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'Sunfull' awards for politicians

Min Byoung-chul, third from right in the second row, chairman of the Sunfull Movement, a nonprofit anti-cyberbullying network, poses with politicians and students during an awards ceremony at the National Assembly building in Yeouido, Seoul, Wednesday. From left in the second row are Rep. Lee Lee-jae of the ruling Saenuri Party, Education Minister Hwang Woo-yea, Rep. Chun Soon-ok of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD), National Assembly Deputy Speaker Jeong Kab-yoon, Min, Deputy Speaker Lee Seok-hyun and LPAD Rep. Kim Choon-jin. About 400 high-school and college students selected 30 politicians from both ruling and opposition parties to receive Sunfull awards for their efforts to spread positive comments on the Internet. Sunfull is a Korean phrase meaning positive comments on the Internet as opposed to malicious and slanderous comments. / Courtesy of Sunfull Movement Headquarters

Nov 19, 2015

Suzy practiced pansori for one year for film

Singer-turned-actress Suzy attends a press preview of the upcoming film “The Sound ofa Flower” at a theater in Wangsimni, eastern Seoul, Wednesday. / YonhapBy Baek Byung-yeulSuzy, an actress and a member of K-pop girl band Miss A, said Wednesday she has practiced pansori, a style of Korean musical storytelling, every day for one year for the upcoming film “The Sound of a Flower.”“I’d say, for about a year. After learning pansori singing from a pansori teacher, I sang along with a pansori recording for about two hours a day,” Suzy told reporters after a press preview at a theater in Wangsimni, eastern Seoul.“By doing so, I recognized which parts I needed to practice more, and after repeating that process, now I think I have become a better pansori singer,” she added.Directed by Lee Jong-pil, “The Sound of a Flower” tells the real-life story of Jin Chae-sun, Korea’s first female pansori singer in the 19th century during the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910).After becoming a student of the kingdom’s pansori

Nov 19, 2015
Suzy practiced pansori for one year for film

Konkuk MBA earns international accreditation

By Chung Hyun-chaeKonkuk University in Seoul has earned accreditation for its MBA from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International), a school spokesman said Thursday. “For seven years, we have focused on enhancing practicality and globalizing our programs to align with AACSB’s accreditation standards,” said Kim Yong-jae, dean of the School of Business at Konkuk University. “We will keep trying to improve the educational environment by securing excellent faculty and taking more feedback from students.”Founded in 1916, the AACSB International is a global nonprofit membership organization for the management education sector. Its members include business schools, corporations and public organizations.“It takes a great deal of self-evaluation and determination to earn AACSB accreditation, and I commend Konkuk University in Seoul for its dedication to management education, as well as its leadership in the community,” said Robert D. Reid, executive vice president and chief accreditation officer of AACSB Internation

Nov 19, 2015

Foreign ownership of Samsung Electronics hits 19-month low

Foreign holdings of Samsung Electronics Co. have dropped to the lowest level in 19 months, data showed Thursday, amid the tech giant's stock buyback and unfavorable external conditions.Offshore investors owned 50.5 percent of Samsung Electronics shares as of Tuesday, marking the lowest since April 22 last year when the figure came to 50.48 percent, according to data by the Korea Exchange (KRX).Foreign stock ownership of the top-cap company on the main stock market here has been on the decline since July when it reached the yearly peak of 51.86 percent.The selling spree is attributable to the company's plan to buy back its own shares to enhance shareholder value, according to market watchers.On Oct. 29, the tech giant began repurchasing 11.3 trillion won ($96.87 billion) worth of shares, which is to last for one year. All of the shares to be bought will be canceled. On the day until Wednesday, foreign investors offloaded 129.9 billion won of its shares."Investors seem to scrambling to lock in profits from earlier gains upon the better-than-expected buyback plan. After all, we've seen

Nov 19, 2015

Sharing cultural content

From left, Lee Chang-sup, president and publisher of The Korea Times; Lee Young-man, CEO of Herald  Corp., publisher of The Korea Herald and chair of the Foreign Language Newspapers Association of Korea; Park Young-goog, director of the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS); and Y. K. Abraham Kwak, CEO of Aju News Corp., pose after signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at Herald Corp.’s headquarters in Seoul, Wednesday. KOCIS will provide content from its multi-language portal Korea.net to the news companies and the foreign language media will report the achievements of the KOCIS and its affiliate Korean Cultural Centers abroad./ Courtesy of Foreign Language Newspaper Association of Korea

Nov 18, 2015

Scholar devoted to inter-Korean dictionary

Kim Wan-seoBy Yi Whan-wooKim Wan-seo, a scholar at an inter-Korean compilation board that will publish a unified Korean language dictionary, disagrees with the belief that people should not bet their lives on something that is unlikely to happen.Kim, 44, says he instantly determined to dedicate his life to the then-envisioned board when he was just 19 after reading related news.The news back in 1989 reported on South Korean pastor Moon Ik-hwan’s unauthorized visit to Pyongyang during the peak of the Cold War era.The progressive-minded pastor and then-North Korean leader Kim Il-sung met and agreed to set up a joint organization to publish a dictionary that contains vocabulary used in both Koreas.The visit of the now-deceased Moon to the communist state was controversial and the pastor was jailed for five years for violating the National Security Law.“But I was certain that one day the Korean Peninsula would be reunited and a unified Korean language dictionary would be needed to narrow the widening gap of word usage across the tensely guarded border,” Kim said during

Nov 18, 2015By Yi Whan-woo
Scholar devoted to inter-Korean dictionary

Secret to making tasty kimchi is salting

Lee Sun-hee, assistant director of kimchi at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill / Courtesy of Sheraton Grande WalkerhillBy Yun Suh-youngIt's gimjang (seasonal practice of kimchi-making) season again. Beginning from mid-November through mid-December, Koreans start the collective practice of making kimchi which is a part of traditional culture as well as a way to prepare the household with staple fermented side dishes for another year.Lee Sun-hee, assistant director of kimchi at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill, has been researching and making kimchi for 18 years at the hotel. She shared her know-how with The Korea Times readers here to mark the beginning of gimjang season.The Sheraton Grande Walkerhill’s kimchi research center, established in 1989, has been producing its own kimchi called "SUPEX kimchi" (SUPEX stands for "super excellent). It also has been holding a gimjang event annually since 2013.What Lee considers the most important procedure in making kimchi is the salting process.SUPEX kimchi / Courtesy of Sheraton Grande Walkerhill"How you salt the cabbages before filling

Nov 17, 2015
Secret to making tasty kimchi is salting

Ex-gov't official to promote Korean medicine in Croatia

By Lee Min-hyungShim Dong-supShim Dong-sup, a former high ranking official at the trade ministry, is seeking government support to raise awareness of the Korean version of Oriental medicine both at home and abroad.“The Ministry of Health and Welfare should expand relevant budgets for the balanced development of Western and Oriental medicine,” he said, Monday.Shim, 56, started his career at the Ministry of Trade and Industry in 1984. While studying law in the United States, he was frustrated over hospital costs. He has since become interested in learning about Oriental medicine by himself.“I have been studying Korean style Oriental medicine for more than 22 years,” he said. “One thing I have found is that many foreign countries are very interested in learning the methods. But this is not the case for the Korean government.”That was the reason he partnered with Croatia’s leading psychiatric hospital to further promote global awareness about Oriental medicine.On Nov. 24, Shim and two renowned doctors who specialize in this will visit Croatia to

Nov 16, 2015
Ex-gov't official to promote Korean medicine in Croatia

Indian teaches visitors yoga on Nami Island

Abhijit Ghosh, an Indian yogi, helps a student with posture during a yoga class at Dong Seoul College inSeongnam, Gyeonggi Province, in this 2013 photo. / Courtesy of Abhijit GhoshBy Kim Se-jeong Abhijit Ghosh, 40, a yoga instructor from India, is inviting people to Nami Island in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, this weekend where he will open yoga sessions for the general public.His special yoga sessions are part of a week-long Indian cultural festival organized by the Indian Embassy in Seoul running until Sunday. The sessions will take place on Saturday and Sunday on the island, and anyone interested is welcome. “Just come to relax,” the yogi said.The festival will feature another yoga session at Millennium Seoul Hilton on Saturday by another yoga instructor.Ghosh teaches yoga at Dong Seoul College in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. He’s been teaching there for nine years.The yogi said he is putting a lot of emphasis on raising awareness that yoga is not about physical fitness only. “Yoga is also about mentality,” he said.Ghosh has been practicing yoga

Nov 13, 2015By Kim Se-jeong
Indian teaches visitors yoga on Nami Island

Psy treatment room

The photo provided by Severance Hospital in Seoul on Thursday shows the “Psy treatment room” named after the South Korean rapper-singer who became famous with his song “Gangnam Style.” Hospital officials said Psy had donated 500 million won to the children’s ward, and the treatment room was opened on Nov. 1 for speech and psychological therapy for young patients./ Yonhap

Nov 12, 2015
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