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Smile Mom a 'comfort place' for parents

Smile Family CEO Kim Dong-shinBy Bahk Eun-jiSmile Mom is a mobile app for mothers who want to be part of an online community with other mothers in their neighborhood. They can also post their baby photos and exchange information about feeding.“Smile Mom is the perfect place for mothers to overcome isolation after giving birth,” said Smile Family CEO Kim Dong-shin. “It’s ideal for busy working moms to exchange tips on parenting, and to make friends for mothers as well as their babies.”Kim has decided to settle in California’s Silicon Valley instead of staying in Korea to focus on Korean users.“More than 90 percent of Smile Mom users are Americans living in the U.S.,” Kim said. “I don’t think it’s because mothers in the U.S. are more interested in parenting than Koreans, but I think American mothers have been looking for this kind of mobile app.”In Korea, Kakao Story, a photo-sharing social network service (SNS) and Kakao Talk, a mobile messenger provided by Daum Kakao, are the most popular mobile apps among mother

Dec 11, 2014By Bahk Eun-ji
Smile Mom a 'comfort place' for parents

Year-end party

Korea Times President-Publisher Lee Chang-sup, left in the first row, and Korea Times advisor Park Moo-jong, second from left, pose with members of the Times Club, a group of former and incumbent Korea Times staff, duringa year-end party at the Sejong Hotel, Seoul, Wednesday. Sitting with them are Hong Soon-il, third from left, former managing editor and editorial writer of the Times; and Han Kon-ju, fourth from left, ex-Korea Times president./ Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk 

Dec 10, 2014

Sunfull volunteer corps

Min Byoung-chul, second right, chairman of the Sunfull Movement Headquarters, an anti-cyberbullying network, poses with dignitaries during a ceremony to launch a regional volunteer corps at Jijok Middle School, Daejeon,Wednesday. The attendees in the front row include Shim Hyung-bo, third from left, chairman of the Daejeon branch of the Sunfull Movement; Kang Sung-mo, fourth from left, president of KAIST; Min Byung-joo, third from right, a lawmaker of the ruling Saenuri Party; and Sul Dong-ho, right, superintendent of the Daejeon Metropolitan Office of Education./ Korea Times photo by Ahn Seong-jin 

Dec 10, 2014

Irish university funds Korean studies

Korea expert reaps rewards years after sowing seeds of K-studiesBy Kang Hyun-kyung Kevin Cawley, Korea studies lecturer at UniversityCollege CorkBy Kang Hyun-kyungIn Ireland, there has been progress recently in the status of Korean studies. The post of Kevin Cawley, the first lecturer on Korean studies there, has been made permanent by University College Cork (UCC).This is a meaningful change in the history of Korean studies in Ireland because the Irish university has recognized it and decided to fund the program with its own budget.Since Cawley first gave lectures there in 2011, his post had previously been funded by the Association of Korean Studies (AKS).“I feel thrilled and excited that Korean studies has now been made a permanent feature of UCC, leading the development of Korean studies on the whole island of Ireland,” Cawley said in an email message to The Korea Times.Cawley, director of the Irish Institute of Korean Studies at UCC, explained that a consensus was built among key university members over the necessity for the subject and this was one of the key d

Dec 10, 2014By Kang Hyun-kyung
Irish university funds Korean studies

Bang named president of Arirang TV

Bang Suk-hoBy Kwon Ji-younProf. Bang Suk-ho of Hongik University has been appointed president of the English language network Arirang TV, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Tuesday. The post had been vacant since former president Chung Sung-keun resigned in June after being named a candidate for the culture minister position.Bang, 57, studied law at Seoul National University and earned his master’s and doctorate at Duke University. In 2006, he served as an outside director for state-run broadcaster KBS and that same year, he was named president of the Korea Association for Informedia Law. From 2008 through 2011, Bang served as president of the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI). He has been teaching law at Hogik University since 1993.Korea International Broadcasting Foundation (KIBF) operates Arirang TV. The KIBF is a non-profit media broadcasting network provider that provides the world with information about Korea through the network. Founded in 1996, the network’s three channels ― Arirang World, Arirang Korea and Arirang Arab&nbs

Dec 10, 2014
Bang named president of Arirang TV

JYJ to perform in Osaka, Fukuoka this month

Boy band JYJBy Baek Byung-yeul Three-man boy band JYJ, who recently finished their dome tour at Tokyo last month, will continue to hold their dome concerts at Osaka and Fukuoka this month, the band’s management agency C-Jes Entertainment announced, Tuesday.They had been restricted from performing in Japan after their Japanese agency AVEX suspended the contract in Sept. 2010. After going through five-year-long legal battle, C-Jes Entertainment and AVEX came to an agreement to settle all legal disputes last February.“The dome tour in Japan means a lot to them as the series of concerts show the band is no longer restricted from performing in Japan,” the company said in a statement.Comprised of three former members of TVXQ ― Jaejoong, Yoochun and Junsu ― the band was founded in 2010.Under the title of “Ichigo Ichie” (one time, one meeting in Japanese), the band finished their Tokyo Dome concert last month and garnered more than 100,000 audiences for the two-day concerts. It was the band’s third Tokyo Dome concert after “Thanksgivin

Dec 9, 2014
JYJ to perform in Osaka, Fukuoka this month

German executive asks higher safety levels in Korea

Karsten Xander, chairmanof TÜV SÜD AmericaBy Choi Kyong-ae TÜV SÜD America Chairman Karsten Xander travels around the world to enhance public awareness toward industrial safety, largely in emerging countries.The 45-year-old German native is in charge of overall operations in the Americas of the German industrial-safety inspection company.He sees the “biggest growth potential” in Asian countries such as China, India and Korea as their industrial safety remains much lower than in Europe and Western nations.There is a gap which runs deep between developing and developed countries in terms of industrial safety. Some of the industrial safety-related developments took place only 10 to 20 years ago, Xander told The Korea Times in a recent interview.Xander said there are still some challenges in increasing industrial safety in Asia. “If Asian countries want to raise safety levels to international standards, they need to seek an independent inspector. An inspection by small local firms or by government bodies is not as thorough or deep as indepe

Dec 8, 2014
German executive asks higher safety levels in Korea

Appreciation plaque

Park Myung-seok, right, advisor for the World Communication Association (WCA), awards an appreciation plaque to Korea Times advisor Park Moo-jong at the Peace Building, Seocho-dong in Seoul Monday on behalf of the Pacificand Asian Communication Association and the WCA for his contribution to enhancing cross-cultural communication by introducing a variety of programs./ Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul 

Dec 8, 2014

Lee speaks for angry smokers

Lee Yeon-ik manager of www.ilovesmoking.co.kr.By Kim Se-jeong Lee yeon-ik, 45, manages www.ilovesmoking.co.kr, an online community for smokers, and speaks for 96,000 people angry about the recently announced cigarette price hike.On Sept. 2, the government announced it would increase the price of a pack of cigarette by 2,000 won, which parliament approved on Tuesday. From Jan. 1, the cheapest cigarette pack will cost 4,500 won.“The government did not care about smokers’ opinions ― we are not a small number of people,” Lee said. An estimated 10 million Koreans are smokers.On Tuesday, enraged smokers took to the website.Asked if 2,000 won was too much of an increase, Lee said it was concerning, but that was not the main point upsetting him and other smokers.“The government is not being honest,” he said. “If the goal was to prevent people smoking, the government should have proposed a higher increase. “We feel the government is simply raising taxes at the expense of smokers. And you know what? Most smokers are lower-middle-cla

Dec 5, 2014By Kim Se-jeong
Lee speaks for angry smokers

Green Cross President to receive highest service merit

Green Cross Corp. President Cho Soon-taeBy Lee Hyo-sik Green Cross Corp. President Cho Soon-tae will receive the highest award given to entrepreneurs during the 51st Trade Day ceremony Friday, the pharmaceutical company said Thursday.Cho will be awarded with the Gold Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit for his role in nurturing Green Cross as a globally competitive drug maker, a company spokesman said. The award ceremony will be held at the COEX in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul, Friday.“Cho, who became the CEO in 2009, is credited with transforming Green Cross into Korea’s leading pharmaceutical firm,’’ the spokesman said. “The CEO has placed top priority on fostering the company’s vaccine and bio-medicine businesses over the past five years. As a result, Green Cross has become a global drug maker.”Most local pharmaceutical firms are domestic market-oriented, but under Cho’s leadership, the company has sought to expand its presence overseas. Among domestic drug makers, Green Cross generates the largest sales abro

Dec 4, 2014By Bahk Eun-ji
Green Cross President to receive highest service merit
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