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Sat, October 23, 2021 | 13:40

Yoido Full Gospel Church founder Cho Yong-gi dies

Rev. Cho Yong-gi, founder and senior pastor of the Yoido Full Gospel Church, died Tuesday. He was 85. The pastor emeritus passed away at 7:13 a.m. in Seoul National University Hospital due to a brain hemorrhage, the church said. The church is the largest single congregation in the world and is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records. Cho had been hospitalized due to ...

Park Ji-won | 2021-09-14 15:05

Rev. Cho Yong-gi, founder of Yoido Full Gospel Church, dies

Rev. Cho Yong-gi, the founder of Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, died Tuesday. He was 85.The pastor emeritus of the world's largest congregation had been under medical treatment since suffering a cerebral hemorrhage last year.

2021-09-14 08:32

Chinese Embassy in Seoul denies campaign against K-pop stars

The Chinese Embassy in Seoul has denied growing speculation that Beijing's campaign against what it calls "chaotic" celebrity fandom partially targets South Korean entertainers, saying it would not undermine "normal" cultural exchanges.

2021-09-09 10:48

Screening of controversial Chinese film about Korean War canceled

Korea eyes resumption of new FTA with group of Arab nations

South Korea's trade ministry said Monday it aims to resume talks for a new free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to forge deeper economic ties with the Middle East after a hiatus of more than 10 years.

2021-09-06 11:22

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

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