KBS1 TV’s travel documentary “Backpack Travel” won the Grand Prix award at the second Festival Asia TV & Film On Journey 2012 held in Japan, the broadcaster said.The award winning episode, “Backpack Travel’s Mekong Delta, Vietnam” produced by director Ahn Sung-jin, was aired on Jan. 14. The episode filmed the nature and lives of the inhabitants living in the lower Mekong Delta Region famous for its river that streams down from Tibet and flows through Southeast Asia and into the East China Sea. S

CHICAGO (AFP) ― Sioux activist Russell Means, who helped bring the grievances of Native Americans to national and global attention in the 1970s before becoming a Hollywood actor, died Monday at the age of 72.“Our dad and husband now walks among our ancestors,” his family wrote in a statement on Means’ website.A strikingly handsome man with a troubled personal life and a penchant for publicity, Means was an early leader of the American Indian Movement before starring in films such as “Last of the

Former Culture Minister Lee O-yong was appointed the honorary president of Sejong Hakdang, or the Sejong Institute, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Monday. Lee, who served as the country’s first culture minister, will support the “globalization of the Korean language” through conventions and seminars and training Korean language teachers abroad, the government said. “Language education is more than training, it is also about the delivery and exchange of culture. Sejong Hakdang w

Hyundai Motor, the nation’s largest automaker, won the grand prix at the Korean Mecenat program for its support of the underprivileged’s access to the world of art, the Korean Business Council for the Arts said, Tuesday. Amore Pacific, the largest Korean cosmetics company, was named the cultural contributor for its support of the short film industry while Kyongnam Bank won the cultural management award. Pharmaceutical company, Chong Kun Dang, was noted for its creativity in supporting the art sc

A brave British teenager who went after a thief while barefoot said he thought only of catching the culprit.“It was just adrenalin, really. I didn’t even think about not having shoes on. It was just automatic,” Andrew Taylor told Teesside Crown Court Sunday, as the criminal he cornered was locked away for four years.The 18-year-old college student and his father were talking to their neighbors earlier this year when they were alerted to 43-year-old John Kirk running away with two stolen laptops.

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Wang Xuzhong, 84, never thought his children would disown him because of his part-time job as a nude model at universities.Wang, along with many other senior residents without stable incomes, has found that nude modeling can be a good job but also a secret that can never be shared with family.Wang’s wife died 15 years ago and his youngest son passed away in 2007. Gray-haired but in good health, he lives alone and relies on his monthly pension of 800 yuan ($130) in Chengdu in Southwest China’s Si

MUMBAI (AFP) ― Renowned Indian film director Yash Chopra died in hospital aged 80 on Sunday after suffering dengue fever, his production company said, ending a decades-long career of flamboyant Bollywood blockbusters.Dubbed “the king of romance” for his emotional and dramatic tales about the travails of love, Chopra was best known for classic hit movies including “Deewar” (Wall), “Chandni,” “Silsila” and “Darr” (Fear).He worked until the final months of his life and his last film “Jab Tak Hai Ja

London Olympic vault gold medalist Yang Hak-seon has been named a goodwill ambassador for the Economic Development Cooperation Fund.The Ministry of Strategy and Finance said during the appointment ceremony Sunday that despite economic difficulty of his family, he persevered to bring Korea its first Olympic gymnastics gold medal in London this year.Officials said that the ministry had appointed him as a publicity envy for the fund as his indomitable spirit matched the image of Korea, which has ri

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Former U.S. senator George McGovern, a liberal icon who vowed to end the Vietnam War but lost a landslide presidential election to Richard Nixon in 1972, died early Sunday at the age of 90.McGovern died at about 5:15 a.m. (1015 GMT) at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, surrounded by relatives and friends, his family said in a statement.The three-term senator, a former World War II bomber pilot, was credited with bringing women, youths and minorities int

Crown Prince Alexander II and crown princess Katherine of Serbia will visit Korea for six days starting Tuesday, Korea Foundation said Monday. It will be their first visit to Korea.Alexander and Katherine have regarded the economic growth model of Korea as a good example for war-torn Serbia, the foundation said.During their stay in Korea, they are scheduled to visit institutions and facilities related to Korean economic development, tour the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjeom and demilita

When it comes to flying, it seems that Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael S. Jeffries is obsessed with the details.A 40-plus page manual that was filed with court documents in relation to an age discrimination lawsuit by a former pilot outlined a list of instructions for crew members aboard the CEO’s Gulfstream jet that stipulated everything from how to arrange the toilet paper to what type of cologne should be worn.Among the details: male flight crew members had to wear a hat, sunglasses, gloves,