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Leader of feminist movement dies

Park Young-sook, former chairwoman of the Circle Foundation, better known as the Ahn Cheol-soo Foundation, died of natural causes at the Severance Hospital in Seoul, Friday. She was 81.

Obituaries | 2013-05-17 15:47

Park Sang-kyu, singer and TV emcee, dies at 71

Park Sang-kyu, popular singer and television game show host, died after a stroke Monday in a hospital in Seoul. He was 71.

Obituaries | 2013-04-01 16:52

SeAH Group chairman dies

Lee Woon-hyung, chairman of SeAH Group, a mid-sized steel maker, died of a stroke Sunday during an overseas business trip. He was 66.

Obituaries | 2013-03-11 19:40

Consumers' Union founder dies

Jeong Gwang-mo, president of the Consumers’ Union of Korea, died of old age, Tuesday. She was 84.

Obituaries | 2013-02-12 21:21

Won Kyeong-sun, Pulmuone founder dies at 100

The founder of food company Pulmuone, Won Kyeong-sun, known in Korea as the father of mass-produced organic food, died of old age Tuesday, the company announced. He was 100.

Obituaries | 2013-01-08 16:55

Celbrated 'smile' doctor dies at 67

Hwang Soo-kwan, a medical doctor known widely for his trademark smile therapy, died Sunday at age 67, his family said.

Obituaries | 2012-12-30 17:52

‘Tiger Teacher’ dies of liver cancer at 67

Jo Kyung-hwan, a TV actor who was famous for his role as a “Tiger Teacher” in a popular teen drama in the 1980s, died of liver cancer on Sunday morning. He was 67. The bereaved family said that he died at home after being diagnosed with terminal cancer in August.

Obituaries | 2012-10-14 20:19

Rev. Moon - self described messiah

Unification Church founder Rev. Moon Sun-myung was born to a Presbyterian Christian family in 1920 in Jeongju, North Pyeongan Province, currently in North Korea, the second son of eight children. Moon claimed that when he was aged 16 he was visited by Jesus Christ who told him to complete work left unfinished following crucifixion.

Obituaries | 2012-09-03 19:06

How society handled Moon Sun-myung

It’s hard to feel sorry for a billionaire, harder if he’s regarded by thousands around the world as the messiah.

Obituaries | 2012-09-03 19:02

'Beacon of hope' for the blind dies

Kang Young-woo, the first visually-handicapped Korean appointed as a policy advisor for former U.S. President George W. Bush and touted as a “beacon of hope” for many blind people in Korea, died of cancer in the United States on Thursday (local time.) He was 68.

Obituaries | 2012-02-24 17:14

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Choking on worsening air pollution