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Top Gun

Major Ko Dae-san of the Air Force’s 11th Fighter Wing in front of an F-15K poses at his base in Daegu, Thursday, after being named Top Gun pilot for 2014. Ko, 35, who was commissioned in 2002, scored a perfect 1,000 points in an aerial live-fire contest that ran from October last year. / Courtesy of Air Force

Nov 27, 2014

Korean-American bank chief seeks contribution to Korea

 By Choi Kyong-aeBBCN Bank chairman and chief executive Kevin S. Kim first went to the U.S. as 25-year-old university graduate to study for a master’s degree in business administration.Thirty-two years later in November of 2014, he flew back to Korea with a plan to open a branch of BBCN ― a Nasdaq-listed bank that has long served the Korean community in the United States. The bank aims to open the branch in about a year.“As BBCN Bank is familiar with the U.S. banking system and runs countrywide sales networks, we can help Korean companies enter the market and do business better there with customized financial products and services,” he told The Korea Times.Moreover, as Korea’s economic power kep growing and Korean companies increasingly advanced into the U.S., demand for BBCN Bank’s “advanced” services in corporate banking, business loans and property-based loans would grow among Korean corporate customers, he said.Kim’s nationality, which he once regarded as a major disadvantage for promotion and success in the U.S., has now

Nov 27, 2014
Korean-American bank chief seeks contribution to Korea

CICI wraps up 18th Culture Quotient forum

 Choi Jung-wha, center in front row, president of the Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI) and Turkish Ambassador Arslan Hakan Okcal, third from left, pose with CICI’s Cultural Quotient forum alumni Tuesday at the Raum in southern Seoul to celebrate the year’s activities. / Courtesy of CICI By Kim Ji-soo The Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI) held a year-end gathering of its culture seminar members Tuesday that included the graduation of its 18th cultural forum participants at the Raum in Samseong-dong, Seoul.The 18th Culture Quotient forum is designed to share cultural experiences and promote Korea’s image abroad. The “C” refers to culture, concentration, communication, creativity and cooperation. To experience Korean culture, the 18th forum members tasted Korean cuisine at Bistro Seoul, and visited the Yewon Silgrim Thread Art Museum in Seoul and Korea’s largest cheese factory the Sangha Factory in Gochang, South Jeolla Province.Members including Kuwaiti Ambassador to Korea Jasem Albudaiwi; Kim Suk-bum, vice pres

Nov 26, 2014
CICI wraps up 18th Culture Quotient forum

'Independence fighters paved way for Air Force'

Hong Sun-pyoBy Jun Ji-hye South Korea officially established its Air Force on Oct. 1, 1949, four years after its liberation from Japan’s colonial rule. This establishment, however, did not happen suddenly, but was a result of the strong will and constant efforts of independence fighters in the early 1900s, according to a researcher on the independence movement.Hong Sun-pyo, Ph.D., a senior researcher at the Institute of Korean Independence Movement Studies, said members of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, which was born out of the March First Independence Movement of 1919, began to make efforts to establish an air force and nurture pilots. The institute is an affiliate of the Independence Hall of Korea.“Members of the Shanghai provisional government envisioned the formation of an air force as part of their efforts to prepare for the anti-Japanese war,” Hong said in a recent interview.Hong explained that the initial charter of the provisional government, announced on April 25, 1919, only referred to an army and a navy when explaining the role

Nov 26, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
'Independence fighters paved way for Air Force'

Alumni journalist awards

Kim In-chul, second from left, president of the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), poses with winners of the HUFS Journalist Awards granted by the school during the alumni journalists’ gathering at the Korea Press Center in downtown Seoul, Tuesday. The winners are Ryu Kwon-ha, third from left, executive editor of the Korea Joongang Daily; Lee Byung-ro, fourth from left, managing editor of the Yonhap News Agency; and Sang Soo-jong, second from right, executive director of the cable news channel YTN. They were credited with their hard work in developing the media. Others present are Kwon Soon-han, left, president of the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Alumni Association, and Choi Meng-ho, right, vice president of the Dong-A Ilbo and president of the HUFS Journalist Association. / Courtesy of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies 

Nov 25, 2014

'Dealer-based import car market should change'

Cho Young-takBe My Car CEOBy Park Jin-hai Cho Young-tak, 37, CEO of imported multi-brand dealership Be My Car, says the local imported car market favors dealers, not customers.“At a Mercedes dealership, you will hear only the good side of that brand, while all you hear from an Audi dealer is that Audi is the best,” he said during an interview with The Korea Times.On the first floor of his two-story show room in southern Seoul, the BMW 520d is displayed right next to its rivals the Audi A6 TDI and Mercedes-Benz E220 CDI.He said that imported multi-brand shops like his give more information to customers. “We say that the fuel efficiency is good for the BMW 520d, while the Audi A6 has better acceleration and has more back-seat room for a family.”Cho, a former fund manager, has been running a car rental service for two years and opened his imported car shop this past September.He got the idea while purchasing cars for his close friends, and realized how difficult it was to get the best offer.“Imported car prices vary by a large margin each day. For inst

Nov 25, 2014
'Dealer-based import car market should change'

Hope for visually-challenged

Rep. Chung Sye-kyun, left, of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy, tries to touch a braille picture, along with a visually-challenged woman, during an exhibition at an art gallery run by Sangmyung University in Hyehwa-dong, Seoul, Monday. The seven-day exhibition will continue until Sunday to display pictures shot by the blind with the help of university students.The eighth annual event was organized to bring hope to the disabled. / Korea Times

Nov 24, 2014

Ewha's vision for excellence

Choi Kyung-hee, center, president of Ewha Womans University, reads a declaration of a vision for the school during a gathering of its alumni at the Grand Intercontinental Seoul Parnas in southern Seoul, Monday. Under the slogan of “Innovation Ewha: Leading Global Excellence,” she presented a long-term development plan to make the school one of the world’s top 100 universities by 2020./ Courtesy of Ewha Womans University

Nov 24, 2014

Year-end party for USFK

Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, second from right, commander of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), and his wife Mrs. Scaparrotti, far right, pose with Wang San-eun, fourth from left, president of the Korean American Friendship Association, during the Thanksgiving and Year-End Party for the USFK at the Shilla Hotel, Seoul, Monday. Others present are Command Sergeant Major John Wayne Troxell, left, Mrs. Troxell, second from left, and SouthKorean Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Park Sung-choon./ Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Nov 24, 2014

Busan Police get savvy with social media

Jang Jae-i, police officer with Busan Metropolitan Police AgencyBy Jeong Ji-suWith over 130,000 page likes and a long thread of comments following every post, one might assume that this Facebook account is that of a celebrity.The source of the engagement, however, is the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency (BMPA), which routinely racks up thousands of “likes” with its status updates as it reaches out to the community with a neighborly tone.Behind the BMPA’s online success is its social media guru, police officer Jang Jae-i, who has been credited with turning the agency into a model for public engagement.Facebook is not the only platform where Jang has helped the agency dominate: BMPA has 30,000 Twitter followers and interacts with citizens on photo-sharing app KakaoStory as well.Due to her efforts, the agency recently won the Grand Prize at the Korea SNS Awards 2014 organized by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning.The key is developing rapport with the community, says Jang, who has helmed BMPA’s social media accounts since last year.“I adopted

Nov 24, 2014
Busan Police get savvy with social media
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