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U.N. Green Climate Fund to hire 48 professionals

PeopleOct 15, 2013

A new United Nations climate finance body to be headquartered in South Korea plans to hire dozens of professionals by next year, the South Korean government said Monday. “The GCF secretariat plans to hire 48 professionals by the first half of next year,” said South Korea’s Finance Minister Hyun Oh-seok.The announcement came as South Korea’s Songdo District in Incheon, west of Seoul, was selected last year to host its secretariat, raising hopes that the country will play a bigger role on the inte
German priest, 46-year Korea resident, dies

PeopleOct 15, 2013

Rev. Rothler leaves behind strong publishing legacy
Zimbabwean baby with congential heart defect recovers health in Korea

PeopleOct 14, 2013

A Zimbabwean infant with a congenital heart defect has received life-altering treatment in Korea.Seo Dong-man, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Konkuk University Medical Center in Seoul, recently performed an operation on Success Kudzaishe Zingombe, a one-year-old girl who suffered from severe respiratory distress due to a ventricular septal defect.The defect is located in the ventricular septum, the wall dividing the left and right ventricles of the heart. The baby weighed about 2 kilograms when she
U.N. chief wins alumni award from Seoul National University

PeopleOct 14, 2013

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon received an alumni award from his alma mater in Seoul Monday for his contribution to world peace, the university said.Seoul National University (SNU) conferred the Distinguished Alumnus Award on Ban “for his decades of service to his home country and his contribution to global peace and the welfare of all mankind as the U.N. chief,” it said. The award ceremony was held Monday to mark the school’s foundation day. Ban did not attend the ceremony due to his tight
Lee Chun-soo accused of assault

PeopleOct 14, 2013

South Korean soccer player Lee Chun-soo is suspected of assaulting a man at a bar and will be summoned for questioning later this week, Incheon Namdong Police Station said Monday.According to police officials, Lee got into a quarrel with a 30-year-old man surnamed Kim at 12:45 a.m. Monday at a bar in Incheon, 40 kilometers west of Seoul. Lee allegedly slapped Kim twice in the face and threw a bottle of beer at a table. The alleged victim said that he and Lee’s party ― Lee, his wife and two of hi
Agent: Cuban-American novelist Oscar Hijuelos dies

PeopleOct 14, 2013

Oscar Hijuelos, a Cuban-American novelist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1989 novel “The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love” and whose work often captured the losses and triumphs of the Cuban immigrant experience, has died. He was 62.Hijuelos died of a heart attack in Manhattan on Saturday while playing tennis, according to his agent, Jennifer Lyons.“The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love” became a best seller and earned him international acclaim. He won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1990, making
Seoul City plans to pass bylaws to preserve modern heritage

PeopleOct 13, 2013

The Seoul Metropolitan Government is seeking to preserve modern historic sites at risk of being damaged or lost ― such as Korea’s oldest restaurant, first apartment and first power plant ― as heritage of the capital.Officials said Sunday that the municipal authorities would pass bylaws to protect modern landmarks of Seoul from rapid urban development. Seoul heritage of the past century includes a house habited by Ham Seok-heon, an independence fighter, publisher, columnist, Christian civil right
[Photo News] Reenacted Joseon exam

PeopleOct 13, 2013
At U.N., Minister Cho demands Japan apologize for sex slavery during WWII

PeopleOct 12, 2013

Gender Equality Minister Cho Youn-sun on Friday urged the Japanese government to officially provide an apology and compensation to surviving sex slaves from World War II.“I urge that the responsible government recognize its legal liability and take appropriate measures acceptable to the victims, as recommended by UN human rights mechanisms,” the minister said at a meeting of the United Nation’s Third Committee held in New York. Cho also presented testimony of wartime Korean comfort women and exp
Korean craft beer coming of age

Food&BeverageOct 11, 2013

Fledging domestic market ready to boom next year
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CultureOct 11, 2013

Dance “Chum, Chunhyang” and “Giselle”: The Korean National Ballet and the National Dance Company of Korea are presenting the romantic ballet “Giselle” and traditional Korean dance “Chum, Chunhyang” at the National Theater of Korea from Oct. 17 to 23. It is the first time that the two dances will be performed at the same venue, the National Theater of Korea, on alternate days. “Chum, Chunhyang” will be performed on Oct. 17, 19, 23, while “Giselle” will be staged on Oct. 18, 20, 22. For more infor
Expedia offers up to 65 percent discount on hotels

TravelOct 11, 2013

Online travel booking site Expedia offers discounts of up to 65 percent on hotels worldwide. The promotion targets travelers preparing for fall trips or year-end trips and offers discounts on accommodations at major hotels in 36 countries in Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America. Some of the best deals in Asia include Ramayana Resort and Spa in Indonesia (65 percent off); Hotel Kuva Chateau in Taipei (55 percent off); and Royal Plaza on Scotts in Singapore (25 percent off). In Europe, Spain’s n
Conrad Seoul named Best City Hotel in Seoul

TravelOct 11, 2013

Conrad Seoul has been named the “Best City Hotel in Seoul” by the annual TTG Travel Awards for 2013, as well as the “2013 Best New Hotel in Asia-Pacific region” by the online travel magazine DestinAsian. The TTG Travel Awards is a prestigious annual event recognizing the best of Asia-Pacific’s travel industry since 1989. “As we mark our first anniversary this November, it is an honor for Conrad Seoul to be selected as the Best City Hotel in Seoul and the Best New Hotel in the Asia-Pacific region
Page, Arizona is the gateway to photographers’ dreams

TravelOct 11, 2013

Monument Valley is great place for a photographer to look up. Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend, 125 miles to the west, are great places to look down.The canyon and the bend ― a narrow slot canyon and a deep, broad stretch of the Colorado River ― are at the edge of Page, Arizona, a tourist town that serves as a jumping-off point for houseboats and watersports at Lake Powell.To visit Horseshoe Bend, where the deep green Colorado River suddenly turns 270 degrees at the bottom of a big red gorge,
In Vegas, eye in the sky guards money, not guests

TravelOct 11, 2013

LAS VEGAS (AP) ― Hotel maid Brandi Patrick was chased down the hallway at the Flamingo casino last year by a nearly naked man. She said she had to lock herself in a cleaning closet and, as the man rattled the handle, fumble around in her pockets to find her cell phone so she could call security.She said she’s haunted by the thought of what might have happened if she hadn’t had her phone. “Something could happen and no one would know it ’till the end of the shift,” she said.Las Vegas casinos ― so