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KEF chairman lectures in Ethiopia

PeopleSept 4, 2013

Lee Hee-beom, chairman of the Korea Employers Federation, gave a lecture on Korean economic development in Ethiopia, the federation said. Invited by Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Lee spoke to a meeting of Ethiopian ambassadors and consuls general stationed around the world in Addis Ababa on Tuesday.He explained the Saemaeul Movement and other steps that transformed Korea from a war-ravaged underdeveloped country into an economic power. The movement, also known as the New
Lee Hyori releases wedding photographs

PeopleSept 4, 2013

Singer Lee Hyori, who recently tied the knot with guitarist Lee Sang-soon, released photographs taken on her wedding day and released a brief statement about the simple ceremony on her official fan website, Hyori Together, on Tuesday. “We were worried that it would rain, but the weather was nice. We and a few of our friends worked hard for a few days preparing for the wedding but in the end it was a meaningful and fun day,” Hyori wrote, adding, “I want to thank everyone who cheered us on and gav
Michael Douglas, Matt Damon to present at Emmy Awards

PeopleSept 4, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, who co-starred in this year‘s Liberace biopic “Behind the Candelabra,” will serve as presenters at this month’s Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony, organizers said Tuesday.Both stars are nominated for leading actor in a movie or mini-series at the award show regarded as the Oscars of the television industry, which will be held in Los Angeles on Sept. 22. “Behind the Candelabra” has 15 Emmy nominations in all. Sixty-eight year-old Douglas ― whose se
Ex-U.S. Secretary of State Albright given Swedish prize

PeopleSept 4, 2013

STOCKHOLM (AFP) ― Former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright will receive a prize in memory of assassinated Swedish prime minister Anna Lindh for her role as a “unique female leader,” the award’s organizers announced Tuesday.The Anna Lindh prize, worth 150,000 Swedish kronor (17,000 euros, $23,000), is given to those who “help others and strive for a more humane and just world,” according to the Anna Lindh memorial fund, which bestows the honor. Albright, 76, is “one of the most remarkabl
Hunchback King Richard III infected with worms

HealthSept 4, 2013

Researchers who dug up King Richard III's skeleton say they appear to have discovered another problem the hunchback monarch had during his brief and violent reign: parasitic worms in his guts that grew up to a foot long. In those remains, dug up last year beneath a parking lot in Leicester, the researchers say they discovered numerous roundworm eggs in the soil around his pelvis, where his intestines would have been. They compared that to soil samples taken close to Richard's skull and surroundi
Herald Design Forum written auction

Arts&DesignSept 4, 2013

Toyo Ito’s sketch and drawing-inspired coffee cup set to be auctioned at Herald Design Forum
RASKB holds lecture on shamanist paintings

Expat LivingSept 3, 2013

The Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch is restarting its regular lectures in Seoul on Sept. 10 with a talk on shamanistic paintings.Boudewijn Walraven, who is editor of the Sugkyun Journal of East Asian Studies and the author of “The Songs of the Shaman: The Ritual Chants of the Korean Mudang,” will talk about the folk paintings used at Korean shamanistic shrines.He will explain how the paintings each have their own character and the relationships that shamans have with them. The talk runs in th
‘Black and White’ event to launch 48 Hour Film Project

Expat LivingSept 3, 2013

The 48 Hour Film Project Seoul is launching this year’s competition with a “black and white” party in Itaewon on Saturday.The festival is a competition to be held later this fall, where filmmakers, actors and others form teams and compete to produce the best film within 48 hours of being given a basic brief. Organizers will announce the locations and other details of this year’s competition at the event, as well as the dates and venues of the networking sessions, and where those looking to get i
Art magazine hosts exhibition in Daegu

Expat LivingSept 3, 2013

Expat art magazine (b)racket is running its first gallery exhibition in Daegu.The monthly magazine features work by expat artists across Korea and is circulated in the city, and the chance to exhibit some of the magazine’s artwork came through an invitation from a local university.“We’ve wanted to do something like this for a while now, so when Keimyung University asked us to put a show together we were ecstatic,” said Jess Hinshaw, the magazine’s editor-in-chief. “Our goal for (b)racket upon it
Zombies to get another bite of Seoul

Expat LivingSept 3, 2013

After he and 70 others spent a September evening freaking out the locals in Hongdae dressed as ghoulish zombies, Kim Minwoo did not want to take the subway home. But unfortunately finding a taxi while covered in fake blood and festering wounds was harder than he had bargained for.“It was really hard to take a taxi. There was a really nice taxi driver who was really interested in what we were doing,” he said. “I didn‘t want to take the subway, but I think I will have to this year.”He was the orga
Abandoned casts of Angkor Wat treasures come out of hiding

CultureSept 3, 2013

PARIS (AFP) ― Forgotten and abandoned for over 70 years, casts of the art treasures at the Khmer temple complex at Angkor in Cambodia are coming out of storage to be rediscovered in a Europe that first shunned them.The statues, reliefs and temple decorations in the style of the original ninth to 15-century monuments at the site in northern Cambodia are to be exhibited in Paris’ Musee Guimet in all their splendor.The casts made between 1870 and the late 1920s were commissioned by Frenchman Louis
History goes up in smoke at Egypt’s sacked Mallawi museum

CultureSept 3, 2013

MALLAWI, Egypt (AFP) ― Magdy Tahami looks in disbelief at what remains of Egypt’s tiny Mallawi museum.The ground is littered with glass from the display cabinets, which once housed its precious collection, after a mob attacked and looted the building, during a nationwide crackdown on Islamist protesters. Before, hundreds of antiquities, statuettes, gold and jewels told the history of Egypt, from pharaonic times to the Muslim caliphs, from the Omayyad dynasty in the 7th century to the Fatimids in
Scholar suggests name change for Tripitaka Koreana

CultureSept 3, 2013

An American scholar on Tuesday suggested that the Tripitaka Koreana, the English name for the “Palmandaejangyeong (80,000 canons),” be changed to simply “Goryeo Daejanggyeong” or the Korean Buddhist Canon. Scholars from Korea, the U.S. and Japan also urged academia to launch comprehensive, transdisciplinary studies into the world’s oldest wooden canons, consisting of some 1,514 texts carved on 81,258 individual blocks and bundled into 6,815 fascicles at the 2013 Tripitaka Koreana Festival, Inter
Communication key to Korea’s image: CICI president

CultureSept 3, 2013

As president of the Corea Image Communication Institute, Choi Jung-wha has made it her life’s mission to take whatever steps necessary to promote Korea internationally. Whether it be by awarding people or entities for their impact on the country’s overall image, or inviting a small group of leading figures in various fields from around the world to come and see Korea for themselves, Choi believes that even the smallest forms of communication can have a big impact. “Small drops of water can turn
CCF panel debates traditional vs. modern Korea

CultureSept 3, 2013

The fourth annual Culture Communication Forum organized by the Corea Image Communication Institute wrapped up on Tuesday with a panel discussion by the 16 foreign delegates who got to experience Korean culture over three days. The CCF participants held the discussion at the Westin Chosun hotel under the theme “Old vs. New: Presenting the Case for Traditional or Modern Culture.” The guests, ranging from a wine critic to a playwright, were invited to this year’s event in the hope of increasing the