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Michelle Obama dances

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, second from left, dances with talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, second from right, as she takes part in Obama’s #GimmeFive Challenge in honor of the 5th Anniversary of “Let’s Move!” Initiative, during a taping of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” at the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, Calif., Thursday. / AP-Yonhap

Mar 13, 2015

Mock world UN conference to improve Korea's image

 Jeong Hyun-joo Kim Ho-in Kim Se-youngBy Chung Hyun-chaeThis year’s mock world U.N. conference will help enhance South Korea’s national prestige and improve its image in the world, according to organizers.The 24th Harvard World Model United Nations (WorldMUN) conference will take place in Seoul and Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, from March 16-20. It will focus on a missile defense system and the post-2015 development agenda.The WorldMUN is an annual conference co-organized by Harvard University students and a university team from the host country. The 2015 host is a student team from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS).“I hope the WorldMUN 2015 will play an important role in helping enhance the country’s prestige and boost its image in the international community,” said Kim Se-young, 22, a politics and diplomacy major at HUFS, who is vice president of the WorldMUN 2015 Organizing Bureau.“It is sad that South Korea is not widely known as a good country to travel to or live in. Unfortunately, many people all over the world still re

Mar 13, 2015

Mock world UN conference to improve Korea's image

Bae Doo-na in fashion week

Korean actress and singer Bae Doona arrives to attend the presentation of the Fall/Winter 2015/16 Ready to Wear collection by Louis Vuitton during the Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, Wednesday. The presentation of the Women’s collections runs from March 3 to 11./ EPA-Yonhap

Mar 12, 2015

CEO taps benefits of Internet

Lee Jae-seok                                                                 / Courtesy of SimpleX InternetLee Jae-seok helps customers with business solutions By Bahk Eun-jiLee Jae-seok, 47, who studied physics at the Pohang University of Science and Technology, has realized his dream of running his own business.Lee is now CEO of SimpleX Internet, the nation’s leading e-business solutions provider. He drew up his business idea in 1999 when Internet technology was developing and about to gain popularity.He ran a business related to the Internet before setting up the company.SimpleX Internet offers cafe24 hosting solutions to help online shopping mall sites diversify their business channels and move into the global market.“I was attracted to the potential benefits that the Internet would provide to people,” Lee said. “It is easy, fast and inexpensive to use.”The company opened its Cafe24 Globa

Mar 12, 2015By Bahk Eun-ji

Memorial for German sociologist due in Seoul

Ulrich BeckBy Baek Byung-yeul A memorial service for recently deceased German sociologist Ulrich Beck will be held in Seoul on Tuesday, the Joongmin Foundation for Social Theory announced Thursday.Beck, known as an author of “Risk Society,” a best-selling sociology book that examines the way modern society deals with risk, died of a heart attack in January. He was 70. During his lifetime, Beck became known to Koreans for actively engaging with local sociologists. He also expressed his deepest condolences for bereaved family members of more than 300 victims of the Sewol Ferry incident when he visited Korea in July.The foundation said the memorial service will be conducted with Buddhist rites, which will be headed by the Rev. Myung Jin, a former abbot of Bongeunsa Temple in Seoul.Emceed by Seoul National University Honorary Professor Han Sang-jin, the memorial will be attended by Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon; Lee Gun, former president of University of Seoul; and Chun Myeong-seon, representing bereaved family members from the Sewol ferry tragedy.The memorial service will b

Mar 12, 2015

Memorial for German sociologist due in Seoul

Academic agreement

Kim Byung-ryang, right, vice president for academic affairs at Dankook University, poses with Kim Young-min, commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office, after signing an agreement on an academic program at the school’s Jukjeon Campus in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday. Under the accord, Dankook will launch a master’s degree program in intellectual property at its graduate school from next year in cooperation with the office. / Courtesy of Dankook University

Mar 11, 2015

Taking oath as ICC judge

Judge Chung Chang-ho takes the oath during a swearing-in ceremony for six new judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands, Tuesday (local time). Chung, 48, was elected to be an ICC judge in December for a nine-year term. The ICC has a total of 18 judges, and six judges are elected every three years. He served as a judge at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, a special court set up to try those responsible for the Cambodian genocide./ EPA-Yonhap

Mar 11, 2015

Jin family challenge common belief against military life

Jin Yong-sam Jin Jae-hun Jin Hyung-sukBy Yi Whan-wooJin Yong-sam, 55, and his two sons in their 20s ― Jae-hun and Hyung-suk ― challenge a common belief that serving in the military as an enlisted soldier can be a waste of time.The father completed his 32-month-long military duty in the 1980s in the “White Dragon” artillery battalion under the Army’s 11th Mechanized Division in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province.According to Jin senior, his experience with the battalion was so helpful that he encouraged both his sons to apply for an Army program that assigns different generations of families to the same military unit.“For instance, I learned leadership skills as a squad leader and also practiced frugality by saving my paychecks,” he told The Korea Times in a telephone interview, Tuesday.The Army has been running the program since January 2006, allowing families to strengthen their relationships through shared military experience.The eldest son, Jae-hun, 26, served at the “White Dragon” battalion’s command post from 2009 to 2

Mar 11, 2015By Yi Whan-woo

Jin family challenge common belief against military life

Daekyo chairman named as sports council chief

Kang Young-joong, new president of the Korea Council of Sport for All (KCSA)By Baek Byung-yeul Daekyo Group Chairman Kang Young-joong has been elected as the new president of the Korea Council of Sport for All (KCSA) which works on projects to improve the health of Koreans through sports, on Monday. The KCSA is an affiliate organization of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism,The nomination was made during the KCSA’s meeting of its representatives at a hotel in southern Seoul. At a meeting, the 66-year-old chairman of the country’s largest education firm earned 82 votes from the representatives, beating out Chung Byung-kwan, Kyung Hee University professor, who earned 57 votes.Kang, who also serves as an honorary vice president of the Badminton World Federation, will take over the remaining term of office from his predecessor Rep. Suh Sang-kee of the ruling Saenuri Party, which ends February 2016. Rep. Suh stepped down from the post last month as the National Assembly's ethics screening and advisory committee banned lawmakers from holding additional positions.&

Mar 10, 2015

Daekyo chairman named as sports council chief

Lippert's surgeons generate publicity

Plastic surgeon Lew Dae-hyun, left, and orthopedic surgeon Choi Yun-rakBy Jhoo Dong-chanPlastic surgeon Lew Dae-hyun and orthopedic surgeon Choi Yun-rak at Yonsei University’s Severance Hospital has received wide publicity since they performed a surgery on U.S. Ambassador to Korea Mark W. Lippert. The 42-year-old U.S. envoy was sent to the hospital after he sustained a slash on his face and left arm and hand with a 25-centimeter long kitchen knife wielded by pro-North Korea radical activist Kim Ki-jong during a breakfast meeting last Thursday.Kim’s attack left an 11-centimeter-long gash on Lippert’s right cheek and caused nerve damage in his left hand.The hospital initially expected more than five hours for full operation. Lew and Choi immediately organized a special surgical team and performed two different operations simultaneously on Lippert’s right cheek and arm.  The operation halved the anticipated operation time, taking only two and a half hours.Lew, now a leading plastic and reconstructive surgeon in Korea, once learned surgery from

Mar 10, 2015By Jhoo Dong-chan

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