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Legion admits it knew of priest's kid, did nothing

CultureMay 16, 2012

The Legion of Christ religious order, still reeling from revelations that its late founder was a pedophile, admitted Wednesday that it knew that its most famous priest had fathered a child years ago yet didn't remove him from teaching morality to seminarians or speaking publicly about ethics. In a statement, the Legion said it was sorry it hadn't acted ``earlier and more firmly'' to remove the Rev
Former Danish premier to lead green growth body

PeopleMay 15, 2012

The Global Green Growth Institute announced Tuesday the appointment of former Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen as its chairman. He will replace Han Seung-soo, a former Korean premier who has been running the Seoul-based institute as the inaugural chief. Established in June 2010 by the Korean government, the GGGI is Seoul’s think tank and platform to spread its green growth initiative overseas. It opened its first overseas office in Copenhagen last year. The institute is to be converted
Friends of 50 years co-publish book

PeopleMay 15, 2012

Senior adviser and former editorial writer at the Herald Business Min Byung-moon and his long-time friend Korean Olympic Committee President Park Yong-sung published a poetry book accompanied with photographs on Monday. The book titled “Moon at Daybreak” consists of some 80 pieces of poetry by Min and some 130 photographs taken by Park. Min and Park have been close friends since their college years at Seoul National University in the 1960s. The two took very different life paths after graduatin
Actor Kirk Douglas works on e-book on ‘Spartacus’

PeopleMay 15, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) ― At age 95, Kirk Douglas is not too old to give e-books a try.The legendary actor has an e-memoir coming out in June.Titled “I Am Spartacus! Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist,’’ the book tells about the Roman epic that came out in 1960 and helped break Hollywood’s ban against suspected Communists.Douglas, who starred in “Spartacus’’ and helped produce it, reveals that Dalton Trumbo wrote the screenplay after the blacklisted Trumbo had worked throughout the 1950s under assumed
Egyptian Embassy offers Arabic classes

Expat LivingMay 15, 2012

The Egyptian Embassy is offering free Arabic classes on its premises in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. The classes will be on Tuesdays from 6 p.m. and run for 2 months.To attend, email halawaniii@hotmail.com.(paulkerry@heraldm.com)
Learn gayageum at gugak center

Expat LivingMay 15, 2012

Yeoksam Global Village Center is giving local expats the chance to learn the gayageum for free at the National Gugak Center.The gayageum is a 12-stringed plucked zither that originates from Korea’s ancient Gaya confederacy.The class will be in Korean and English and instruments will be provided.The class is on Thursday and meets at 1:30 p.m. at Bangbae Station Exit 1.For enquiries, email yeoksam@sba.seoul.kr or call (02) 3453-9038~9. To register, email the same address with your name, nationalit
Global center runs market for expats

Expat LivingMay 15, 2012

Seoul Global Center is holding a Foreigners’ Flea Market from 1-5 p.m. on May 26. The monthly event at the Seoul Folk Flea Market is designed to encourage the recycling of used goods. Stalls must be staffed by at least one foreign national, although Korean citizens may help. It is free of charge to participate as a vendor, but you need to register first by filing out an application form that can be downloaded from http://global.seoul.go.kr/.To get to the market, leave Sinseol-dong Station Exit 9
PIKO-ministry forum for Filipino students

Expat LivingMay 15, 2012

Pinoy Iskolars sa Korea will be having a discussion forum with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology on Saturday at the Philippine Embassy. The “Open Dialogue with MEST” aims to give feedback on the continual process of improving the standards of education in South Korea. PIKO will invite Filipino student representatives from all major cities in South Korea to attend and raise their concerns about the status of international students. As well as ministry officials, representatives fr
Expat hip-hoppers gather for Busan show

Expat LivingMay 15, 2012

Gwangju’s Megook Movement will host “Paid Dues,” a night of expat hip-hop at Vinyl Underground in Busan, on Saturday. The Megook Movement has released two albums in Korea and is about to debut videos for its tracks “Payback” and “Another day in the SK.”“Paid Dues” will pull together eight expat acts from across Korea for one truly special night of hip-hop music and culture in Busan. The other acts to perform are fusion Reggae artist JoshRoy, Seoul rappers DA Green, Flowz Lyrical and Sammy Clay,
Persistence pays off for veggie diners

Expat LivingMay 15, 2012

This is the first in a series on how to get by as a vegan or vegetarian in rural Korea. ― Ed.Korea is a meat and seafood lover’s dream. Grilled pork or beef is ubiquitous, and fresh catch can be seen everywhere. But for three years this fact was my nemesis ― I’m vegetarian. Until my last move to Gwangju, I lived in cities generally regarded as small and conservative. These did not have Indian or Mexican restaurants and my choices near work were usually limited to kimbap, noodles or tteokbokki. T
Gwangju expats to eclectic exhibition

Expat LivingMay 15, 2012

Gwangju Artists Collective is entering new territory for its next exhibition, which starts Sunday.Twelve artists will exhibit at the show, which organizer Doug Stuber describes as a salon exhibition.The selection of art is eclectic, with media including ceramics, wooden sculpture, photography, film and painting.“We had no theme and we had no prerequisites. It was really just to brin something new and because of that it was bound to be widespread,” he said. Stuber added that as the GAC had begun
Cut Glass convicts Down Under, but not out

Expat LivingMay 15, 2012

Expat theater group to perform play about prisoners sent to AustraliaFresh from a successful run of “Educating Rita,” Cut Glass Theater is going back to the 18th century ― with a modern twist.Timberlake Wertenbaker’s 1988 play “Our Country’s Good” tells the story of a group of early convicts in an Australian penal colony who put on a play.To deal with prison overcrowding, Britain sent about 160,000 prisoners to Australia to serve sentences of five to seven years, often for minor crimes. The con
History institute to foster reconciliation

CultureMay 14, 2012

New secretary-general Seok talks about roles of Korea, Japan and China in facing historyNortheast Asian History Foundation, a state-run research institute, aims to facilitate historical reconciliation and further regional cooperation among Korea, Japan and China through continuous research, the organization’s newly appointed secretary-general said. “There are no institutions like the Northeast Asian History Foundation in China and Japan,” said Seok Tong-youn, who was appointed secretary general
Two charged with trying to extort Stevie Wonder

PeopleMay 14, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Two people have been charged with extortion after police detectives say they arrested the pair for trying to sell what they said was embarrassing information about Stevie Wonder. The duo, Alpha Lorenzo Walker and his girlfriend Tamara Eileen Diaz, have been jailed since their arrest on May 2. Both have pleaded not guilty and are scheduled to appear in court on May 16 for a hearing in which a judge will decide whether there is enough evidence for them to stand trial. According
Ven. Jihyun named director of Jogye Order’s head office

PeopleMay 14, 2012

Ven. Jihyun, director of Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism, an affiliate of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, has been appointed the director of the head office of the nation’s largest Buddhist sect.The Most Ven. Jaseung, president of the Jogye Order, appointed Jihyun on Monday to take the post after members of the office offered to resign last week, taking responsibility for a gambling incident involving high-ranking monks. The Jogye Order apologized for the incident after a video clip showin