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Photographer capturing lives of Korean War veterans

Lee Byung-yongBy Yi Whan-wooLee Byung-yong, a 58-year-old professional photographer, has been taking photos of Korean War veterans since 2007.He has continued the project despite time and budget constraints because he believes that they are “worth a shot” and this is “the best choice I have ever made.”“My belief remains unchanged although time and money problems continue to bring challenges to my project,” he said in a telephone interview with The Korea Times, Monday.Lee said he realized the importance of “capturing and preserving the memories” when his house was flooded in the early 2000s and he lost all of his artworks.He was also shocked when descendents of the 1950-53 Korean War veterans from Ethiopia sought political asylum during their visit to Chuncheon, Gangwon Province in 2006.The descendents were visiting South Korea to attend a ceremony for the establishment of a memorial in Chuncheon in honor of the Ethiopian war veterans.A total of 6,037 Ethiopians, including 121 dead and 536 wounded, fought for South Korea during the Korea

Feb 3, 2016
Photographer capturing lives of Korean War veterans

Respiratory disease expert named new KCDC chief

Jung Ki-suckBy Lee Kyung-min      Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital President Jung Ki-suck has been named the new head of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), Cheong Wa Dae said, Tuesday.Jung, 58, is the first appointee following the position’s promotion to the vice-ministerial level last year following public criticism that the agency should play a bigger role in preventing infectious diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) that swept the country last year and killed 38.He will succeed former head Yang Byung-guk, for whom the Board of Audit and Inspection recommended dismissal for failing to contain the MERS outbreak.“Jung has abundant experience in treatment and clinical studies, so we believe he is qualified to upgrade the nation’s disease prevention and control system, especially against infectious diseases including MERS and Zika virus,” Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Jung Youn-kuk said.The spokesman said Jung has long led the Hallym hospital, possessing a talent for managing organizati

Feb 2, 2016
Respiratory disease expert named new KCDC chief

Korean violinist wins Dubai competition

Yoo Jin-woo, third from left, poses with, from left, Premier Music College of Prague pianist Iva Rakova, Dubai Media City managing director Mohammed Abdullah, and Riad Kudsi, the head of the jury of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Music Competition and director of the National Conservatory, Dubai, at the CNN Building in Dubai Media City on Jan. 24. / Courtesy of the National Conservatory of Dubai By Kwon Ji-younYoung violinist Yoo Jin-woo has been named one of the grand winners of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Music Competition, organized in conjunction with the 12th Emirates International Peace Music Festival.Also known as Eljin Yoo, the 13-year-old was announced as grand winner in the intermediate violin category of the GCC-level competition organized by Dubai Media City last month. He will perform as a soloist with the Emirates Youth Symphony Orchestra (EYSO), comprised of the UAE’s leading young musicians, at the opening ceremony of the Emirates International Peace Music Festival on March 20. Yoo will be joined by his fellow grand prize winner Xiaolin Zhang, 10

Feb 2, 2016
Korean violinist wins Dubai competition

Dissatisfaction with parenting leads to dependency on cell phones: report

The more middle school students are dissatisfied with their guardians' parenting, the more they rely on cell phones, leading to low independent studying ability, a report showed Tuesday.According to the report by a research team led by professor Yi Soon-hyung of Seoul National University, students who thought their parents showed inconsistency, excessive expectations and over-involvement in parenting turned out to rely more on cell phones.The research was based on the track records of 1,953 students from their first grade in middle school through their third year.The correlation between mobile phone dependency and excessive expectations was the highest at 0.15, according to the report, meaning excessive expectations are the most detrimental factor leading to students' dependency on cell phones. The correlation between dependency and over-involvement and inconsistency were 0.07 and 0.06, respectively.The report also said students with higher cell phone dependency have a lower self-regulated learning ability.The value of achievement, purpose orientation, behavior control ability and ab

Feb 2, 2016

Working women in Seoul surpass 2 million in 2014

The number of female workers at various businesses in Seoul surpassed two million in 2014, thanks to the persistent increase of women's participation in economic activity, the Seoul metropolitan government said Tuesday.The total number of women employed at businesses in Seoul stood at 2,060,316 at the end of 2014, a 4.12 percent increase from the previous year's 1,978,718, according to the capital city's survey of businesses.The number of men at private businesses during the same period showed a slight increase to 2,679,567 from the previous year's 2,606,372, a mere 2.81 percent rise.The ratio of female workers accounts for 43.47 percent of the total 4,739,883 people working at companies or running their own businesses.By types of employment, some 1.37 million women were employed as average workers, while some 239,000 are owner-operators.The number of temporary or part-time female workers slightly shrank to 267,000, a decrease of 0.63 percent from the previous year.But the number of businesses represented by women increased 3.8 percent to 270,000. This means that the portion of femal

Feb 2, 2016

GM Korea appoints new marketing executives

Dale SullivanLee Il-supBy Park Jin-haiGM Korea announced Monday it has appointed Dale Sullivan, former regional director of the Chevrolet West Region in the United States, to GM Korea vice president of vehicle sales, services and marketing (VSSM).Along with him, the local unit of the U.S. carmaker appointed Lee Il-sup, ex- chief marketing officer of WiderPlanet, to the position of managing director of marketing.The appointments of both became effective from Monday.Sullivan joined General Motors in 2000 as the zone manager of Chevrolet, Cadillac and Oldsmobile in Thousand Oaks, California.A graduate of Michigan State University majoring in business administration and marketing, he completed the Advanced Executive Program at Northwestern University.Having held a range of positions in sales, services and marketing, he has acquired a wealth of experience that includes launching the Chevrolet brand in China.The newly appointed marketing managing director Lee began his career in domestic sales at SK Chemicals in 1994.The graduate of Korea University with a bachelor’s degree in Englis

Feb 1, 2016
GM Korea appoints new marketing executives

Promoting Korean Culture

Singaporean Ambassador to Korea Yip Wei Kiat, left, talks during the 5.4 Club meeting hosted by the Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI) at Grand Intercontinental Seoul, Thursday. Prof. Choi Jung-wha, right, organized the event to discuss the trends of cultural content. / Courtesy of CICI

Feb 1, 2016

Young entrepreneur works to make housing more affordable

By Kim Se-jeongShin Ji-yeaShin Ji-yea, 27, is a resident of Mapo in Seoul, and owns a company called Today Maker.Her company is an unusual one. She spearheaded a renovation project of an apartment building that is almost 40 years old in the neighborhood of Mangwon-dong and rented the flats at low rates to young entrepreneurs.The company has so far renovated four flats and rented them to a bookstore owner and an independent artist, who pay 100,000 won monthly rent with a 3 million won deposit.“I have seen many young people with great business ideas discouraged because they couldn’t afford rent for their work spaces. I wanted to help them solve that problem,” Shin said during a recent interview with The Korea Times.The apartment with 104 flats was built in 1971. Old and small, the owners moved out and never came back. Only 30 flats are currently occupied, and most residents are old.In Seoul, buildings don’t usually stay up for 40 years. They’re destroyed and rebuilt after 20 or 30 years. The apartment building also faced the threat of demolition, but the a

Jan 29, 2016
Young entrepreneur works to make housing more affordable

Lawmaker helps craftsmen proud of their work

Rep. Chun Soon-ok of the Minjoo Party of Korea, right, examines shoes in a shoemaker’s shop in eastern Seoul last month. The seamstress-turned-politician assists craftsmen in marketing and sales by establishing special centers focusing on their activities. / Courtesy of Rep. Chun Soon-okBy Kim Jae-won Minjoo Party of Korea Rep. Chun Soon-ok used to work as a seamstress. She worked at a small clothing factory in Dongdaemun, eastern Seoul, from the age of 16, before moving to the U.K. to study labor sociology in 1989.After coming back to Korea in 2001, she established a social enterprise helping women who worked as seamstresses to develop their skills and protect their rights. She became a lawmaker in 2012 so she could support them more effectively.The one-term lawmaker of the opposition party expanded her aid to shoemakers, tailors, bag makers and jewelers, calling them “small craftsmen” because they have practiced their skills for decades and have risen to the level of craftsmen. Last year, she wrote a book “Small Craftsmen” after interviewing nine

Jan 28, 2016
Lawmaker helps craftsmen proud of their work

Clooney at charity event

U.S. actor George Clooney attends the “Goed Geld Gala” (Good Money Gala) at the Theater Carre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Tuesday. The event was organized by a Dutch charity lottery./ EPA-Yonhap

Jan 27, 2016
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