German photographer and filmmaker Nils Clauss is showing an exhibition exploring the effects of Korea’s rapid urbanization.“DistURBANces” includes photos from two collections ― “Urban Nature,” which won the European Architectural Photography Prize last year, and “Zugzwang,” which goes through the wreckage of houses earmarked for redevelopment.The exhibition also shows short films he made as part of collaborations, including the music video “Senior Living,” which last year made the New Directors

Celebrity couple Kim Bo-yeon and Jeon No-min have agreed to a divorce, ending their eight years of marriage, reports said on Monday.The actor and actress were known as one of the most devoted celebrity couples here, but decided to split after Jeon’s traditional liquor business collapsed. Jeon started his own makgeolli business in 2008 after having a supporting role in the hit SBS TV drama “Family’s Honor.” The couple’s marriage suffered as Jeon’s business failed and pressure from creditors incre

Hanwha Chemical said Monday it had named Paul Coleman chief executive officer for its bio business unit. Coleman, from Ireland, has worked as the company’s chief operating officer at the unit since January 2011. “He is the right person for the post as he has proved his capabilities and leadership as the unit’s COO, especially, in making a license contract for a drug for arthritis with the global pharmaceutical giant Merck last June,” the company said in a statement.The chemical firm, one of Hanw

Veteran actress Kim Hye-ja had reason to be proud earlier this month as one of her sponsored children from Bangladesh began graduate studies in Korea.James Rana Baidaya, a 26-year-old Bangladeshi whom Kim has been supporting since 1997, entered the Graduate School of Pan-Pacific International Studies at Kyunghee University in Seoul on March 5. He will study at the school’s international development cooperation division, to fulfill his dreams of helping children in need by launching an internatio

Kim Kak-choong, honorary chairman of textile manufacturer Kyungbang Co., died of illness at age 87 on Saturday, hospital officials said Monday.Kim has long been considered a pioneer in the nation’s textile industry, having played a great role in developing it, industry watchers said. He had led the leading textile company from 1975. He was the chairman at the Federation of Korean Industries from 1999-2003, and became an honorary chairman of the nation’s largest lobbying group after his term expi

Suh Nam-pyo, president of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, will give a lecture on the internationalization of his school at royal Swedish academic events from Wednesday to Thursday, the school said Monday. Invited by King of Sweden Carl Gustaf, Suh is expected to attend two separate events ― a world university president forum and a royal professors’ symposium. At the forum, Suh, who is one of the key speakers, is expected to lecture on how KAIST has achieved international reco

Universal welfare, as well as more regulations on the free market and chaebol reform are crucial in contemporary Korean economy, according to Chang Ha-joon, one of the leading heterodox economists in Korea. He spoke at a news conference held Monday to promote his upcoming book.The new book, “What to Choose: Cutting the Gordian Knot -- An Analysis of the Korean Economy,” co-authored by Chang, Lee Jong-tae and Jeong Seung-il, is an extension of the trio’s 2005 book “Cutting the Gordian Knot -- An

LONDON (AP) ― Archaeologists excavating near Cambridge have stumbled upon a rare and mysterious find: The skeleton of a 7th-century teenager buried in an ornamental bed along with a gold-and-garnet cross, an iron knife and a purse full of glass beads.Experts say the grave is an example of an unusual Anglo-Saxon funerary practice of which very little is known. Just over a dozen of these “bed burials’’ have been found in Britain, and it’s one of only two in which a pectoral cross ― meant to be wor

Huh Il-sup, CEO and chairman of Green Cross Corp., has been given the Person of the Year award at the BioSpectrum Award in Singapore. Green Cross, a Korean biopharmaceutical firm, said Huh took the award on Friday, recognized for his longstanding achievement and contributions in the field. BioSpectrum is a market researcher which also publishes an industry journal. Huh had spearheaded a slew of research projects to develop medicines for rare diseases, which are largely sidelined by big pharmaceu