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Police have senior superintendent couple

Koo Bon-suk, left, a head of 112 Operation room at the Mapo Police Station poses with her husband Kim Sung-sub, a Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency PR officer. They have become the police’s first superintendent couple. / Courtesy of Seoul Metropolitan Police AgencyBy Jhoo Dong-chanThe nation’s police have their first ever senior superintendent couple who built their career from the bottom up without graduating Korea National Police University.The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Monday that it promoted Superintendent Koo Bon-suk, head of the 112 operations room at Mapo Police Station, to senior superintendent.The promotion has made her and her husband a senior superintendent couple.Koo’s husband Kim Sung-sub, 58, a public relations officer at the agency, was already promoted to the rank in 2011.Koo, 57, was born in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province. She graduated from Korea National Open University in 1977 after majoring public administration.Koo joined the police after passing a recruitment exam for female officers following her graduation from coll

Jan 5, 2015

Former Air Force chief of staff dies at 94

Late Lt. Gen. Chang Sung-hwanBy Kim Hyo-jinRetired Lt. Gen. Chang Sung-hwan, who served as Air Force chief of staff in 1962-64, died of natural causes Sunday. He was 94.Chang was the first Korean pilot to fly the F-51 Mustang fighter-bomber during the 1950-53 Korean War.On July 3, 1950, he was one of two pilots out of 10 who survived a support operation for the South Korean army which suffered crushing defeats by the invading North Korean troops.Born in Seoul in 1920, Chang entered the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) Officer Training School in 1948, and served as the 1ST Flying Training Wing commander, the Air Force Headquarters deputy chief of staff for operations, and the vice chief of staff of ROKAF.After retiring from the military service in 1964, he served as ambassador to Thailand, transportation minister and president of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Corp. (KOTRA).His memorial altar is installed at the Asan Medical Center. He will be buried at the Daejeon National Cemetery, Wednesday.

Jan 5, 2015
Former Air Force chief of staff dies at 94

Maritime safety tribunal has first female judge

Choi Seung-younBy Lee Hyo-sikThe Korea Maritime Safety Tribunal (KMST) said Monday that a 34-year-old female lawyer has been hired to be one of its judges. This is the first time in the institution’s 50-year history that a woman has a seat on the decision-making panel.The KMST, founded in December 1961, is a quasi-judicial body that investigates the cause of maritime accidents and improves legal systems concerning maritime safety.Choi Seung-youn was picked as a judge among nine candidates who all possessed extensive knowledge and field-experience on maritime accidents and safety-related issues, according to the KMST. She began working at the Incheon Maritime Safety Tribunal on Jan. 1.After completing a two-year training course at the Judicial Research & Training Institute in January 2008, Choi began her legal career at law firm Kim Chang & Lee, mainly dealing with a wide range of maritime accidents. For instance, she defended a cargo ship involved in a crash with a floating dock near Incheon Port.“I am honored to serve the public by being a member of the maritime

Jan 5, 2015By Lee Hyo-sik
Maritime safety tribunal has first female judge

US-based NGO names first Korean director

Hubert HuhBy Jhoo Dong-chanHubert Huh has been named inaugural head of the Korean chapter of a U.S.-based nonprofit charity organization, United Families International (UFI).Huh, 55, is the first Korean director of the organization, founded in 1978 to promote traditional family values internationally and locally. The Korean branch is the group’s first chapter in Asia.“I feel responsible,” Huh told The Korea Times. “The family is the most important unit of society. But we have seen its traditional role and structure dissolving in recent years.”He vowed to maintain and strengthen traditional family values.“Obviously UFI is not a well-known organization in Korea. My job is to let more people know what we are doing for families in Korea.”UFI is looking for a way to participate in and contribute to governmental activities promoting the value of family and marriage. “The organization will help solve social problems like the low birthrate and isolation issues,” said Huh.He plans to visit the United Nations headquarters this year in

Jan 2, 2015By Jhoo Dong-chan
US-based NGO names first Korean director

New Year celebration

Singer Elton John performs at Barclays Center in New York, Wednesday. / AP-Yonhap

Jan 1, 2015

'Part-time job will be more common'

Gu Gyo-hyeon, president of Arbeit Workers Union By Park Ji-won Gu Gyo-hyeon, 38, president of the Arbeit Workers Union, said part-time workers will become a far more important resource in the future.“We shouldn’t consider part-time workers as expandable who can be abandoned easily as we do now because they will become as ordinary as full-time workers as society changes,” Gu said in an interview.Founded in January 2014 and authorized by the government as a labor union since July, the Union has been a voice for part-time workers to help improve their working conditions. Through campaigns, the union aims to double the nation’s minimum wage from the current 5,580 won.“We will need less human labor in the future because machines are replacing people. We seek to make a society where workers’ basic rights are protected as stipulated by law,” he said.In Korea, many mom-and-pop shops and retailers hire people as part-timers to cut wage costs. It is common that part-timers work under unfair business conditions because they are paid around 5,0

Jan 1, 2015
'Part-time job will be more common'

'K-Prosecution' attracts global attention

Kim Jin-suk, chief of criminal justice policy for the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, speaks at the National Digital Forensic Center during an interview with The Korea Times in her office in Seocho-dong, Seoul, Tuesday. / Korea TimesKorea’s scientific investigation technique impresses foreign prosecutorsBy Kang Hyun-kyungKorea’s prosecution system is drawing Asian attention for its war on corruption, which has sometimes led to the relatives of former presidents being jailed while the leaders were in power.Since 2010, several delegations from Asia and the Middle East have visited the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (SPO) in Seocho-dong, Seoul.In 2014, 136 law enforcement officials from 26 countries visited the SPO for a close look at its digital investigation environment and knowhow.SPO Criminal Justice Policy chief Kim Jin-suk said some delegations were curious about Korea’s experience in fighting corruption, and some were struck by the state-of-the-art scientific investigation equipment.  The prosecutor said the latest visitors were prosecutors from

Dec 31, 2014By Kang Hyun-kyung
'K-Prosecution' attracts global attention

Soprano Jo's donation

Soprano Sumi Jo poses with a disabled child in Seoul Monday, after donating specially built swings to the Purme Foundation. / Yonhap

Dec 29, 2014

Center for sexual violence victims

Kim Sae-chul, right, president of Myongji Hospital, poses with three partners after signing an agreement on the operation of the Sunflower Center for victims of sexual trafficking and sexual violence at the hospital in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Friday. The partners are, from left, Park Sang-yong, senior superintendent general of the Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency; Kwon Yong-hyun, vice minister for gender equality and family; and Kim Hee-kyeum, Gyeonggi Province’s second vice governor. Marking the opening of the center, they agreed to work together to offer a range of services including physical examinations, counseling and investigation.                      / Courtesy of Myongji Hospital

Dec 29, 2014

'Stroke alarm cap' gets Samsung award

Lim Se-hoon, second from right, an employee at Samsung Electronics, poses with team members, Monday, after the team won the grand prize at this year’s Samsung Creative Awards for devising a prototype “Stroke Alarm Cap.”/ Courtesy of Samsung ElectronicsBy Kim Yoo-chulA team of five employees at Samsung Electronics won the grand prize at the Samsung Creative Awards held by the company Monday for working to develop a “stroke alarm cap.”“We hope our achievement, though this is a prototype, will help Samsung develop advanced technologies," Lim Se-hoon, a representative of the team told The Korea Times.The Samsung Creative Awards were instituted to encourage employees to submit new business ideas and help them develop creative thinking.Lim said his team experienced “tough brainstorming sessions” before developing ideas it hoped would actually bring benefits to the company.“We achieved this through energy and volatility. Creative products come from heavy brainstorming and discussions,” he added. “As you know, Samsung has lots

Dec 29, 2014By Kim Yoo-chul
'Stroke alarm cap' gets Samsung award
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