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TV Anchorwoman Sets Stage for Gender-Equalized Society

By Park Si-soo Staff Reporter In most Korean workplaces, the legacy of Confucianism still reigns. Glass ceilings are everywhere. It's not an easy job for a woman to break through the invisible yet very real ceiling in this male-dominant society. Against these odds, a lot of career women are climbing higher. At the forefront of the pack is Kim Ju-ha, 35, anchor and reporter for MBC TV's prime-time news program. An international organization acknowledged the popular journalist as a ``young global leader'' in recognition of her contribution to breaking the norm to set a new role model for females. Kim, 35, received the honorary title on March 11 from the World Economic Forum (WEF). She has made a name for herself as the first female in Korean broadcasting history to host a news program on her own. The program was MBC's ``News Desk,'' and is aired over the weekends. ``I'm honored to be selected as a global leader. But you know it's an undue honor as well,'' Kim said in an interview with The Korea Times. ``One of the reasons behind my winning was, I've heard, I had b

Mar 27, 2008

Hollywood Stars Cancel Plans to Visit Seoul

By Han Sang-hee, Cathy Rose A. Garcia Staff Reporter Korean fans will have to wait to meet two high profile Hollywood stars, as Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones and American rocker Alice Cooper have cancelled their visits to Seoul. The 38-year-old actress was scheduled to visit Korea for the first time as a part of her promotional tour of her new movie ``Death Defying Acts,'' but she had to return to the United States due to health problems. According to E.ga Pictures, the promoter of the film, the actress felt sick during the Australia promotion, and thought it would be better to drop her schedule and head back to the U.S. The movie ``Death Defying Acts'' is a romantic thriller that also stars Guy Pearce as the legendary magician, Harry Houdini. Zeta-Jones plays the psychic Mary McGarvie and the two of them get tangled up in a mysterious love story. The Academy Award winner for her role in the musical movie ``Chicago,'' (2002) Zeta-Jones also starred in ``The Legend of Zorro'' (2005) and is married to Academy Award winner Michael Douglas. Meanwhile, Ameri

Mar 26, 2008

Mental Health Problem `Not Shameful

By Kim Rahn Staff Reporter Koreans need to talk more openly about mental health issues and seeking counseling is the best way to manage their anger before it builds up to a boiling point, a Korean-American psychologist and counselor said. Josephine Kim, lecturer in the risk and prevention program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, stressed the importance of raising awareness about recognizing emotional distress and seeking mental health services in order to ``save lives.'' She was invited to come to Virginia Tech last year to give counseling to ethnic Koreans there after the mass shooting by Korean-American Cho Seung-hui, who killed 32 and himself on the campus. She found that many Koreans were not seeking help for mental health problems even though they needed it. ``According to recent research, Koreans are famous for not seeking mental health services and wait till the very last minute, till they can no longer endure the mental ailment or symptoms, and it means when they finally come and seek help, it's almost too late,'' Kim told The Korea Times Tuesday dur

Mar 26, 2008

Pop Singer Patti Kim Marks 50th Anniversary

By Chung Ah-young Staff Reporter Veteran singer Patti Kim will hold concerts both at home and abroad to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her debut. Born Kim Hye-ja in 1938, she took the name Patti after American singer Patti Page and started singing pop songs in 1958 on local U.S. bases. The 70-year-old singer will tour the country ― visiting 50 cities, perform in Pyongyang in North Korea and in other countries. She strongly expressed hope to hold a concert in Pyongyang ― dates for which have not yet been finalized ― and sing one of her hit songs ``Who Knows This Man,'' which has been frequently used in the reunions of separated families of the two Koreas. Kim's parents were born in North Korea. ``I want to hold a solo concert in Pyongyang as Cho Yong-pil did,'' she said in a press conference in Chosun Hotel, Seoul, Monday. Kim will kick off her tour in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, April 26; then visit Seoul, April 30-May 2; Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, May 10; Daejeon, May 17; Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, May 30-31; Busan, June 7-8; Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, Ju

Mar 25, 2008

Youth Center Gets Award From UN Foundation

By Han Sang-hee Staff Reporter A Korean youth organization has received the Earth Trustee Award presented by the Earth Society Foundation (ESF), a non-governmental organization affiliated with the United Nations. MIZY (Myeong-dong Information Zone for Youth) is the first Korean organization to get the award from the ESF, which was supported by the world-renowned cultural anthropologist, Margaret Mead. MIZY was awarded for its participation in Art Miles Mural Project's ``Shoes of Hope Project'' last year. The Art Miles Mural Project, a non-profit organization recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), first introduced the ``Shoes of Hope Project'' as a way of helping children by donating colorful shoes decorated by children. Korean youngsters around the nation painted their thoughts and dreams on white sneakers and later donated them to children in Uganda. ``We wanted to create a new concept of sharing, so we chose to participate in the project. The project combines sharing through creativity and art. The sneakers each had

Mar 25, 2008

International School Head to Leave Korea

By Kang Shin-who Staff Reporter Harlan Lyso, head of the Seoul Foreign School (SFS), plans to retire in June. The 61-year-old American has headed Korea’s largest international school since 1992. Established in 1912 by Mrs. Charles S. Deming of the Methodist Mission, the K-12 school has about 1,500 foreign students from more than 50 nations. Under the leadership of Dr. Lyso, SFS has grown significantly in its enrolment, programs and facilities. It will also provide facilities for a doctoral program of Nova Southwestern University from this year, a first among international schools in Korea. With his contributions to the school, the headmaster was recently given the honorary title of ``Superintendent of the Year’’ by the Association for the Advancement of International Education (AAIE) in the USA. The award is given to only one headmaster among more than 4000 international schools around the world. Before coming to SFS, Lyso headed schools in the Caribbean, South East Asia, and West Africa. He also served with organizations committed to developing international sch

Mar 25, 2008

SK Telecom Vice Chairman Retires After Serving 42 Years

By Cho Jin-seo Staff Reporter SK Telecom Vice Chairman Cho Jung-nam retired Monday, ending his remarkable 42 years at the conglomerate. Having dedicated his whole career to SK since 1966, Cho is a symbolic figure in South Korea's industrial history. He was one of the longest serving and most established employees at Korean conglomerates along with Yun Jong-yong, CEO and vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, who joined Samsung Group nine months before Cho entered SK. It is also the first time for SK Group to commemorate a retirement with two ceremonies ― one hosted by SK Telecom CEO Kim Shin-bae on Monday and one to be held by SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won on Tuesday. Born in 1941 in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, Cho majored in chemical engineering at Seoul National University. Upon graduation, he joined Yukong ― the oil refining subsidiary of SK Group that is now SK Energy ― as an engineer. After working almost 30 years at the energy firm, he moved to the telecom industry in 1995 when SK became the largest shareholder of Korea Mobile Telecommunications, which is

Mar 24, 2008

Activist, Expert to Become Lawmaker

By Lee Hyo-sik Staff Reporter The governing Grand National Party (GNP) has decided to pick a prominent social activist as its No. 1 candidate for the conservative party's proportional representation seats in a bid to improve its standing with low income earners ahead of the April 9 National Assembly election. The liberal opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), on the other hand, has named a financial expert as its top candidate under the same electoral system with the goal of maximizing the party's ``economy first'' election platform. The GNP has selected Rev. Kang Myung-soon, widely known as ``the godmother of the poor'' as the party's top proportional representation candidate. After graduating from the department of educational engineering at Ewha Womans University in 1974, Kang started working as a social activist. In 1986, she launched a charity organization to help children in poverty. It currently cares for some 9,700 orphans and other children in need across the country. Kang also founded a micro credit bank to extend small loans to the homeless and small bus

Mar 23, 2008

Singer Youn Ha Will Star in Japanese Film

By Lee Hyo-won Staff Reporter Singer Youn Ha will appear as the heroine of a Japanese movie opposite one of Japan's biggest stars, her local management agency Stam Entertainment announced Thursday. The 19-year-old will star in ``Gondono Nitsuyobi'' (This Sunday), a human drama directed by Genmochi Satoki. Youn Ha had previously appeared in a Japanese short film in 2005, but this will be her first commercial feature. She will play the role of a Korean student studying in Japan who, while juggling various part-time jobs, becomes involved with a mysterious man. The singer will act opposite Somegoro Ichikawa, 35, a renowned Kabuki movie star in Japan. He is famous for being cast at age 14 as the youngest ever Hamlet for a theatrical production of the Shakespearean play. Here, Ichikawa is known through the films ``Welcome Mr. McDonald'' and ``April Story.'' ``Youn Ha went through vigorous training because Japanese films require performing subtle emotions,'' said Stam Entertainment. ``She is particularly focusing on portraying the coming-of-age aspect of the film. She will be

Mar 21, 2008

Gems Abound at Scondhand Bookshop

By Park Si-soo Staff Reporter For most Koreans who spent their school years in the 1970s and 80s, secondhand bookstores were regarded as one of a few windows that ushered readers to a whole new world as book supply was limited and they were expensive. As the multimedia industry evolves at dizzying speeds, however, secondhand bookstores have faded from the limelight and most people here treat this time-honored business as a legacy of Korea's past. ``When I started a used book business in 1969, right after I was discharged from military service, it was a lucrative business. But it's worsening year after year,'' said Jung Jae-eun, 64, who has run a second-hand bookstore named ``Jungeun Bookstore'' for 39 years in Seoul, in a recent interview with The Korea Times. ``This is the only thing I know how to do. My wishes have always been to perform my duties until my last breath,'' he laughed. Jungeun is located in front of Yonsei University in Sinchon, western Seoul. He's concerned today's university students are only looking for shortcuts to achieve their academic goals.

Mar 21, 2008
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