A concert was to be held Thursday to raise funds for North Korean defectors. The concert was being held as part of a week of events to mark charity Justice for North Korea’s fourth anniversary. Funds raised at the events are to be sent to North Korean women and children living in China and other countries.Woo Yeo Hwang, President of the National Assembly Human Rights Forum and member of the GNP wa

An avid mountaineer and educational superintendent of South Gyeongsang Province has donated the proceeds from his mountaineering book to 18 local charities. The educational superintendent of South Gyeongsang Province gave millions of won in proceeds from his book, a climbing guide to mountains in the surrounding area, to local charities.Ko Yeong-jin donated 10 million won ($9,140) to nurseries, te

Korean and Japanese high school students are to bridge long-standing boundaries between their nations this summer by making a film. The Processing Together charity-funded project is to bring eight Japanese students to meet eight of their Korean counterparts in Seoul. The kids are to learn about the historical, cultural, and social crossing-points between their two countries by making a film, funde

Korean female pro golfers joined forces with a champion fighter to help those in Japan affected by the devastating quake and tsunami last March.According to the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association, golfers participating in the Rush n Cash Charity Classic donated 50 million won ($45,800) to Japanese Koreans affected by the quake.The golfers asked world renowned Ultimate Fighting Championship

In auto production, it only takes a shortage of one small part to bring the whole assembly line to a screeching halt. This was well demonstrated by the week-long strike at Yoosung Enterprise Co., a manufacturer of key engine parts.The company is the larger of the two piston ring producers in Korea. It meets 70 percent of the demand of Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors and 20 to 50 percent of the demand

The National Pension Service is a big institutional investor in the domestic stock market. As of February this year, it had about 40.2 trillion won invested in local stocks, accounting for 3.8 percent of the market capitalization of the Korea Exchange’s main board or KOSPI. But the NPS has thus far limited its role as an institutional investor to proxy voting. It has never attempted to invoke such

An unprecedented scandal involving the former head of the International Monetary Fund has left the organization’s top post vacant.No time should be wasted in selecting a new IMF chief to ensure the organization will be able to regain its international credibility, which has been diminished by the scandal.Former IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was arrested and indicted on charges

Jacob is a golden retriever. Like many goldens, his favorite activity is retrieving a tennis ball. We throw the ball; he brings it back and drops it at our feet. It can go on for hours. Actually, we don’t know how long it could go on because we always give up before he does.But Jacob sometimes gets stuck when we play this game at my in-laws’ pool. This is because of two fixed, internal rules he ha

Love it or hate it, Medicare is driving itself and our country broke. The president’s proposed policy and that of Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee chairman, are viewed as miles apart. The reality is different. And the silly name-calling is obscuring their considerable common ground. It’s even confusing a major presidential candidate.President Barack Obama is relying on a special panel, to be

The United States may be the world’s only remaining superpower, but we’ve been a secondary factor in the wave of change sweeping the Arab world.Tunisia held its revolution without American help, unless you count Facebook and Twitter. In Egypt, President Obama probably helped speed Hosni Mubarak’s departure by withdrawing his backing of the regime, but it was the Egyptians’ revolution, not ours.In