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Korean chef brings taste of Spain to Seoulites

Kim Mun-jungBy Kim Hyo-jinTrue to its name, Tapas Gourmet, one of the few Spanish restaurants in Seoul, has captivated the palates of local gourmets.A restaurant with the ambiance of a traditional Korean home, in an old part of Seoul, Seochon, actually serves the most genuine taste of Spain, its guests and food critics say.“I tell people not to call me a chef,” Kim Mun-jung, the 39-year-old who runs Tapas Gourmet told The Korea Times in a recent interview. That might be funny to hear from someone who cooks at the kitchen of a top-ranked restaurant in Seoul and has published two books about cooking. She says, though, that she is merely a fan of Spanish food.Kim’s genuine fondness for the cuisine, however, doesn’t come out of thin air. She spent about 12 years in Spain, immersing herself in cooking while she was there.The first Korean to graduate from Hofmann Culinary School, she opened a one-table restaurant in Barcelona in 2007, called Casa Gourmet. The restaurant, run with a guesthouse, became famous through word of mouth while receiving accolades from guests

Mar 9, 2016
Korean chef brings taste of Spain to Seoulites

11 Asian foreign language universities form network

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) President Kim In-chul, center, poses with presidents and vice presidents of 10 other universities of foreign languages in Asia during their forum at Westin Chosun Seoul, Wednesday. They are, from left, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Vice President Toshiki Kumagai, University of Humanities in Mongolia Vice President Chuluundorj Begz, University of Languages and International Studies-Vietnam National University President Do Tuan Minh, Busan University of Foreign Studies President Chung Hae-lin, Beijing Foreign Studies University Council President Zhen Han, HUFS President Kim, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies President Hirotaka Tateishi, Daegu University of Foreign Studies President Kim Soo-il, Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages President Ganisher Khudoykulovich Rakhimov, Shanghai International Studies University Vice President Li Yang and Cyber Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Vice President Cho Jang-youn. / Courtesy of HUFSBy Chung Hyun-chaeThe Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS)

Mar 9, 2016
11 Asian foreign language universities form network

WWF awards Korean office chairman, 2 board members

Kang Hee-chul Yang In-moLee Jang-mooBy Kim Bo-eunThe World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) awarded the Korea office's chairman and two board members for their contributions to the organization, Sunday. Yang In-mo, honorary consul general of Croatia to Korea; Kang Hee-chul, a partner at Yulchon and Lee Jang-moo, chairman of the board of directors at KAIST, were awarded plaques of appreciation for their role in helping get the Korean office settled, at an event held on the sidelines of a regional meeting of WWF Asia representatives.It has only been two years since the WWF Korea office opened in 2014, but it is functioning well, due to the contributions of the three awardees, WWF said."The WWF, one of the largest global environmental groups, is rational and systematic in its efforts to protect the environment," Kang said."It has been rewarding to see the development of WWF Korea and I will continue to play my role as long as circumstances allow."Yulchon has been providing the organization free legal consulting services since the office opened.

Mar 8, 2016
WWF awards Korean office chairman, 2 board members

SHINee's Key takes starring role in play

SHINee’s Key  / Courtesy of Page1By Kwon Mee-yooK-pop group SHINee's Key will star in a new play, "Save the Green Planet,” at Art One Theater in Seoul’s theater district, Daehangno.From April, Key will play Byeong-gu, who believes aliens are plotting to conquer Earth and are hiding among Earthlings.The play, based on the namesake 2003 Korean film, is a science-fiction black comedy that has a cult fan base.The plot revolves around Byeong-gu and Man-shik, an owner of a chemical production company who Byeong-gu believes is the head of the aliens and conspiring to invade Earth.The stage adaptation, directed by Lee Gi-na, will maximize lighting and video projection to transcend time and space.Key debuted as a member of SHINee in 2008 and is a talented actor. His theatrical career began with "Frank Abagnale Jr." in the Korean production of the musical "Catch Me If You Can" in 2012. He then played Clyde in "Bonnie & Clyde," D'Artagnan in "The Three Musketeers" in 2013, Zorro in "Zorro" in 2014 and Usnavi in "In the Heights" last year.Key will alternate the role of

Mar 8, 2016
SHINee's Key takes starring role in play

Father of email dead @ 74

Ray Tomlinson / AP-YonhapBy Ko Dong-hwan Ray Tomlinson, an American computer programmer widely credited with inventing email, has died. He was 74.The late Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate invented direct electronic messages between users on different machines on a network in 1971. He used for the first time the “@” symbol to distinguish a user from its host.Raytheon, an American defense contractor dealing with weapons and commercial electronics where the late inventor worked, said Tomlinson was “a true technology pioneer who brought us email in the early days of networked computers,” according to AFP. The company said despite his accomplishments, Tomlinson “remained humble, kind and generous with his time and talents.”Google’s Gmail team tweeted: “Thank you, Ray Tomlinson, for inventing email and putting the @ sign on the map. #RIP.”

Mar 8, 2016
Father of email dead @ 74

Professor leads semiconductor manufacturing technology

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) industrial and systems engineering professorLee Tae-eog is at work in his office at KAIST in Daejeon in this file photo. / Courtesy of KAISTBy Yoon Sung-wonAs semiconductor technology advances, the manufacturing of semiconductors using wafers has become a process more complex, sophisticated and automated that only robots can do without error.Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) industrial and systems engineering professor Lee Tae-eog has led the development of a scheduling technology that can accurately control the automation process of semiconductor manufacturing.Lee, who was chosen by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning as the scientist of the month in December, has changed the way engineers do this work based on their long-accumulated “sense.”“In the past, engineers sought for exact control in timing based on their experiences from numerous instances of trial and error,” Lee said. “In manufacturing wafers, effective management is essential in semiconductor pr

Mar 7, 2016
Professor leads semiconductor manufacturing technology

Former Unification Minister Huh Moon-do passes away

A mourner pays respects to the late Huh Moon-do, who served in core government positions during the Chun Doo-hwan government in the 1980s, at a memorial altar set up at the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital in Gyeonggi Province, Monday. / YonhapBy Kim Ji-sooFormer Unification Minister Huh Moon-do passed away Saturday. He was 76.Born in Goseong, South Gyeongsang Province, Huh graduated from Seoul National University as an agricultural major and studied sociology at the Tokyo University’s graduated school. He joined the conservative vernacular Chosun Ilbo in 1964, where he worked as its Tokyo correspondent.Then he was tapped in 1980 by the government of Chun Doo-hwan, a former military strongman, to work as chief secretary to the director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, the predecessor of the National Intelligence Service. He then went on to serve in various government roles such as deputy minister for culture, presidential secretary for political affairs and the Unification Minister.But Huh is known for his central role of forcibly integrating press

Mar 7, 2016
Former Unification Minister Huh Moon-do passes away

Former US first lady Nancy Reagan dead at 94

U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday mourned the passing of Nancy Reagan, the wife of late former President Ronald Reagan, saying she redefined the role of first lady.The former first lady died Sunday of congestive heart failure at her home in Los Angeles at the age of 94, her spokeswoman Joanne Drake of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library said in a statement. She will be buried at the library in Simi Valley, California, next to her husband who died in 2004, Drake said."Nancy Reagan once wrote that nothing could prepare you for living in the White House. She was right, of course. But we had a head start, because we were fortunate to benefit from her proud example, and her warm and generous advice," Obama and first lady Michelle Obama said in a statement."Our former first lady redefined the role in her time here. Later, in her long goodbye with President Reagan, she became a voice on behalf of millions of families going through the depleting, aching reality of Alzheimer's, and took on a new role, as advocate, on behalf of treatments that hold the potential and the promise to impro

Mar 7, 2016
Former US first lady Nancy Reagan dead at 94

Firefighter recounts passion and tribulation

O Yeong-hwan, 28, a firefighter at Seongbuk Fire Station in northern Seoul, has recently published a book “A Fireman’s Prayer.”/ Courtesy of Sam & ParkersBy Lee Kyung-min O Yeong-hwan, 28, a firefighter at Seongbuk Fire Station in northern Seoul, learned the intrinsic value of life and gratitude for being alive while constantly dealing with life-and-death situations every day.In his book, “A Fireman’s Prayer,” recently published, inspired by a poem of the same title written by a U.S. firefighter, A.W. Smokey Linn, he describes vividly the trials and tribulations he and his fellow workers who willingly risk their lives to save others undergo.Sometimes they succeed, much more often they fail, but giving in to such guilt and depression is never an option for them. Instead, they learn to try harder to do their best, each and every moment.“Firefighters do not give up,” O said. “That’s what I was taught when I was about to start my career. I learned not to dwell on past failures but to stay mentally strong,&rdqu

Mar 4, 2016
Firefighter recounts passion and tribulation

Actress Kim Jung-eun to marry this month

Kim Jung-eunActress Kim Jung-eun will marry later this month in the United States, her management agency said Wednesday. It said she will tie the knot with a Korean-American businessman on March 28 andhold another ceremony in Korea afterward. The second ceremony will be open to family and close friends, the agency said. The actress, 40, debuted in 1997 in the popular TV drama “Star in My Heart.” Sheshot to stardom with the mega-hit SBS TV drama “Lovers in Paris” in 2004.

Mar 3, 2016
Actress Kim Jung-eun to marry this month
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