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Juvenile cancer association has new chief

Lee Jung-myungBy Bahk Eun-jiThe Korean Association for Children with Leukemia and Cancer (KACLC) has appointed Lee Jung-myung, chairman of golf course and resort operator Emerson Pacific Group, as its president.“Our goal is to provide proper treatment not only to children but also to their families so that they can live a healthy life as members of our society,” Lee said Thursday.Lee, 73, has been active in promoting teenagers’ safety and campaigning for juvenile crime prevention. He has served as chairman of a school foundation and as president of the Korea Juvenile Protection Association.The KACLC was established in 1998 to support children diagnosed with leukemia and cancer and their parents. It has provided them with financial help for medical treatment and educational support such as scholarships.  

Feb 26, 2015By Bahk Eun-ji

Labor economics professor dies at 94

Kim Yoon-hwanBy Jhoo Dong-chanKim Yoon-hwan, a professor emeritus in labor economics at Korea University, died of a chronic ailment Wednesday, according to his family. He was 94.Kim is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son.A memorial altar has been set up at Korea University Anam Hospital in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul. His funeral will be held in Pocheon, north of Seoul, Friday.Born in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province, in 1921, Kim graduated from the university in 1950 after studying economics. He then received his Ph.D. at the school in 1969.He had served as a professor at the university for 22 years until he retired in 1986.In 1965, Kim established the Labor Economy Institute affiliated with Korea University in an effort to raise awareness of labor issues. His effort became a stepping stone for creating the Korean Labor Economic Association (KLEA) in 1976. He was the first president of the association.The KLEA is a leading academic institute in labor economics.The military regimes in the 1970s and 1980s, however, branded him as a rebellious scholar, forcing the university to dismiss him

Feb 26, 2015By Jhoo Dong-chan
Labor economics professor dies at 94

FILA CEO honored by Eighth US Army

Yoon Yoon-sooBy Kang Seung-woo Yoon Yoon-soo, chairman of Fila International and Acushnet Company, was honored Tuesday by the 8th U.S. Army as winner of the inaugural award commemorating KATUSA veterans.Last month, Lt. Gen. Bernard Champoux, the 8th U.S. Army commander, announced the establishment of the Staff Sgt. Kim Sang-won Distinguished Former KATUSA Award.Kim served as a KATUSA with the 17th Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division during the Korean War and participated in more than 300 combat operations, including the drive to the Yalu River in late 1950. He was later awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. The award will be presented annually to a KATUSA veteran who has gone on to distinguish himself in his career accomplishments, and contributions to Korean society and the alliance between Seoul and Washington.“I am very pleased and honored to be the first awardee in memory of my proud KATUSA senior, Kim Sang-won,” he was quoted as saying by the official website of the U.S. Army.Yoon, 68, was assigned to the 168th Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Group f

Feb 26, 2015By Kang Seung-woo
FILA CEO honored by Eighth US Army

Korean studies workwhop

Lee Hai-young, second from right in the front row, vice dean of the Graduate School of International Studies at Ewha Womans University, poses with Oum Ponika, to Lee’s left, chair of the Korean department at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) during a two-day RUPP-Ewha workshop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday. Sitting with them are, from left, Bae Jae-won, a full-time instructor of the Ewha Language Center; Ro Sang-ho, assistant professor of the Korean studies department at Ewha; Choi Joon-sik, professor of the Korean studies department at Ewha; and Suos Man, vice president of RUPP. In the workshop, some 150 RUPP students took lectures on Korean culture and participated in a Korean quiz contest. / Courtesy of Ewha Womans University

Feb 25, 2015

SK chairman's daughter hurt while skiing

Chey Min-jeongNavy officer Chey Min-jeong, 24, the second daughter of SK Chairman Chey Tae-won, sustained a knee injury while skiing during the Lunar New Year holiday last week, according to the Navy.“Ensign Chey suffered an injury after running into a civilian. And she was taken to a Navy hospital for a ligament tear in her left knee,” a Navy officer said Tuesday. He added Chey was on leave.The officer said Chey is having muscle-strengthening treatment and rehabilitation at the hospital in the naval port city of Jinhae, Southern Gyeongsang Province.He said Chey will aboard a naval ship for a training mission next week as scheduled because her injury is not serious enough to cancel the training.She drew attention from the public last year when she applied for the Navy’s Officer Candidate School (OCS) last August. It is still rare for a daughter of a business tycoon to serve the military in Korea. She is also a granddaughter of former President Roh Tae-woo.Chey graduated from Peking University in China. She supported herself during her university days by working part

Feb 25, 2015
SK chairman's daughter hurt while skiing

Horse owner dreams of No. 1 for donation

Park Joung-yul poses with his two-year-old horse Haetbinna between horse stables next to the race track in Gwacheon, Feb. 11. / Korea Times photo by Kim Hyo-jinBy Kim Hyo-jin Racehorse owner Park Joung-yul says he still has high hopes for his horses. He is determined to realize his dream of reaching the pinnacle of the sport, but for more than just personal glory. Should his horses prove successful on the big stage, it will provide him with the means to give more to worthy causes.  “I want one of my horses to win a major race so I can donate the prize money,” Park said during a recent interview with The Korea Times. Park, 74, is the CEO of textile manufacturer Shinhan Spinning, but presents himself more as a horse owner than a business chief these days. Park has owned horses for 22 years, during which he has won a total of 4 billion won ($3.6 million) in prize money. His biggest win so far was second prize in the Korean Derby. “The expectation of reaching the top keeps me going,” Park said.Though he has won a huge amount of prize money, Par

Feb 25, 2015
Horse owner dreams of No. 1 for donation

University of Seoul names new president

Won Yun-hiBy Chung Hyun-chaeThe University of Seoul elected Won Yun-hi, 57, professor at the Graduate School of Science in Taxation, as the university’s new president Tuesday.A school spokesman said he will take office on March 1 for a four-year term, succeeding Lee Kun.Won was chosen with a direct vote by 332 professors and other faculty members.Won graduated from Seoul National University in 1980 after studying economics. He also earned his master’s degree from the Graduate School of Public Administration at the same university.  Then he received a doctorate in economics at Ohio State University in the U.S. in 1991. Kim has been a professor at the University of Seoul since 1992.He served as the dean of Graduate School of Science in Taxation and the Department of Public Affairs and Economics.He was also president of the Korea Institute of Public Finance and chairman of the Korean Association of Public Finance.Won is considered a financial expert. He was an advisory member of the National Assembly and the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae.

Feb 25, 2015
University of Seoul names new president

Inha University elects 1st woman president

Choe Soon-jaBy Jhoo Dong-chanChemical engineering professor Choe Soon-ja, 62, has become the first woman president of Inha University, according to the school foundation.The foundation said Tuesday that the board of directors elected Choe as the university’s 14th president on Monday. It is the first time that a woman has taken the helm of the school since its establishment in 1954. She started her four-year term on Feb. 25.Choe has promised to enhance the school’s education quality during her term.“My goal is to make the school one of the nation’s top eight universities. World-class research facilities are prerequisite to do so,” she said.She studied chemical engineering at Inha University and earned her master’s degree and Ph.D. in the same major at the University of Southern California. Then she became a professor at Inha University in 1987.She received the Order of Science and Technology Merit in 2002 for her academic achievements and contribution to the development of chemical engineering. Choe had her 126 theses published in aca

Feb 25, 2015By Jhoo Dong-chan
Inha University elects 1st woman president

Iranian student to work at UN commission

 By Jhoo Dong-chanAmaj Rahimi Midani, 28, an Iranian Ph.D. student at Pukyong National University in Busan, will work at the United Nations (U.N.), the school said Monday.Completing the Ph.D. course in marine and fisheriesbusiness and economics, Midani successfully applied to be a researcher at the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD). He was appointed after three video interviews. Midani will work for a month at UNCSD headquarters in New York City in June and then work at its research facility in Beijing, China, studying environmental issues.“It was my dream to work at the U.N.,” Midani said. “I want to help the U.N.’s decision-making process with my studies of the environment.”He came to Korea after graduating from Iran International University in 2009 with a major in industry management engineering.He then entered Pukyong National University to work towards a master’s degree with a scholarship from Korea’s National Institute for International Education.The UNCSD is a body under the U.N. Economic

Feb 23, 2015
Iranian student to work at UN commission

Elementary school graduate - at 86

Jung Dae-sung, 86, will graduate from an elementary school on Tuesday. / YonhapBy Lee Min-hyungA man, 86, will graduate from a Seoul elementary school on Tuesday after four years of classes.“I cannot express how happy I have been while studying at the school,” said Jung Dae-sung, who was born during the Japanese colonial era. “I was very happy to go to school every day for the past four years.”He had been illiterate all his life, but decided to go to school in 2011 when his children got old enough to have families.“I was able to graduate with the help of good teachers and schoolmates,” he said. “I took a school trip for two days for the first time in my life.”The Japanese military forced him to serve as a soldier when he was only 16. Only a few days after he was conscripted, Korea was liberated.Then came the 1950-53 Korean War. After the war ended, he did everything he could to support his wife and four children.He did not go to school until he entered Yangwon Elementary School in 2011.His wife studied with him, but she was unable to gr

Feb 23, 2015
Elementary school graduate - at 86
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