Assembly Speaker dies at 83

Former National Assembly Speaker Lee Man-sup bangs the gavel in this September 2001 file photo to proclaim the dismissal of then Unification Minister Lim Dong-won. Lee passed away Monday at age 83. / YonhapBy Kim Hyo-jinLee Man-sup, former National Assembly speaker passed away, Monday. He was 83.He died of a chronic disease at 4:31 p.m. at Yonsei Severance Hospital, according to Kwon Joong-tae, a parliamentary official. His National Assembly sponsored funeral will take place Friday.Lee, an eight-term lawmaker and two-term National Assembly Speaker, was a veteran politician at the forefront of Korean politics for five decades since the 1960s.He served as the National Assembly speaker from 1993 to 1994, replacing Park Jyun-kyu, who was involved in a land speculation scandal. He served his second term from 2000 to 2002.Even after his last legislative term in the 16th Assembly, which ended in 2004, Lee still remained active in politics, serving as an advisor.Lee, a one-time politics reporter at the Dong-A Ilbo, entered politics in 1963 during the leadership of the late President Par

Dec 14, 2015
Former National Assembly Speaker dies at 83

Barista overcomes hearing disability

Kwon Soon-miBy Lee Hyo-sikIt is not easy for a person with a hearing impairment to work as a barista because he or she has to take orders from customers and brew coffee accordingly. Being able to hear exactly what customers say is more important than anything.However, for Kwon Soon-mi, 36, a hearing disorder has not deterred her from pursuing her dream of becoming a barista at Starbucks Coffee Korea, the country’s largest coffee chain. Four years after Kwon joined Starbucks in August, 2011, she was recently promoted to a deputy store manager despite her disability.“I am really happy that I was able to pass a stringent, highly-competitive test to assume the post of deputy store manager at the Olympic Park South Gate store in southern Seoul,” Kwon said. “Over the past four years, I have worked really hard to figure out what customers say by closely watching how their mouths move. I have also done vocal exercises every day to make the correct sounds so customers can understand what I am saying.”She also acquired an in-house barista certificate in February a

Dec 14, 2015By Lee Hyo-sik
Barista overcomes hearing disability

Ex-lawmaker named person of year by George Washington alumni

Kim Jung-sookBy Kim Se-jeong Kim Jung-sook, 69, a former lawmaker and the president of International Council of Women (ICW), has been selected as person of the year by the George Washington University Alumni Association in Korea.The association chose Kim based on her contribution to building women’s capacities as decision-makers in Korea and her leadership at the ICW.The award ceremony and the association’s year-end party will take place at the Millennium Seoul Hilton on Monday.Kim was elected to lead the ICW in May this year. Apart from that, she is running the Korean Institute for Women and Politics, which she founded in 1989.She was a National Assembly member between 1996 and 2004, representing the ruling conservative party which is now the Saenuri Party.As a lawmaker, she led efforts to revise the law on equal employment between genders in 2000, as well as another law on punishing sex crime offenders and protecting victims of sex trafficking.She also spearheaded the effort for political parties to have the same number of male and female candidates for the Assembl

Dec 11, 2015By Kim Se-jeong
Ex-lawmaker named person of year by George Washington alumni
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