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Actor Song in Beijing

Actor Song Seung-heon waves as he walks the red carpet during the Beijing International Film Festival, in Beijing, Thursday./ AP-Yonhap

Apr 17, 2015

Officer saves lives on Mapo Bridge

 Kim Chi-yellBy Lee Ji-hye One of Mapo Police Station’s daily tasks is to patrol the bridge that overlooks the Han River in western Seoul, where a series of suicides have taken place with people of various ages jumping to their death.As an entry-level police officer, Kim Chi-yell, 36, has dealt with more suicide cases than anyone at the station, having worked just more than a year after joining the force last year on April 4.According to the police station, Kim has saved more than 50 people from taking their own lives ― often risking his own life at times.Earlier this month, Kim received a report from the station at 11 p.m. saying that a male student from Gyeonggi Province was on the bridge after announcing plans to commit suicide.Kim was on the bridge when he spotted a bare-footed teenage boy 800 meters away, and sprinted toward him.Kim grasped the teenager by the ankle as he attempted to jump off, preventing a fatal fall.The student, a member of a sports team at his high school, praised the officer for his speed, saying, “I can run 100 meters in 11 seconds, bu

Apr 17, 2015
Officer saves lives on Mapo Bridge

KT photographer wins award

Shim Hyun-chulBy Jhoo Dong-chan Shim Hyun-chul, a photographer with The Korea Times, has won an award from the Korea Press Photographers Association (KPPA) for his photo published in the March 5 edition of the nation’s oldest English daily newspaper.Shim received the monthly award in the portrait category for his photo featuring the portrait of the Joseon Kingdom’s last princess, Deokhye.In Shim’s photo, the nation’s top master painter, Kwon Oh-chang, drew the kingdom’s fateful princess clad in a traditional Korean “saekdong” jacket with sleeves of multicolored stripes.The portrait of the princess is one of Kwon’s recent works for the exhibition of Joseon children, including royal family members, which will be held next year.Along with Shim’s photo, the KPPA also honored photographers in four other categories, including Cheong Ha-jong of Munhwa Ilbo for his photo related to the knife attack on U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert last month. 

Apr 17, 2015By Jhoo Dong-chan
KT photographer wins award

Japanese professor calls for Abe's apology for sex slavery

Wada Haruki, center, professor emeritus of Tokyo University, with Chung Kyu-sang, right, president of Sungkyunkwan University, after giving a lecture at the school’s campus in Seoul, Thursday. / Courtesy of Sungkyunkwan UniversityBy Chung Hyun-chaeWada Haruki, a historian and professor emeritus of Tokyo University, has urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to apologize for Japan’s forcing of Korean women to become sex slaves for its troops during World War II.“Abe should uphold the 1993 Kono and 1995 Murayama statements and confess to wrongdoings such as the sexual enslavement of Korean women during its colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula,” Haruki said during a lecture at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, Thursday.In the Kono Statement, the Japanese government acknowledged the Japanese military’s coercion of women into military brothels. In the Murayama Statement, it offered apologies and expressed regrets over its past misdeeds, including the sexual enslavement.Abe has come under intense international criticism since his announcement last year that his gove

Apr 17, 2015
Japanese professor calls for Abe's apology for sex slavery

Supporting interracial families

Woongjin Foundation Chairman Shin Hyon-ung, left, poses with PhilippinesAmbassador to Korea Raul Hernandez, center, and Digital Skynet President Kim Choong-hyun after signing an agreement to support the social and cultural welfare of Filipino migrant workers and spouses, at the Philippines Embassy in Seoul, Wednesday. Woongjin Foundation has been supportingmusic broadcasting programs for interracial families in Korea over the past seven years./ Courtesy of Woongjin Foundation

Apr 16, 2015

Teachers stress creativity in digital education

Lee Seong-cheol Park Nam-choonBy Yoon Sung-wonLee Seong-cheol, a teacher at Donggung Elementary School in Busan, and Park Nam-choon, an industrial design professor at Seoul Women’s University, are among educators who believe that creativity is an essential element of digital education. Lee said that mobile and cloud technologies can help students better develop creativity in digital education. He also emphasized the necessity of digital education from the early stages in the “smart” era. “My students use software programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Premier in class to produce multimedia content,” Lee said in a recent interview during the Adobe Education Leadership Forum 2015 in Bali, Indonesia.Lee runs multimedia lessons for elementary school students as a part of their extracurricular activities. He has been honored several times for his demonstration of class models for digital education and for sharing his ideas with other teachers through online communities.The teacher said students should learn how to express themselves using digital technolog

Apr 16, 2015
Teachers stress creativity in digital education

SNU has oldest student council president

Joo Moo-yeolBy Jhoo Dong-chanJoo Moo-yeol, 30, has been elected as the 57th president of the Student Council of Seoul National University (SNU) along with his 22-year-old runningmate Kim Bo-mi, the school’s student election committee said Wednesday.Entering SNU in 2004 majoring in physics and astronomy, Joo is the oldest student council president in the history of SNU. SNU students failed to elect a student council president because of low voter turnout in the last election in November. The SNU student council bylaw states that voter turnout must exceed 50 percent for the election to be valid.The re-election was scheduled for three days from April 6, but the period was extended ― the bylaws allow the voting period to be extended twice ― to meet the minimum 50-percent turnout requirement.The final turnout reached 51.9 percent by the Wednesday deadline.Joo obtained 4,556 or 50.9 percent of the total 8,951 votes. His rival received 3,790 votes, or 42.3 percent. Joo will begin a seven-month term from April 19.The presidency of the SNU student council was va

Apr 16, 2015By Jhoo Dong-chan
SNU has oldest student council president

Hip-hop duo Jinusean returns after 11 years

Members of Korean hip-hop duo Jinusean pose during a press conference in Seoul, Wednesday. / YonhapBy Kim Jae-heunJinusean, a popular Korean hip-hop duo from the late 1990’s, have released their first single in 11 years following their successful appearance on the popular reality show “Infinite Challenge,” that featured a 90’s hit-song concert episode last December. It has spawned a retro-boom throughout the country. The track “Tell Me One More Time” was released at 12 a.m. on Wednesday and quickly topped eight online music charts after it was available for only nine hours.“I’ve waited so long to come back as Jinusean,” said Sean, one member of the duo. “I never lost my passion for the stage over the last 11 years, even when I was backing up young artists behind the stage."As a frontier hip-hop duo from YG Entertainment, Jinusean debuted in 1997 with their first album “Gasoline,” but the rappers’ biggest success came with their second single “Tell Me.”“Riding on the popularity of &lsq

Apr 16, 2015By Kim Jae-heun
Hip-hop duo Jinusean returns after 11 years

New envoy's courtesy call

Uzbek Ambassador to Korea Botirjoin Asadov, right, shakes hands with Korea Times Publisher and President Lee Chang-sup during the envoy’s courtesy visit to Lee at The Korea Times office in Seoul, Wednesday. / Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Apr 15, 2015

Honorary doctorate

Chung Kyu-sang, left, president of Sungkyunkwan University, poses with Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, center, after bestowing an honorary doctorate to the latter at the school’s campus in Seoul, Monday. The school recognized the president for improving international relations with a balanced and friendly foreign policy. / Courtesy of Sungkyunkwan University

Apr 15, 2015
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