Seoul National University professor Chang Seung-wha was selected as a member of World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body, said WTO’s Selection Committee on Wednesday. The Appellate Body is the final adjudicatory organ of the WTO responsible for judging inter-state trade disputes. The Selection Committee consisted of six people including the secretary general of WTO. Chang will be officially appointed at the Dispute Settlement Body meeting on May 24 and start his four-year term on June 1. After

Emil Kang, music professor and also the executive director for the arts at the University of North Carolina, was nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama as a member of the National Council on the Arts on Tuesday, according to reports.The National Council on the Arts, consisting of 14 members, is in charge of operating a $150 billon fund on supporting the country’s performing arts.  Born in 1968 in New York, the second-generation Korean American previously served as president and executive direc

Ewha Womans University has appointed leading violinist Chung Kyung-wha as a distinguished professor for its music school. The school said on Tuesday that her experience and knowledge will help foster young talented musicians.“I feel especially touched and grateful to be able to teach at my mother’s school,” Chung, 65, said. Her mother, Lee Won-sook, who recognized her musical talent and raised her as one of the greatest violinists, studied at the college of music.Chung held a concert in December

NEW YORK (AP) ― Like bookends, Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada sit at opposite ends of a long, elegant table for their chat. There are crystal wineglasses and an ornate chandelier. They cover fashion, of course, but get into broader topics of politics and exotic places, feminism and popular culture.The banter is lively, thoughtful and friendly, although sometimes they have very different opinions and aren’t afraid to voice them. Schiaparelli says the top of an outfit is the most important be

Jeremy Rifkin says Korea can play leading role in ‘third industrial revolution’From renewable energy to world-class IT and shipping companies, Korea seems to “have it all” for the “Third Industrial Revolution,” said a renowned American scholar. Jeremy Rifkin, economist and best-selling author, said South Korea can play a key role in leading the development of a green economic infrastructure in Asia, and urged the Seoul government to take further actions to make it a reality. “I do want to applau

An incredible story of a partially paralyzed woman willing herself through immense pain to complete a marathon has emerged, inspiring people from all over the world.Nicknamed the “bionic woman” -- in reference to the mechanical suit that allows her to move her paralyzed legs -- 32-year-old Claire Lomas finally crossed the finish line of London Marathon on Tuesday after 16 days, according to local news reports.“I’m over the moon,” tearful but beaming Lomas said. “There were times when I questione

Views conflict over dangers of BSE; government ignores pressure to stop customs clearanceMadThe safety of U.S. beef imports into Korea faces new questions after U.S. authorities confirmed a case of mad cow disease in a dairy cow from a California farm on April 24.The latest discovery was the first in six years and the country’s fourth case ever.For Korea, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), more commonly known as mad cow disease, is a high-profile issue affected by political considerations a

SUDBURY, Massachusetts (AP) ― The suburban Boston home where Babe Ruth lived after he had been sent to the New York Yankees is for sale, and the asking price is more than Ruth made in his entire playing career. The estate known as Home Plate Farm in Sudbury, Massachusetts, is on the market for $1.65 million. Ruth, who for decades held the major league career home run record with 714, lived in the home from 1922 to 1926, according to broker Scott Adamson, of Coldwell Banker Residential brokerage.

Park Kyung-ah of Yonsei University School of Medicine was elected president of an international female doctors’ association. According to the Korean Medical Women’s Association, Park will be leading the Medical Women’s International Association from next July when the group’s 29th international congress takes place in Seoul. Park will be the first Korean to head the international non-governmental organization.MWIA was founded in 1919 aimed at aiding female doctors who faced discrimination in the

GRAND VIEW-ON-HUDSON, New York (AP) ― The Hudson River extends like the sun from the back of Toni Morrison’s house, illuminated and infinite, undimmed by an unseasonably drab afternoon.“It’s interesting and soothing, and it changes constantly,’’ Morrison says from the comfort of an armchair. “And at night, with the stars and the moon ...’’The Nobel laureate has lived in this converted boathouse since the late 1970s, when she spotted a “For Sale’’ sign while driving by. Her commitment was tested

Photographer captures anxiety of soldiers standing in the middle between ‘we’ and ‘I’One photographer, well-known for portraits capturing the anxiety in individuals, had never taken portraits of men as they are not good at revealing their inner selves. But captivated by the instability and anxiety he saw in young soldiers, Oh Hein-kuhn began to document them as “middlemen” who are isolated from the outside world and caught in the middle of conflicts between the individual and the collective in t

The Flow performance art festival was unmasked Saturday at Itaewon’s Gallery Golmok ― literally for two of the artists.Jane Rhyu and Ida Graendas-Rhee had spent 11 hours in the gallery in sensory deprivation ― blindfolded with their ears covered and no human contact. They went out of this state as the night began, and the reaction was dramatic with one covering her ears and the other keeping her eyes closed. They were followed by “Language Flower” by Gim Gwang-cheol, who organizer Eric Scott Nel