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Game industry pioneers donate for startups

Gamers Foundation President Namkoong Whon, second from left, poses with former game industry executives after they agreed to donate 250 million won ($225,000) for game development startups at the foundation office in Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday. They are, from left, Neptune CEO Jeong Wook; Namkoong; former Joymax CEO Kim Chang-keun; and Bear Better CEO Kim Jeong-ho. / Courtesy of Gamers FoundationBy Yoon Sung-wonFour first-generation businessmen in the local game industry donated money to assist small- and medium-sized game companies, Wednesday.The Gamers Foundation, an organization supporting small game companies, said four former executives in the game industry contributed 250 million won ($225,000) to the foundation.The donors are Bear Better CEO Kim Jeong-ho, Maum Golf CEO Moon Tae-sik, former Joymax CEO Kim Chang-keun and Neptune CEO Jeong Wook.They expressed their wishes for a sound and fair business environment for the local game industry.“As people who have worked for the local game businesses, we decided to make a donation to the Gamers Foundation, h

Mar 19, 2015
Game industry pioneers donate for startups

'Charity' restaurant owner dies at 73

Kim Sun-jaBy Jhoo Dong-chanKim Sun-ja, who has provided cheap meals at her “charity” restaurant for the poor in a rundown traditional market in the southwestern city of Gwangju, died of cancer Wednesday. She was 73.Kim served Korean dishes for her poor neighbors at her restaurant, Sun-rising, in the Daein Traditional Market, eastern Gwangju. Her eatery has sold food for only 1,000 won ($0.90).She opened the restaurant in 2010 after suffering a series of business failures. She once became prey to a fraudulent scheme, losing all her investment in jjimjilbang, or Korean-style sauna. “I knew others need help as much as I needed it before,” Kim once said. “I just wanted to serve them with a warm and hearty meal.”Her restaurant had attracted as many as 1,000 customers per day during its heyday. Some neighbors also participated in the operation of Kim’s meal service business which has been described as a charity activity for the poor. Some provided hundreds of briquettes and the others made kimchi for the restaurant. Some customers pa

Mar 19, 2015By Jhoo Dong-chan
'Charity' restaurant owner dies at 73

Campus food truck project

Yonsei University President Jeong Kap-young, fourth from right, poses with other university presidents and company officials after signing a memorandum of understanding on the “Campus Food Truck Project,” a program supporting students’ startups and new businesses, at the school’s campus in Sinchon, western Seoul, Wednesday. They are, from left, Nah Sang-kyun, CEO of JAWSFOOD; Park Kwang-shik, executive vice president of Hyundai Motor Group; Song Hee-young, president of Konkuk University; Shin Yong-han, chairman of the Presidential Committee on Young Generation; Jeong; Yoo Ki-pung, president of Sogang University; KimEun-hee, CEO of COFFINE GURUNARU Corp.; and Yoon Gyung-ju, president of GENESIS BBQ. Under the program, selected students will run food trucks at Yonsei’s Songdo campus in Incheon, and the campuses of Sogang and Konkuk in Seoul, in May, using trucks and food provided by the participating companies./ Courtesy of Yonsei Universit

Mar 18, 2015

Former KFDA commissioner joins law firm

Lee Hee-sungBy Lee Kyung-min Lee Hee-sung, 63, has joined a Seoul-based law firm Yoon & Yang as a senior adviser, the firm said Monday.Lee served as the 11th Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) commissioner from December 2011 to March 2013. He previously served as deputy commissioner from November 2010.Lee is the first former head of the administration to work at a law firm and he will offer his advice concerning copyright laws and healthcare in general, said the firm.Lee was a Seoul Regional FDA director general until October 2009, and a Medical Device Bureau chief in the administration.His experience heading numerous positions within the administration is greatly valued at the firm, it said.“We expect his 34 years of expertise in the area to be a valuable asset in protecting the local pharmaceutical companies’ copyright under the healthcare business in general,” an official at the firm said.Since resigning from the government post in 2013, Lee has taught graduate classes at Sungkyunkwn University.  Lee graduated from Daejeon High School and fro

Mar 18, 2015
Former KFDA commissioner joins law firm

Ex-Home plus chief wins global retail award

Lee Seung-han, right, former president of Home plus and executive of Next & Partners, receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from World Retail Congress Asia Pacific President Juliana Liu in Singapore, Tuesday. / Courtesy of Next & PartnersBy Lee Ji-hyeA Korean businessman has received a world-renowned award for his contribution to the retail industry.Lee Seung-han, former president of Home plus and executive of Next & Partners, was given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Retail Congress (WRC) Asia Pacific in Singapore, which ran from March 17-18.Lee reportedly received the award with unanimous support from the 14-member WRC Advisory Board.The committee stated in a press release that their decision was based on Lee’s leadership and devotion in the reform of the retail sector, and emphasized his role ininspiring the invention of virtual stores.Lee’s Tesco Home plus Academy for intense training of retail professionals was also a major factor in Lee&

Mar 18, 2015
Ex-Home plus chief wins global retail award

Museum director in quest for undiscovered jewel photos

Song Young-sook                              / Korea Times fileBy Kang Hyun-kyung Great photos have a lasting impact on people. This belief has motivated Song Young-sook to spend the last five decades discovering great, unknown photos from all over the world, and since 2003 she has showcased them.Song, chief director of the privately owned Museum of Photography in Seoul, said that there are no words that can accurately describe the thrill that she feels whenever she discovers unknown but great photos in unexpected places.“To me, great photos are the ones that are conscious and ethical. They feature the objects as they are, without any intervention from photographers,” Song said at the museum on Thursday. She has taken photos since she went to university in the 1960s. Song, 67, mentioned an uneducated Swedish truck driver whose works were showcased at her museum years ago, as one of the great photographers she had ever met.She accidentally dropped by a small exhibition at a warehouse in Austria

Mar 18, 2015By Kang Hyun-kyung
Museum director in quest for undiscovered jewel photos

Artist Huh to hold 'emography' exhibition

Huh Hwe-taeBy Kim Jae-heunHuh Hwe-tae, the inventor of “emography” or a new art form of painting and calligraphy merged, will present 101 of his pieces at a solo exhibition at Hangaram Art Museum of the Seoul Arts Center from March 18-27.Huh’s show harmonizes various art works including emography, calligraphy, painting and sculpture in a philosophical approach to the idea of “the root of life.”His emographic paintings form up to 80 percent of the exhibit. Emography, a coined term of emotion and calligraphy, is simply drawn on a rice paper with Chinese ink, whereas pictorial emography is three-dimensional.“Emography is the contraction form of objects likes icons on desktops,” said Huh. “I deliver soul into each piece on the tip of the brush. Soul cannot be duplicated, so there is only one original art work.“Most of the time, the final product requires great effort but sometimes, I fall into a trance and finish the work in one shot. When I was working on a piece called ‘Enjoy Oneself in Comfort,’ I became very excited an

Mar 17, 2015
Artist Huh to hold 'emography' exhibition

Diva becomes honor society member

Pop diva Insooni, right, poses with Huh Dong-soo, president of the Community Chest of Korea, after donating 100 million won ($88,200) to the charity organization at its headquarters in Jung-gu, central Seoul, Monday. / YonhapBy Jhoo Dong-chanPop diva Insooni, chairwoman of the multiracial alternative school Hae Mill, has become the 773rd member of the Honor Society by donating 100 million won ($88,200) to a charity organization, the Community Chest of Korea. Anyone donating more than 100 million won in accumulative sums to a charity is entitled to be named a society member.Huh Dong-soo, president of the Community Chest of Korea, named Insooni, 57, as its honorary ambassador Monday at the organization’s headquarters in Jung-gu, central Seoul.She is the fourth celebrity to become a member and serve as the organization’s honorary ambassador at the same time. Entertainer Hyun Young, actor Kim Bo-sung and singer Hyun Suk served in both capacities before Insooni. “I have always thought about what I can do for others,” said Insooni. “I, as a

Mar 17, 2015By Jhoo Dong-chan
Diva becomes honor society member

TOP at AIDS fundraising gala

Singer Choi Seung-hyun, better known by stage name TOP, poses upon arrival at the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) inaugural fundraising gala in Hong Kong, Saturday. / AP-Yonhap

Mar 16, 2015

Japanese scholar, US doctor named directors of independence museum

Yuji Hosaka  John LintonBy Park Si-sooJapanese scholar Yuji Hosaka was appointed as one of five non-standing executives of the Independence Hall of Korea, the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs said Monday.It is a history museum focusing on Japan’s forced occupation of the Korean Peninsula from 1910-45.The other appointees were John Linton, director of the Severance Hospital International Health Care Center; Lee Kyu-hwan, professor at Chung-Ang University; Sohn Bum-soo, former KBS TV anchor and grandson of the late independence fighter Sohn Hee-up; and Park Jong-min, professor at Kyung Hee University and grandson of the late independence fighter Park Hee-nam.Hosaka is well-known for his pro-Korean attitude and academic achievements. He has carried out various studies and research, discovering untold acts of atrocity Japan committed against Korean people during the 35-year-long occupation.The 54-year-old is also a vocal advocate that Dokdo ― the rocky islets that lie roughly halfway between Korea and Japan ― is Korean territory.Hosaka currently heads t

Mar 16, 2015
Japanese scholar, US doctor named directors of independence museum
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