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Clinton speaks to students

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the Women in Public Service Project leadership symposium at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pa., Tuesday. Clinton helped launch the initiative in 2011. It’s designed to offer guidance and inspiration to female leaders from countries undergoing political transitions or emerging from conflicts. / AP-Yonhap

Jul 10, 2013

Si.Wha.Dam, poem, painting, story on food

Oh Chung, left, CEO of KOOD Inc. and his wife Park Kyoung-won, creative director at Si.Wha.Dam smile while talking about “hansik” or Korean food at the restaurant in Itaewon, Thursday./ Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulThis is the first in a series of interviews with “power couples” leading in their respective fields. — ED.By Kim Ji-soo“White Lotus Flower Water” is organic white lotus flower brewed in hot water, with a lotus flower stalk as a natural straw. It is served as an appetizing drink.We usually eat to keep hunger at bay.“Si.Wha.Dam” is one of those restaurants that inspires a deeper enjoyment of dining far beyond the basic need of eating to survive.The husband-and-wife couple who own and run this 50 seat restaurant, provide customers with a chance to appreciate a life made richer because of food.Of course, the fare on offer is extraordinary. Not only is each dish tasty and beautiful to look at, there is also a story behind it.Here is a small appetizer about what you can expect there: the restaurant’s name is

Jul 10, 2013By Kim Ji-soo

Gov. Hong's absence

Members of the National Assembly special committee on the closure of Jinju Medical Center (JMC) hold a meeting, Tuesday, to seek ways to normalize public health service. Seats for Hong Joon-pyo, in inset, the governor of South Gyeongsang Province, and other officials remain empty as they refused to appear before the committee for questioning, claiming matters related to the JMC are the sole business of the provisional government./ Yonhap

Jul 9, 2013

Expand emergency zone!

Members of Greenpeace, international environmental activist group, hang a banner on rails of the Gwangan Bridge in Busan, Tuesday, in a rally to call for the widening of the Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) near nuclear power plants from 25 to 30 kilometers to protect the communities near the facilities./ Yonhap

Jul 9, 2013

Mr. Darcy

A swimmer approaches a statue meant to depict actor Colin Firth performing as Mr. Darcy, a character in Jane Austen’s novel “Pride and Prejudice” at the Serpentine Lake, Hyde Park, London, Monday./ AP-Yonhap

Jul 9, 2013

ROK-India military meeting

Gen. Jung Seung-jo, right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), shakes hands with India’s Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne during the latter’s call on the JCS in Seoul, Monday. Both discussed ways to strengthen military cooperation between the two countries. Browne plans to visit Korean military units and defense companies this week./ Courtesy of ROK JCS

Jul 8, 2013

1st meeting for national integration

President Park Geun-hye, left, walks with Han Kwang-ok, chief of the national integration committee, to participate in the committee’s first meeting at Cheong Wa Dae, Monday. Han, a former opposition lawmaker, joined Park’s election camp last year./ Yonhap

Jul 8, 2013

Heavy rain pounds Seoul

Cars and buses try to move out of a parking site in Jamsil, southern Seoul, Monday. The Korea Meteorological Administration forecast heavy rain to hit the capital city, and Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces./ Yonhap

Jul 8, 2013

Return to Hyde Park

M i c k Jagger of Rolling Stones performs at British Summer Time at Hyde Park in London, Saturday./ AP-Yonhap

Jul 8, 2013By Lee Kyung-min

Steady as you go

Organizers and participants of the Mt. Nam Walkathon pose on Mt. Nam in Seoul, Sunday. The event was supported by the Korea Feed Association and winners of the 2013 Miss Korea beauty pageant. The monthly event organized by The Hankook Ilbo, a sister paper of The Korea Times, has drawn more than 120,000 people since 1978. Upon finishing the walk, selected participants received prizes that included a gift set of farm produce./ Korea Times

Jul 7, 2013

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Clinton speaks to students

Si.Wha.Dam, poem, painting, story on food

Gov. Hong's absence

Expand emergency zone!

Mr. Darcy

ROK-India military meeting

1st meeting for national integration

Heavy rain pounds Seoul

Return to Hyde Park

Steady as you go

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