Yang Hyun-suk, former member of iconic idol group Seotaiji and the Boys and current CEO of YG Entertainment, is Korea’s wealthiest celebrity stockholder, according data published by the market research site Chaebul.com on Monday. The site revealed that Yang’s shares were valued at 197.3 billion won ($183.4 million) as of last week, making him the richest celebrity shareholder. As the head of one of Korea’s top three entertainment agencies, Yang has made a name for himself as one of the most soug

Park Marguerite Clark, wife of the late honorary chairman of Kumho Asiana Group Park Seong-yawng, passed away due to a chronic illness at St. John’s Health Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday. She was 81. After being cremated, the ashes of her body will be moved from L.A. to Seoul through an Asiana flight on Tuesday and a memorial room will be set up at Sinchon Severance Hospital. A visit to pay condolence is possible from the same day and the funeral procession will leave the hospital on Thursda

Sean Jones, an American English teacher in Goyang who was hospitalized with a severe autoimmune disease in May, has returned to the United States thanks to fund-raising efforts to pay his hospital bill.Jones had developed encephalitis NMDA, a rare brain disease, and was undergoing treatment in Korea. However, when the hospital stopped treatment, citing cost, his family sought to transfer him to the U.S.But the hospital would not allow Jones to leave until his $50,000 medical bill was paid.  “It

Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages will hold its annual international conference on Oct. 12 and 13.KOTESOL expects 1,400 teachers to join the conference at Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul to discuss issues in English education, and hear from some of the field’s top figures. There will be 140 presenters from Korea and elsewhere giving 225 presentations and workshops, as well as 40 educational displays and 60 promotional sessions.The conference’s plenary speakers will b

LONDON (AP) ― Soft, lacey pastel confections at Burberry Prorsum, wacky florals at Christopher Kane, sparkly party dresses at Tom Ford: London Fashion Week was in full swing Monday, with a huge diversity of new spring looks from a parade of big names all jostling for buyers’ attention.Luxury British label Burberry packed in the biggest crowds with its runway show, which featured a collection of ultra-feminine pastel outfits, sheer pencil dresses and light cashmere coats.  Designer Christopher Ba

BRUSSELS (AP) ― European lawmakers have nominated several candidates for the bloc’s top human rights prize, including Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai and U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden. The European Parliament said in a statement late Monday they were among seven nominees for this year’s Sakharov prize. The finalist for the prestigious 50,000 euro ($65,000) award will be chosen next month. The 16-year-old Malala, who survived a Taliban assassination attempt last year on her way ho

NEW YORK (AFP) ― For the first time America’s top beauty queen is a woman of Indian origin, a first partly clouded by a spate of hateful Tweets branding her an Arab terrorist.The new Miss America is Nina Davuluri, a 24-year-old from the state of New York who wants to be a doctor.She called her crowning Sunday night at the Atlantic City pageant, in which she performed a traditional Bollywood-style dance, a victory for diversity in America.“It was the first time Bollywood has been performed on the

Entertainment mogul Park Jin-young revealed Monday that he has gotten engaged to his girlfriend, who is nine years his junior. Park, who is a singer and music producer as well as CEO of JYP Entertainment, made the announcement online through social media. He said that his girlfriend, who is not a celebrity, was the woman who inspired him to write his hit love ballad single “You’re the One,” which was released last year.  “Although this woman is nine years younger than I and she just lives a norm

A Korean passenger of Asiana Airlines flight 214, which crashed on its final approach to San Francisco International Airport on July 6, has donated all of the compensation money paid to him to a child welfare center.Choi Jong-lip, 55, president of Auros Technology in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, gave the 25 million won ($23,000) in compensation he received from the airline to the Hwaseong Hope Regional Children’s Center on Monday. “I am really pleased that I am the first to donate Asiana Airline

Soft, lacey pastel confections at Burberry Prorsum, wacky florals at Christopher Kane, sparkly party dresses at Tom Ford: London Fashion Week was in full swing Monday, with a huge diversity of new spring looks from a parade of big names all jostling for buyers‘ attention.Luxury British label Burberry packed in the biggest crowds with its runway show, which featured a collection of ultra-feminine pastel outfits, sheer pencil dresses and light cashmere coats. Designer Christopher Bailey said it w

The hallyu starlets of Girls’ Generation recently wrapped up their first solo concert in Jakarta, Indonesia, as part of the ladies’ “Girls’ Generation World Tour ~ Girls & Peace.” The performance took place at the Mata Elang International Stadium at Ancol Dreamland on Saturday night, attracting around 12,000 fans in a sold-out crowd, according to representatives of the group’s entertainment agency S.M. Entertainment. Girls’ Generation performed 25 songs including “Gee,” “Tell Me Your Wish,” “Oh!