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President's twin nephews born last week

By Kim Hyo-jin President Park Geun-hye has become an aunt to twin nephews, after her sister-in-law Seo Hyang-hee gave birth to her third and fourth children a week ago.Seo, 41, is wife of Park Ji-man, the President’s younger brother and chairman of electronics materials maker EG.“I heard that Chairman Park’s wife gave birth to twin sons a week ago. Both mother and babies were said to be doing well,” a Saenuri Party official was quoted as saying by Yonhap News Agency, Wednesday. The twins were reportedly born on April 28, right after the President had come back from a trip to South America. It was reported that the President has yet to meet her nephews because she had been resting at her official residence due to travel fatigue. She suffered a week-long illness of stomach cramps and a sore throat, but returned to work Monday.  Chairman Park delivered the news that his wife was pregnant with twins when he came to a memorial ceremony for former Prime Minister Kim Jong-pil’s wife, Park Young-ok, at the Asan Medical Center in Seoul, on Feb 22. In re

May 6, 2015

UN chief to receive honorary doctorate from Ewha

Ban Ki-moonBy Jhoo Dong-chanU.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will receive an honorary doctoral degree from Ewha Womans University this month.Ban is expected to receive the degree in “women’s studies” on May 20, during his four-day visit to Korea for the World Education Forum, a school spokesman said Tuesday.He said the university would confer the degree for Ban’s contribution to enhancing women’s rights and fighting violence against women under the U.N.’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) project.Ban will be the first man to receive the doctor’s degree in women’s studies from the university. But this is not his first honorary degree. Ban received an honorary degree in diplomatic science from Seoul National University, his alma mater, in July 2008.Ewha Womans University has granted an honorary degree in women’s studies to Ruth J. Simons, former president of Brown University, and Gertrude Ibengwe Mongella, the first president of the Pan-African Parliament.Tarja Halonen, former president of Finland, was granted an honorary d

May 5, 2015
UN chief to receive honorary doctorate from Ewha

Plaque of thanks

Sungkyunkwan University President Chung Kyu-sang, left, poses withOh Young-jin, managing editor of The Korea Times, at a restaurant inSeoul, Monday, after receiving a plaque of appreciation for an April 9 interview with the English language newspaper. Chung discussed a plan to initiate a “long march” next year from Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, to Seoul, symbolizing the nurturing of challenge, perseverance and teamwork among students. / Korea Times photo by Chung Hyun-chae

May 4, 2015

Long live Sir James Paul McCartney!

 Paul McCartney holds a Korean national flag during his performance at Jamsil Sports Complex, Saturday night. / Taken from Paul McCartney’s twitter account  By Oh Young-jin“Let me have what he had.”I was thinking that to myself as I watched Paul McCartney perform at the Jamsil Sports Complex in southern Seoul, Saturday night.For more than two hours, he sang 40 songs from his days with The Beatles, Wings and his solo career.It was like listening to nonstop music playing on the best jukebox around, but only better.  McCartney is supposed to be ancient at age 72.After all, he was born in 1942, when Winston Churchill was Britain’s Prime Minister, hobnobbing with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt over what should be the new world order after World War II.Hours before, tens of thousands of spectators made their way into the stadium that dates back to the 1988 Seoul Olympics.It was jam-packed well before the 8 p.m. starting time.As expected, the living legend let the people wait awhile, and he only appeared just when they started to get ti

May 4, 2015
Long live Sir James Paul McCartney!

Rev. Bokwang elected Dongguk University president

Rev. BokwangBy Chung Hyun-chaeHan Tae-sik, 65, a monk and professor at Dongguk University, was elected president of the school, Saturday, a university spokesman said Monday. Han, better known as the Rev. Bokwang, is the first Buddhist monk to be named president of the university in 30 years. He will serve a four-year term until Feb. 28, 2019. He promised to prepare another leap forward for the school with a 109-year history.“It is imperative that everyone should work together for the development of the university,” he said. He obtained bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Buddhism at the university in 1975 and 1980, respectively. He then earned a doctorate in the same major at Bukkyo University in Kyoto, Japan, in 1985. Han served as head of Junggakwon Temple on the school’s campus from 1993 to 1995. He also served as the dean of international and external affairs from 1999 to 2003 and was the dean of the College of Buddhist Studies from 2001 to 2003.His election was delayed for about two months as faculty members opposed it because the university’s

May 4, 2015
Rev. Bokwang elected Dongguk University president

Korean-American bids for California Senate seat

Kang Suk-heeBy Jhoo Dong-chanKorean-American Kang Suk-hee, 62, a former mayor of Irvine, has announced his bid for a state Senate seat, running as a Democrat in the 29th Senate District in California.“I am excited about bringing my background and experience in both the private and public sectors to serve the citizens of Senate District 29,” Kang said in a statement on April 23.Among the 40 Senate districts in California, the 29th encompasses portions of Orange, Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, and is currently represented by Sen. Bob Huff, a Republican from Diamond Bar and the GOP minority leader in the Senate. Huff cannot seek re-election due to term limits.Kang said he will do campaign door-to-door.“I have always done door-to-door campaigns to meet voters where they live and listen to their concerns,” Kang said.Born in Jongno, central Seoul, in 1952 to merchant parents, Kang immigrated to the U.S. in 1977 after graduating from Korea University with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics.Kang then started to work at a local branch of

May 1, 2015
Korean-American bids for California Senate seat

Singer Choi in HK

Choi Si-won, a member of pop group Super Junior, waves to hisfans during a promotional event in Hong Kong, Thursday. / AP-Yonhap

May 1, 2015

Actor champions living for dream job

Allan ChoiBy Kim Bo-eun Allan Choi, a 40-year-old Korean-American, advocates the idea of discovering your passion and pursuing your dream job.  It took 20 years of wandering around in creative writing, writing manuals for a software company, usability research and teaching English until he was finally able to star in a film.He discovered his passion for acting in high school when he was in the U.S., but it hardly seemed possible for him to succeed in achieving his dream there.“People said, ‘You’re Asian. There’s no way you’re going to make it ― how many Asian actors do you see on TV and in movies?’” Choi recalled.“Plus, I’m not good looking, just average or scary looking,” he said laughing.However, while doing all that meandering, he took filmmaking courses and attempted to get into acting.The door opened for Choi after he came to Korea for a teaching position. A friend working on video projects asked him to be part of a music video, which in turn led him to take a role in another feature film called “Amiss.&

May 1, 2015By Kim Bo-eun
Actor champions living for dream job

Pizza Hut Korea has new CEO

Steven LeeBy Lee Hyo-sikPizza Hut Korea said Friday that it appointed Steven Lee, former chief financial officer and chief information officer, as its new CEO. Lee began his career with the pizza restaurant franchise in 2013 as the head of the sales support division.Lee received a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and went on to the University of Chicago where he earned a Master of Business Administration degree.He previously served as sales and finance manager at Kraft Foods and a senior researcher at PepsiCo.

May 1, 2015By Lee Hyo-sik
Pizza Hut Korea has new CEO

'Transitional' woes hit foreign hallyu idols

Candidates for the audition program “Sixteen” pose at the 63 Square in Seoul, Wednesday. / Courtesy of CJ E&MPark Jin-youngBy Kim Jae-heunPark Jin-young, a singer and the founder of JYP Entertainment, has called the ongoing troubles between foreign idol members in K-pop groups and their agencies “trial and error.”“I think hallyu (Korean wave) is undergoing trial and error in a transition period,” said Park during a press conference held at 63 Square in Seoul, Wednesday.“S.M. Entertainment and JYP, with several other agencies, will eventually set a fair contract system to prevent such an issue.“Sharing common value among the group members and their agencies is mandatory to handle the trouble. If they have the same goals to achieve by singing and dancing, the relationship will grow stronger. The entertainment field is all about people, after all.”S.M. Entertainment, one of the major entertainment companies in Korea, has been in lawsuits with Chinese idol members since December 2009. Han Geng, the former leader of Super Junior-M,

Apr 30, 2015By Kim Jae-heun
'Transitional' woes hit foreign hallyu idols
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