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Trade Remedy Panel Chief Vows to Improve Fairness

By Ryu Jin Staff Reporter South Korea needs an organization that will fairly protect domestic industries from unfair trade practices by foreign players in the era of free trade and the Korea Trade Commission (KTC) aims to do just that, striving to be one with the highest level of credibility, its new chairman says. Dr. Bark Tae-ho, 55, dean of the Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul National University, who was designated as the new KTC chairman late last month, laid great emphasis on ``fairness’’ and ``expertise’’ as the most required virtues of the country’s trade remedy agency. ``We need to continue our efforts to improve our expertise, objectivity and fairness in trade to remain as an impartial judge in the case of unfair trade actions such as dumping or subsidies,’’ Bark said in an interview with The Korea Times Wednesday. Set up in July 1987, the KTC is a quasi-judicial agency that determines the impact of dumped or subsidized imports on domestic industries. It also directs actions against certain unfair international trade practices such as infringem

Jul 12, 2007

Qatari Royal Guards Trained in Seoul

By Kim Yon-se Staff Reporter Royal guards of Qatar are staying at Cheong Wa Dae to benchmark the presidential security skills of South Korea. As of June 25, the presidential office has been offering its security personnel to a 22-member Qatari royal guard group. When President Roh Moo-hyun visited the Middle East country last March, the royal guards expressed their willingness to study Cheong Wa Dae guards’ upgraded security system, presidential aides said. They are learning martial arts, such as taekwondo, judo and Oriental fencing, and observing on-the-spot security actions by Korean presidential guards. All of the 22 royal guards are composed of best-performing soldiers, who were directly interviewed by Qatar’s king for selection, according to the aides. A trainee said the most impressive education was the skill of eliminating possible risks including gunmen without agitating normal spectators. Mentioning taekwondo, he said the martial arts of Qatar are not systematic compared with those of Korea. According to Cheong Wa Dae officials, Korean guards put prio

Jul 11, 2007

Sungshin Ambassadors Produce School News

This is the last in a series of interviews with student ambassadors of universities in the country. _ ED. By Kang Shin-who Staff Reporter Sungshin Women’s University ambassadors don’t merely want to get to the heart of the news, rather they want to use news to promote the school. This is how the Sungshin student ambassador group, ``Forus,’’ differentiates itself from other school ambassadors. Forus members are assigned to publish newsletters of the school, ``S Story.’’ This is why students who want to become a member of the group also need to possess superior writing skills. To publish the newsletter, which is distributed every quarter, the ambassadors interview popular professors, notable students or famous alumni. Also, they have to take pictures and design the paper. ``It is hard but meaningful job. Our newsletter is very unique compared to those of other schools; you can read all news on one page,’’ said Kim Bo-bin, 23 former Forus vice president who is studying economics. ``We can inform more about our school as we cover school stories and interview school m

Jul 11, 2007

Percussion Master to Win Fukuoka Culture Prize

By Chung Ah-young Staff Reporter Kim Duk-soo, a Korean traditional percussion master, will receive the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize from Fukuoka City, Japan to acknowledge his contribution to preserving Asian culture. The prizes are designed to award individuals or groups who contributed to the preservation and creation of Asian culture since its inception in 1990. The Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize Committee will hold a press conference on July 23. Kim, currently a professor of the Korean National University of Arts, was born in 1952 during the Korean War (1950-1953). He marks the 50th anniversary of his debut this year. Kim, who majored in Korean wind instruments and ``pansori,'' or Korean traditional narrative songs in high school, debuted as a ``namsadang,'' or a member of a traveling male entertainment troupe in 1957 at the age of five, following in the footsteps of his father. Kim is renowned as the founder of ``samulnori,'' Korean percussion music with four instruments. The term ``samulnori'' was first coined in 1978 to describe a genre of music and to ser

Jul 11, 2007

Painter Pictorializes Joseon Politics

By Lee Hyo-won Staff Reporter The history of the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1863) relives its glory days in a thoroughly original and colorful style, as painter Park Si-baek brings to readers 10 illustrated ``Annals of the Joseon Dynasty.’’ He has another ten to go. The ``Annals’’ are based on the actual records chronicling the 472-year history of the kingdom, from the time of founder King Taejo to King Cheoljong. Detailing daily affairs, court functionaries, reports and commands of 25 kings, the minutes are compiled in 1,893 chapters in 888 volumes. Historians, historiographers and censors who wrote the books had freedom of expression, and not even the king had the right to see them. The tomes trace the political, military and economic affairs as well as social, religious and cultural fabric of the times. They were registered in UNESCO’s Memory of the World in 1997. Park now illuminates the era through cartoons. ``I wished to deal with an official, unadulterated version of Joseon’s political history,’’ he was quoted as telling the Dong-A Ilbo. As Park researched the origin

Jul 10, 2007

University President Appointed Director of Women’s Foundation

By Kang Shin-who Staff Reporter Sookmyung Women’s University President Lee Kyung-sook, 64, became the chief director of the Seoul Foundation of Women & Family. Incorporating both the Seoul Women’s Foundation and Seoul Women’s Plaza, the foundation was officially launched on Tuesday. Sponsored by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the project was put in place to further promote women’s participation in society as well as a culture of gender-equality in the city. Lee will be in charge of research and development of Seoul’s policies related to women and create new policies for a women-friendly environment in the city. Majoring in political science and international relations at Sookmyung Women’s University, Lee received a master’s degree in political science from the University of Kansas and a Ph.D. in international politics from the University of South Carolina in the United States. Heading the school four terms consecutively since 1994, Lee has served as UNESCO Chair on Communication Technology for Women and chairperson of the policy advisory council at the

Jul 10, 2007

CEO Education Boosts National Competitiveness

By Kang Shin-who Staff Reporter There is no doubt you have to study hard if you want to be a CEO someday. However, not many people realize the importance of this reality. Junn Sung-chull, head of the Institute of Global Management (IGM), stressed that CEO education is essential in boosting the development of Korea, in an interview with The Korea Times. ``I think Korean CEOs don’t spend much time for education compared to foreign CEOs. While many of them think they have to work until late night, their foreign counterparts spend much time in developing themselves after work,’’ Junn said. This is why Junn founded IGM, an institute specializing in educating CEOs. Founded in 2003, IGM has produced more than 3,000 graduates and some 600 executive-level students are attending the institute. ``More and more CEOs are gathering at IGM and the number of students continues to increase. Adding up the sales of companies headed by our students, it totals 140 trillion won which equals one-seventh of Korea’s gross domestic product (GDP),’’ Junn said. Currently, celebrities of K

Jul 9, 2007

Ex-Celebrity Stylist Turns to PR

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia Staff Reporter Few people would leave a job at Samsung Electronics to become a celebrity stylist. Yet that's exactly what Kim Myung-hee, currently the CEO of her own public relations firm, did. A graduate of Japan University, Kim was working as part of Samsung Electronics multimedia team, but she soon found herself tagging along one of her friends who worked as a stylist. ``I liked fashion a lot. I felt like I could do the job as well as other people. So I started assisting other stylists while still working at Samsung. In 1996, after two years with Samsung, I quit my job and started to become a full-time stylist,'' she told The Korea Times. At that time, the fashion and entertainment industry had a lot of stylists but few actually had a real, distinctive sense of style. While some stylists would merely copy what was on foreign magazines, Kim said she would get inspiration from Japanese fashion and pop culture. Her unique style eventually caught the eye of S.M. Entertainment head Lee Soo-man, who asked her to be the stylist for some of his

Jul 9, 2007

Jang Sa-ik Satisfied Over US Tour

By Seo Dong-shin Staff Reporter Jang Sa-ik, an iconic Korean pop singer who successfully finished his first U.S. tour last month, said that he is proud to have refreshed a sense of identity among Koreans living in the United States. ``I feel so refreshed and happy,'' said the 58-year-old, with his warm, trademark smile. On Wednesday, five days after returning home, he held a meeting with reporters at Lock Museum in Daehangno, Seoul. Jang's U.S. tour in June, titled ``Longing …'' had four stops in major U.S. cities: New York, Chicago, Washington, and Los Angeles. ``I think I crossed the Pacific with a bundle of doenjang,'' Jang said, referring to the traditional Korean soybean paste. ``It's a smell that makes foreigners frown and cover their nose, but I do think its characteristic is particularly Korean.'' The veteran singer thinks it is an allegory for the music style he pursues. In his opinion, there is no way Koreans can achieve success by simply following in the footsteps of the glamorous Western style of pop music. ``No matter how well we may bring it out, it's j

Jul 6, 2007

Curator Behind New Korea Gallery at Smithsonian

‘Hopefully, Korea Gallery Introduces Better Part of Korean Culture. It’s Ancient Country, Invaded Many Times’ By Kim Ji-soo staff reporter place to call home at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, located in Washington D.C. The Korea Gallery, the first-ever independent exhibition at the Smithsonian, opened to the public on June 8, 2007. Featuring 80 Korean artifacts, which include paintings, traditional wedding costumes, calligraphy and ceramics, this permanent exhibit is the first exhibition hallto introduce Asian culture in the American museum. The silent figure behind this monumental event is Cho Chang-soo, who just turned 81 this year. Cho, who started working at the Smithsonian in 1965, spent half her life as a Korean curator, selecting, preserving and organizing Korean artifacts and other cultural pieces at the museum with the intention of advancing and sharing people’s knowledge of Korean culture. Cho handled every detail with painstaking care, from creating the Korean and English explanations to designing the exhibit with colors and backgrounds that

Jul 5, 2007
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