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Son Yeol-eum to helm Great Mountains Music Festival
Music
Mar 20, 2018
Pianist Son Yeol-eum has been appointed Great Mountains Music Festival & School’s new artistic director.Son is the fourth artistic director of the music festival, following founder and first artistic director Kang Hyo and co-directors Chung Myung-wha and Chung Kyung-wha, who resigned from their posts in January. Pianist Son Yeol-eum, Great Mountains Music Festival & School‘s new artistic director (GMMFS)In the last year Son reportedly expressed the hope that GMMFS, originally envisioned to promo
Kia starts preorders of K9, plans to sell 26,000 a year
Transport
Mar 20, 2018
South Korean carmaker says K9 will compete with Mercedes’ E series
S. Korea, US issue different statements on resumption of joint drills
Defense
Mar 20, 2018
The South Korean military and US Pentagon on Tuesday issued differing statements regarding the duration of their upcoming joint military exercises, raising suspicions of an attempt by Seoul to contain possible fallout from the resumption of the drills. According to the Ministry of National Defense and Joint Chiefs of Staff, the postponed joint military exercises will start on April 1, with the field-training Foal Eagle exercise that is to be halved in length from two months to one followed about
Seoul City to shut off computers at night to fight overtime
Politics
Mar 20, 2018
The Seoul Metropolitan Government has begun to take steps to reduce overtime work in the public sector, mandating that all computers be shut down after 8 p.m. starting Friday. The latest measure comes after the growing number of criticism from Koreans, who lack a decent work-life balance. The city government ordered all computers at the Seoul City Hall building and its Seosomun annex be powered down at 8 p.m. Friday. (Yonhap)The automatic shut-down of computers will be implemented at 7:30 p.m. e
Seoul Fashion Week kicks off with modern take on hanbok
Fashion
Mar 20, 2018
The 2018 fall-winter HERA Seoul Fashion Week opened Monday with a showcase of modern interpretations of hanbok, or traditional Korean clothing. Celebrated hanbok designer Kim Hye-soon traveled back in time for her inspiration to create a colorful jewel-toned collection of hanbok made contemporary, which graced the runway at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul. Models walk down the runway of hanbok opening show for the finale. (Seoul Design Foundation)“This season, I wanted to promote the beaut
S. Korea to send heavyweights of K-pop to North Korea
North Korea
Mar 20, 2018
South Korea on Tuesday agreed to send a 160-member art troupe including pop singers Lee Sun-hee, Cho Yong-pil and girl group Red Velvet to Pyongyang for two concerts planned for early April, according to Seoul’s Ministry of Unification. The announcement is a result of working-level talks held between the two Koreas earlier in the day to hammer out details of the Pyongyang performances. The art troupe will hold two performances between March 31 and April 3 at the Ryugyong Chung Ju-yung Gymnasium
Supermarket chains dominate offline shopping: report
Industry
Mar 20, 2018
Scale continues to play a major part in attracting shoppers both online and offline, a recent survey showed, with supermarket chains and large open market platforms coming top in consumers’ preferred retail outlets. E-mart's no brand store (E-mart)According to a joint survey conducted by research firm Consumer Insight and Hanyang University’s retail research center, at least 80 percent of consumers said they went to supermarkets within the last month. The survey was conducted on some 15,000 Kore
Nature Cell’s stem cell treatment for Alzheimer’s approved in Japan
Industry
Mar 20, 2018
South Korean biotechnology firm Nature Cell said Tuesday that its stem cell therapy for Alzheimer’s disease has been formally approved for use at Fukuoka Trinity Clinic, one of its partner hospitals in Japan. The Seoul-based biotech firm says this is the first time for a stem cell therapy for treating Alzheimer’s to be commercialized anywhere in the world. Despite the news, shares of Nature Cell early Tuesday continued a plunge initiated by recent news that the Korean Drug Ministry had rejected
Philips partners with local organizations for sports rehab research
Technology
Mar 20, 2018
Philips Korea said Tuesday that it has sealed a strategic partnership with the Korea Paralympic Ski Association and Korea University’s sports science research subsidiary Fortium, to jointly conduct a clinical research program for sports rehabilitation.The three entities signed the strategic partnership agreement during a ceremony held Thursday in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province, host to the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. They will mutually support and cooperate on clinical research for
[Feature] Wind turbines destroy local farming village
Social affairs
Mar 20, 2018
Rapid expansion of wind power facilities raises health and environmental concerns
Book details Joseon’s ‘warts and all’ approach to portraits
Books
Mar 20, 2018
Lee Sung-nack, a board member at the Kansong Art and Culture Foundation, has released a new book that attempts to explain how portraits created in the Joseon era depicted their models in a realistic way. Lee, 80, worked as a dermatologist and professor before he got a Ph.D. in art history at Myongji University in 2014. Cover of "Joseon Dynasty Portraits: Expression of Scholar Spirits" (Yonhap)In his book “Joseon Dynasty Portraits: Expression of Scholar Spirits,” published on March 16 by Nulwa, L
Toyota leads Korea’s hybrid car market
Transport
Mar 20, 2018
As carmakers compete in the eco-friendly vehicle market, Toyota Motor Korea is poised to lead the hybrid market here, achieving average annual growth of 82 percent, the company said Tuesday.Toyota and its luxury brand Lexus sold a combined 19,102 units of hybrid vehicles here in 2017, up 26 percent on-year, the company said.The two made up 84 percent of the imported hybrid car market in 2017, when a total of 22,773 units of hybrids were newly registered, according to data from the Korea Automobi
GS E&C beefs up presence in Indonesia's construction market
Industry
Mar 20, 2018
South Korean construction company GS Engineering & Construction has signed a 50-50 joint venture agreement with Vasanta Group, Indonesia’s leading developer, to construct a residential complex for 1,445 households in western Jakarta, the company said Tuesday.Vasanta Group will invest land it owns, while GS E&C will put about $20 million into the complex construction dubbed “City Gate 88,” which is expected to yield some $200 million in sales. “We look forward to creating synergy with Vasanta Gro
Leaders of S. Korea, Canada vow joint efforts to fight trade protectionism
Economy
Mar 20, 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed Tuesday to work together to fight trade protectionism in the global market, Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.The agreement came in their phone conversation held earlier in the day."President Moon and Prime Minister Trudeau noted both South Korea and Canada are highly dependent on trade, and expressed concerns over the recent spread of trade protectionism throughout the world," Cheong Wa D
Amorepacific apologizes after metal traces found in cosmetics
Industry
Mar 20, 2018
South Korean cosmetics company Amorepacific apologized Tuesday after several of its cosmetics products were found to contain metal traces above the permissible level. According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, six products, including skin concealers and eyebrow pencils from Aritaum and Etude House, cosmetics brands under Amorepacific, contained antimony exceeding the permissible level of 10 micrograms per gram. Amorepacific“We apologize for the incident, we should have put all our focus
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