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Fri, July 30, 2021 | 16:19

Former president-publisher of The Korea Times dies at 79

Yoon Kook-byung, former president-publisher of The Korea Times, died of cancer Thursday. He was 79. Born in 1941, he began his career in 1965 as a staff reporter for the Hankook Ilbo, the sister paper of the country's oldest English daily.

Park Ji-won | 2021-07-22 16:52

Asan Institute honorary chairman commemorates late US defense secretary

Chung Mong-joon, honorary chairman of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, commemorated the late former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who died on Tuesday at age 88.

Nam Hyun-woo | 2021-07-02 17:03

Chief of Korean War vet association in Mexico passes away at age 90

Jose Villarreal, president of the recently launched Korean War Veterans Association in Mexico, died Saturday, according to the Ministry of Patriot and Veterans Affairs (MPVA). He was 90. Villarreal, who was born in Los Angeles, Calif. and left for Mexico later, joined the U.S. Army and participated in the Korean War from September 1950 to February 1952, during which he was in...

Kang Seung-woo | 2021-05-05 13:18

Koreans bid farewell to Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk

South Koreans bade farewell Saturday to Roman Catholic Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk in a funeral mass at Seoul's landmark Myeongdong Cathedral.

2021-05-01 14:42

'Omnibus Omnia': Revered Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk dies

Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, former archbishop of Seoul, passed away late Tuesday at the age of 89. Cheong, who became Korea's second cardinal after late Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, had been receiving treatment for various old-age ailments, according to Catholic officials.

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2021-04-28 16:35

Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk dies

Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, former Catholic archbishop of Seoul, died Tuesday, Catholic officials said. He was 89.Cheong passed away of old age at 10:15 p.m. at a Seoul hospital for treatment, according to officials. He had been hospitalized since February due to an unspecified ailment. For years, he expressed his intention not to receive life support treatment, althoug...

2021-04-28 09:16

Inter-Korean reunification activist Paek Ki-wan dies at 88

Paek Ki-wan, who devoted his life to the reunification of the two Koreas, died Monday, hospital officials said. He was 88. According to Seoul National University Hospital and his aides, Paek had been in the hospital since January of last year with symptoms of pneumonia.

2021-02-15 11:12

KCC Honorary Chairman Chung Sang-young dies at 84

Chung Sang-young, honorary chairman of KCC and the youngest brother of Hyundai Group founder Chung Ju-yung, died of chronic disease on Saturday, according to the building and industrial material company. He was 84.

Baek Byung-yeul | 2021-01-31 16:42

Longest-serving chair of KCCI dies at 95

Samyang Group Honorary Chairman Kim Sang-ha, who is also known as the longest-serving chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), died Wednesday at 95, according to the group, Thursday.

Park Jae-hyuk | 2021-01-21 16:09

Former Korea Times columnist, poet Choi Yearn-hong dies

Choi Yearn-hong, a poet who was committed to promoting Yun Dong-ju, one of the most respected modern Korean poets, in the United States, has died of a chronic disease in Baltimore. He was 79.

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2021-01-07 21:11

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