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Lawyer helps foreigners with back wages

Lawyer Jeong Hye-youngBy Lee Kyung-min Lawyer Jeong Hye-young, 30, said providing legal consultation to foreigners is one of her duties that make her truly happy.Since 2009, she has helped foreigners with the two most common legal issues for them ― divorces for immigrant wives, and back wages for factory workers. She has dealt with numerous such cases while volunteering at the Korea Legal Aid Corporation, and Seoul Global Center run by Seoul Metropolitan Government.“People’s lives are instantly ruined if they do not receive their monthly paycheck, especially for foreigners many of whom are day laborers. That is why I feel so strongly about helping them,” she said.Last year, she helped three foreigners from Southeast Asia who had not received their paychecks for more than one year, after their employer, a subcontractor for contact lens manufacturer Bescon went bankrupt.She filed a court injunction against the company that acquired the troubled subcontractor, and made it pay the due amount to the three foreigners.  “Fortunately, the acquirer was d

Nov 6, 2015
Lawyer helps foreigners with back wages

Top honor from France

Cho Yang-ho, right, chairman of Hanjin Group, makes a toast with French President Francois Hollande after receiving the Legion d’Honneur Grand Officier medal, one of France’s highest civilian honors, at a special ceremony at the Grand Hyatt Seoul Hotel, Seoul, Wednesday. The French government recognized Cho’s contribution to business exchanges between the two countries. He serves as the chairman of the Korean organizing committee for France-Korea Year 2015-2016. Cho’s late father, group founder Cho Choong-hoon, also received the medal in 1990. / Courtesy of Korean Air

Nov 5, 2015

Doosan execs donate W3.5 bil. to create jobs

Doosan Group Chairman Park Yong-maanBy Park Si-sooDoosan Group Chairman Park Yong-maan and executives donated a combined 3.5 billion won ($3.07 million) to a government-initiated fund to help create jobs for young adults.“Creating jobs for young people is the most important issue that should be settled by any means,” said Park, who serves as chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), in a press release, Thursday. “I hope our donation will contribute to boosting the ability and talent of young people who are the backbone and future of society.”Park’s donation came one day after GS Group Chairman Huh Chang-soo and his subordinates donated 5 billion won to the fund for the same purpose. Huh also serves as chairman of the Federation of Korean Industries, one of the biggest business lobby groups, along with KCCI.Last month, Park donated 10 billion won to set up a foundation designed to revitalize the Dongdaemun area where the group’s headquarters is located.He has said if his company wins a state license to run a duty free store at a

Nov 5, 2015
Doosan execs donate W3.5 bil. to create jobs

Expat offers free tutoring to NK defectors

Casey Lartigue Jr., center, introduces volunteer English tutors to North Korean defectors during a matching session of Teach North Korean Refugees at the Mulmangcho Human Rights Center in Seoul on March 21. / Courtesy of Casey Lartigue Jr.By Kim Hyo-jin An American expat is running a free tutoring program in Seoul that teaches English to North Korean defectors.Casey Lartigue Jr., co-founder of Teach North Korean Refugees (TNKR), bridges English-speaking volunteers with North Korean refugees. More than 200 defectors have learned English through the program over the past two years.Park Yeon-mi, a 22-year-old North Korean defector who publicizes human rights violations in North Korea on the international stage, is a graduate of the program. “I’m like a high school coach,” Lartigue told The Korea Times, Monday. “My star player has gone off to the NBA,” Park was eager to learn English so she could share with the world her experiences growing up in the reclusive country. So she knocked on the door of TNKR in 2013, Lartigue said. She had 18 tutors in

Nov 4, 2015
Expat offers free tutoring to NK defectors

Yi promotes value of handcraft pottery

Ceramic artist Yi Yoon-shin / Courtesy of YidoBy Kim Jae-heunYi Yoon-shin, a ceramic artist and founder of Yido Pottery, stressed the special value of handcraft and the beauty of Korean traditional pottery during a Korea Culture Quotient event hosted by Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI) at Yido in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on Oct. 27.The president of CICI, Choi Jung-wha, invited some 20 foreign and local opinion leaders to the event, including Kuwaiti Ambassador to Korea Jasem Albudaiwi and CEO of Renault Samsung Motors Francois Provost.Yi, who recently held a solo exhibition of ceramics in Paris, talked about her experience with ceramics and the establishment of Yido Pottery, as well as the history of world ceramics during her hour-long speech.The artist emphasized that people should use handcrafted porcelains instead of mass-produced pottery.“Handcrafted porcelains are weak on impact compared to the normal pottery at home and they absorb water, so it can easily break if you leave water inside for a long time,” said Yi during her speech. “However, the handmade cer

Nov 3, 2015
Yi promotes value of handcraft pottery

Gumseang Elementary School wins Kyobo Education Award

Nam Mi-suk, president of Gumseang Elementary SchoolYoon Kyung-eun, representative of Small Is BeautifulPark Wan, representative of the Collaboration FarmBy Chung Hyun-chaeGumseang Elementary School in Busan has won the inaugural Kyobo Education Award for personality development education, the award foundation said Tuesday.“We’ve recognized the school for devising a successful model for education focused on personality development,” Kim Dae-yeong, chairman of the Kyobo Foundation for Education, said.Small Is Beautiful, an organization affiliated with the Green Korea United, won an award for life education while the Collaboration Farm, an agriculture cooperative, received an award in the leadership education field.Small Is Beautiful, a publisher of a monthly environmental magazine, was lauded for its 19-year environmental movement and publication activities.The Collaboration Farm was praised for its support programs for young people heading into farming.The three awardees were chosen among 62 candidates.Each winner will receive 30 million won in prize m

Nov 3, 2015
Gumseang Elementary School wins Kyobo Education Award

Reading poem for peace

Korean poet Ko Un reads his poem on global peace at the headquarters of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, Sunday. / Yonhap

Nov 2, 2015

Former IT minister appointed as cable TV agency chief

Kim Dong-sooBy Yoon Sung-wonFormer vice minister of information and communication Kim Dong-soo has been inaugurated as head of Korea Digital Cable Laboratories (KLabs).Starting from Monday, Kim will head the research and development agency for two years, replacing Kim Chang-gon, who also was a former vice minister of the same ministry.“The cable industry expects that Kim, who has played a key role in establishing plans to foster the nation’s IT industry, will lead KLabs as the headquarters of cable services research and development here,” said a representative of the organization.Kim, 59, was born in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, and passed the Highest Civil Service and Public Administration Examination in 1979. Before joining the Ministry of Information and Communication, now the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, he headed the Chungju Post Office in 1990.In 2006, he acquired a doctoral degree in science of public administration at the graduate school of Hanyang University.Kim also worked as an IT sector adviser at law firm Lee & Ko and was a

Nov 2, 2015
Former IT minister appointed as cable TV agency chief

commendation award 3

Author Kim SoomKim Soom’s “Left-handed Woman” translated by Christine Kwon and Park Chul-hwanPark Chul-hwan, right,  is an in-house translator and Christine Kwon is a freelance translator. Former co-workers, the two decided to try translating as a team because of their shared interest in literature. "While somewhat nervous about the critical feedback we will be given, we are truly grateful for the opportunity to receive the judges' earnest and knowledgeable assessment, and we hope to be able to continue translating literary works."Left-handed Woman When my wife first began insisting her left hand had disappeared, I didn’t think much of it. It was an uneventful Sunday night, and a dull lethargy had settled over me. And far from being gone, her left hand, like its twin, was very much attached to her body.“Where is it…?”I heard her murmuring from the kitchen where she was preparing dinner. I assumed she was looking for her phone. She looked in the refrigerator and around the dining table before busily scouring the rest of the apartmen

Nov 1, 2015
commendation award 3
  • Winners of 46th Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards
  • Commendation award 1

Commendation award 2

Author Lee Seung-uLee Seung-u’s “The Old Diary” translated by Helen ChoHelen Cho received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English Literature from University College London, the United Kingdom. She currently works as a freelance translator and broadcaster based in Seoul and regularly participates in literary translation workshops at the Literature Translation Institute of Korea.The Old Diary Part OneIt was Gyu’s wife who gave me the news that he was in such a critical condition that there was nothing the hospital could do for him. Having lost contact for goodness knows how long, I failed to recognise her voice straight away when she said, “This is Jun-young’s mum.” Besides her voice, it was embarrassing that I did not immediately think of Gyu upon hearing the name Jun-young. Although the fault was not entirely mine, I couldn’t help but feel ashamed. In a lifeless voice, she asked me to drop by the hospital to see Gyu before the worst happened. She wasn’t sure how much longer he would hold out. Puzzled,

Nov 1, 2015
Commendation award 2
  • Winners of 46th Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards
  • Commendation award 1
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