Huh Young-man (64), a major South Korean cartoonist, has decided to donate his works to a cartoon museum in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province. The cartoon museum within Korea Manhwa Contents Agency will now gain possession of 150,000 copies of Huh’s cartoons which are the products of 37 years of work. These account to about 1,000 separate cartoon pieces.  Huh Young-manThe works entrusted to the museum in

Players champion donates W100m to build youth center in North JeollaChoi Kyoung-ju, the first Asian to win the Players Championship earlier this month, offered to donate 100 million won ($92,353) to establish a youth support center in North Jeolla Province at an event in Jeju on Saturday.In a joint effort with SK Telecom, Choi’s donation will be used for establishing a “1318 Happy Zone” center for

GENEVA ― As the U.N. Conference on Disarmament begins a seven-week session in Geneva, its future is on the line. Whereas countries and civil-society initiatives are on the move, the conference has stagnated. Its credibility ― indeed, its very legitimacy ― is at risk.The “CD,” as it is informally known, has long served as the world’s only multilateral forum for negotiating disarmament. Its many imp

LONDON (AP) ― The genre that brought us “The Matrix” has roots reaching back nearly two millennia. The literary tradition often associated with “Star Trek”-loving fanboys has a militant feminist streak. Oh, and science fiction also invented cyberspace.The British Library’s new exhibit, “Out of this World,” wants visitors to know that there’s more to sci-fi than “The War of the Worlds” or “20,000 L

BENGHAZI ― This week, I flew to Benghazi to meet Libya’s Transitional National Council (TNC), a visit coordinated with European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton and NATO allies. I was the first Western foreign minister to travel to Libya since the crisis began. What I saw reminded me of my country 20 years ago, just after Poland’s first free elections, which, together with the fall of th

One of Korea’s best-selling artists showcases new works at Gallery Hyundai in SeoulA 3.5-meter-tall installation work that looks like the tip of a giant baseball bat looks down on visitors near the entrance of Gallery Hyundai Gangnam Space in Sinsa-dong, southern Seoul. Sure, there are too many giant installation works nowadays to be impressed by size alone. What is awe-inspiring about this one, h

Cinematic self-portrait ‘Arirang’ gains international recognitionKim Ki-duk, one of the best known Korean auteurs overseas, received a coveted sidebar prize at Cannes on Saturday for his wrenching cinematic self-portrait “Arirang.”Kim shared his Un Certain Regard best picture prize with German director Andreas Dresen, who received it for the film “Stopped on Track.”“Arirang” is an emotionally raw