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Education cooperation with Colombia

Bu Gu-wuck, second from right in the front row, chairman of the Korean Council for University Education and president of Youngsan University, poses with Natalia Ariza, to his right, Colombia’s vice education minister, during a meeting attended by several presidents of local universities, at the council’s office in Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Tuesday. During her trip to Koreafrom March 29 to April 1, Ariza visited the council to discuss ways to step up cooperation between Korean and Colombian universities, including student exchanges. / Courtesy of Youngsan Univers

Apr 1, 2015

Global citizenship education

Dr. Chung U-tak, third from left in the front row, director of the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU), poses with participants of a global youth advocacy workshop at the Geumjeong-gu Office in Busan, Tuesday. In the same row are Yoon Jin-han, second from left, president of Daedong University; Won Jeong-hee, center, mayor of Geumjeong-gu; and Baek Jeong-heon, third from right, a councilman of Busan City. The six-day workshop attracted 48 young people, aged 18-24, from 37 nations. It was co-organized by the Global Education First Initiative and the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development under the sponsorship of the district office and Educate A Child, a global program of the Education Above All Foundation. The aim of the event is to create better understanding of global citizenship education. / Courtesy of APCEIU

Apr 1, 2015

Won Buddhism ready to help reunification

Prof. Park Kwang-sooBy Yi Whan-wooProfessor Park Kwang-soo, a Won Buddhism scholar, says the modernized form of Buddhism originated in Korea can play a role in inter-Korean unification as seen by its contribution to liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japan in 1945.“The religion reshaped Korean society during the Japanese 1910-45 colonial rule by focusing on reform in school education and people’s mindsets,” said Park, the director of Research Center of Religions at Wonkwang University, in a telephone interview with The Korea Times, Wednesday.And such reform will be critical to narrowing the widening ideological differences between the two Koreas, he added. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the peninsula’s liberation from Japan.“It will take time to settle such differences,” Park said.“A main cause of the ideological conflict is partly attributed to different historical views based on school education. That’s why educational reform should be the first step toward inter-Korean unification.“Changing people’s mindsets

Apr 1, 2015By Yi Whan-woo
Won Buddhism ready to help reunification

FKCCI chairman's visit

French Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman David-Pierre Jalicon, right, shakes hands with Korea Times President-Publisher Lee Chang-sup during a courtesy visit to the latter’s office in Seoul, Tuesday./ Korea Times photo by Yoon Sung-won

Mar 31, 2015

Boxing medalist became salesperson of the year

Park Hyun-jongBy Jhoo Dong-chan Asian Game boxing bronze medalist Park Hyun-jong, 36, was named last year's best car dealer for his company.Park was a second-grader in middle school when he started boxing. It took less than two years for the boxing prodigy to prove his talent at the national level.Park rose to the top of the National Sports Festival for five straight years, from 1995 to 1999. He also competed in the lightweight division at the Bangkok Asian Games in 1998, winning a bronze medal.After graduating from Korea National Sport University, Park suddenly quit boxing and became a car dealer at Infiniti Korea in 2006.Park sold 110 Infinite cars last year, averaging 9.2 cars per month. Infiniti is the luxury division of Japanese automaker Nissan, and its average price is around 50 million won ($45,000).Thanks to Park’s effort, the sales of Infiniti Korea increased by almost 150 percent last year to 2,777 cars compared to 1,116 in 2013.He received the salesperson of the year award at the company’s dealer award ceremony, “2015 Infiniti Inspired Night,”

Mar 31, 2015
Boxing medalist became salesperson of the year

Lee recalls life as woman war reporter

Col. Mark Reeves of the 8th U.S. Army’s 121 Combat Support Hospital presents a gift to Daejeon MBC President Lee Jin-sook for her speech delivered as part of the 2015 Women’s History Month Observance at the Dragon Hill Lodge at Yongsan Garrison, Tuesday. Reeves’ unit sponsored the event./ Courtesy of the 8th U.S. ArmyBy Oh Young-jin If the United States had Christian Amanpour for CNN’s Gulf War coverage, Korea had Lee Jin-sook, an MBC Television police reporter who found herself on a plane to Baghdad when the war broke out.The war brought both the women correspondents into the spotlight and changed their lives.That experience more likely affected Lee than Amanpour since Lee is from a country where female war correspondents are rare.On Tuesday, Lee talked about her time as a correspondent in Iraq to a different audience ― American military personnel ― as the first Korean woman guest speaker to be invited for the Women’s History Month Observance in Yongsan Garrison.“On Jan.17, 1991, when the war erupted, it was 1:30 in the morning,” L

Mar 31, 2015

EXO releases 2nd album

Korean K-pop group EXO members pose during a news conference to promote their newly released album at COEX, Samseong-dong, Seoul, Monday. / Yonhap

Mar 30, 2015

Honorary ambassadors

Actress Geum Dan-bi, from left, actor Sim Hyoung-tak, actress Gang Ye-won and actor Kim Yeong-ho, have been appointed “Peace Friends” — honorary ambassadors — of the 15th Gwangju International Film Festival. / Yonhap

Mar 30, 2015

Knitting Canadian man in Seoul

Calvin Phillips /  Korea Times photo by Choi Kyong-aeBy Choi Kyong-ae Calvin Phillips, a 56-year-old Canadian, has been knitting on the street of downtown Seoul near the Bank of Korea over the past four years.On nice days, he stands or sits from 12 p.m to 5 p.m. knitting “like a fixture” in front of the central bank’s annex building in Myeongdong. People became familiar with him and often ask him directions.In 2011, he came to Seoul from Japan where he had been teaching English since the late 1990s. He decided to stay here as he wanted to learn: “something Korean.”“Before I go home, I wanted to take home something Korean, not a souvenir but a skill that’s typically Korean like Taekwondo or pottery,” Phillips told The Korea Times in a recent interview.But what caught his eye was knitting, not Taekwondo or pottery.At a Canadian embassy gala he attended five years ago, Phillips came across Kang Jae-seok, 71, a knitting craftsman. Attracted by Kang’s skills, he started working with Kang helping him to fill orders for scarves

Mar 30, 2015
Knitting Canadian man in Seoul

Ban meets Afghan President

United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, right, greets Afghan President Ashraf Ghani before a meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, Thursday. / AFP-Yonhap

Mar 27, 2015
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