Moon Jong-hoonSK Networks Co., Walkerhill has named COO Moon Jong-hoon as new president of the company as of Friday.Moon graduated from Korea University with a major in Business Administration and has actively worked for SK since 1983 as division director of Car Life Division of SK Co., executive director of Marketing Solution Business Unit of SK M&C and COO

South Korean ship captain Seok Hae-kyun, who was rescued from Somali hijackers earlier this year, was picked as the recipient of an international maritime award in recognition of his bravery during the harrowing event, Seoul’s maritime affairs ministry said Sunday.The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has decided to give this year’s “Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea” to Seok Hae-kyun,

  Charlene Princess of Monaco is wiping a tear from her eye during the wedding service in the chapel of the Sainte Devote Church to Prince Albert II of Monaco (right) Saturday, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)MONACO (AP) — Monaco’s Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene promised each other love and fidelity in an extravagant religious wedding Saturday attended by international celebrities and royalty, bring

A South Korean scientist has been named the new chief of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), Seoul’s Maritime ministry said Thursday.Byun Sang-kyung, 61, was elected to head the Paris-based organization on Thursday (Paris time), becoming the first South Korean to take the top post of the U.N. commission that coordinates exchange of information and data between the

Actor Kim Jeong-tae, 40, enjoys great popularity these days after his recent appearance on the popular KBS entertainment show “1 Night and 2 Days.”He took part in the special episode featuring supporting movie actors. After “1 Night and 2 Days” aired, Kim was praised by viewers as “the best presence ever” due to his unique, witty lines.His work began to receive attention, giving him an opportunity

Being a policeman calls for endless efforts, especially for women in Korea. The male-dominated organization selects only few policewomen every year, making competition intense.However, officer Shin Sang-hee, 27, passed the exam for the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency two years ago. With only one position allocated for women, she outperformed 538 competitors.“I was only lucky,” Shin said, blushi

The late Father Lee to receive top order for work in SudanLee, a Catholic priest who worked as a doctor, teacher, conductor and architect in the small village of Tonj, Sudan, is to be posthumously awarded Korea’s highest order of civil merit. In recognition of his service as a missionary to the African country, the government has decided to award him with the Order of Mugunghwa. President Lee Myun

NEW YORK (AP) ― The best way to celebrate Peter Falk’s life is to savor how Columbo, his signature character, fortified our lives.Thanks to Falk’s affectionately genuine portrayal, Lt. Columbo established himself for all time as a champion of any viewer who ever felt less than graceful, elegant or well-spoken.Falk died Thursday at age 83 in his Beverly Hills, Calif., home, according to a statement

A group of high school students has been making regular visits to North Korean defectors who are patients at the National Medical Center, and offering their friendship. The students of the N.K. Aid club of the Seoul Global High School come to the medical center once a week to talk to the defectors, who rarely have visitors as many of them left their families behind in the North.  Kim Seung-hyun, a

An American professor has brought the classical novels of the novelist Park Ji-won of the Joseon period onto the global stage by translating ten short stories into English.Emanuel Pastreich, who goes by the Korean name Lee Man-yeol, recently published two books in English with Seoul National University Press: “The Novels of Park Jiwon” and “The Observable Mundane, a study of Japanese Chinese novel

GABORONE (AP) ― Michelle Obama wielded a brush Friday and helped paint a mural at a children’s HIV/AIDS clinic here as she opened the second leg of a weeklong visit to southern Africa.The disease is a major public health challenge in Botswana, a country as big as Texas with about 2 million people. That includes an estimated 300,000 HIV/AIDS carriers.The first lady has promoted health and wellness

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The house party is over for Lindsay Lohan, at least while she’s on house arrest.Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner chided Lohan for having rooftop parties at her home while serving house arrest on a probation violation but said the actress hadn’t violated any other rules.“If you are guilty of some violation of your probation, I don’t see it,” Sautner said. “What you are guil

Mention Ghana and Koreans usually think of an underdeveloped country in Africa or a popular chocolate bar named after the country.However, to pioneers like Lim Do-jae, who now operates several companies in the western part of Africa, the land is full of opportunities.“Ghana produces 240 thousands barrels of oil per day. Now is the time to penetrate the market,” says Lim, who is the president of Ko

Korean-American professor tells story of man who transcended ethnic rivalryChang Tae-han, professor at University of California, Riverside, recalled his last visit to Colonel Kim Young-oak, a highly decorated Korean-American war hero, when he was already in a coma at a hospital in Los Angeles six years ago.“I told him that his biography, written in Korean, had just been published in Korea. He did

A popular children’s cartoon jointly produced by the two Koreas is to be banned by the U.S. government.The iconic penguin Pororo will be banned as the North Korea-based animation company Samchunlee participated in the project.The U.S. government announced on Monday that not only would goods made in the North be banned for import, but also other products involving North Korean input.Pororo, a show