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AustCham Korea launches business awards

By John Redmond The Australian Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AustCham Korea) is launching The AustCham Year of Friendship Australian Business Awards 2011 aiming to recognize the significant achievements and contributions made by Australian and Korean companies involved in bilateral business activities. Australia and Korea have designated 2011 as the official “Year of Friendship” in recognition of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations. 2011’s business awards aim to continue highlighting the strength of the growing links between the two nations by recognizing enterprises that have displayed outstanding achievement and acknowledging them publicly in a Business Awards Gala Dinner event. During the gala dinner, companies will be cited under three award categories; Best Small to Medium Enterprise (SME), Best Services Company and Trade Excellence. In addition, AustCham Korea will present special awards to two companies who have exhibited long-term commitment and excellence to growing Australia and Korea Business. The two companies will be chosen

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Muui Island to stage international dance festival

By John Redmond The movie and TV drama location island of Muui Island (also known as Muuido), south of Yongyu Island near Incheon, plans to stage its 12th International Dance Festival on the weekend of July 29 to 31. With a series of photo, art and craft exhibitions set for Friday, the main dance performances are to take to the outdoor stage on Saturday. Beginning at 7 p.m. the evening will also feature bands and solo artists concluding at 2 a.m. the next morning. The dance styles will range from belly dance, jive, Latin dance, salsa, waltz, the tango, cha-cha, modern jazz and traditional Korean folk dance. The highlights will be a traditional mask dance unique to the region as well as Nanta performances. Muuido is an island rich in the tradition of dance as dictated by popular folklore. The island's name "Muui" means "dancer's dress" in Korean. According to the tale there was a kingdom of dance in heaven. Every day during summer there was a dance festival attended by five pretty princesses. Of these, the third princess was said to be the best dancer and a

Expat musicians reflect on rock ‘n’ roll past

By Kim Young-jin When Neil Young sang that rock ‘n’ roll could never die, it was as much a plaintive warning against its excesses as an ode to the spirit of artistic survival it embodies. But three foreign residents here with long histories in the genre are taking the lyric at face value, keeping their musical roots alive despite stepping out of the spotlight years ago. Meet Gerard Mosiniak, a singer once the personal chef for rock’s elite; Tony Le Rhodes, who drummed for Australian hard rock band The Choirboys and Joe McCabe, former saxophonist for American group REO Speedwagon. Each has experienced the thrilling highs and seen the frightening lows synonymous with rock, and, stronger for it, and are contributing to Korea with their work and music. All that glitters Mosiniak, a Frenchman, has seen the rock star life up close and personal. After all, he was the personal chef for one of the biggest ever: Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. Once painfully shy, all that changed for Mosiniak in the early 1970s when he was asked to be the guita

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