Ex-presidential aide Yoon denies allegations, threatens to take legal actionInvestigators of Jeil Savings Bank chairman Ryu Dong-chun’s political lobbying case are looking into Rep. Yoon Jin-sik of the Grand National Party, a close aide of President Lee Myung-bak.Yoon has denied the allegations made against him and threatened to take legal action should the “false information” be used politically.According to reports, investigators secured testimony from Ryu that he gave Yoon between 20 million

Two former “comfort women” visited Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan Wednesday and criticized the government’s inability to resolve the unsettled issues pertaining to women forced into sex slavery by Japan during World War II.“As I see you in person, my emotions are suddenly overwhelming. What has the Foreign Ministry done for the past 20 years?” 83-year-old Lee Yong-su asked Kim at the ministry in Seoul.“Is the Foreign Ministry owned by Japan or Korea? Do you feel thrilled to see elderly women dyi

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) ― North Koreans bundled against the freezing cold paid respects again to late leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang’s main plaza Monday and celebrated the Lunar New Year holiday with colorful flowers and children’s games.A massive portrait of Kim Jong-il, absent after the mourning period for his death last month, has been restored at the vast Kim Il-sung Square. People stood in line to bow and lay single red flowers ― the late leader’s namesake “kimjongilia’’ begonias made

Volunteers are set to visit a center for people with mental disabilities on Jan. 28. The Mannam volunteer organization is to visit House of Hope to help the center users, who are aged from about 7 to 30 years old. Twelve people are needed to carry out tasks such as cleaning the center’s dining room and kitchen as well as distributing food and washing dishes.Mannam Volunteer Association also recently made a trip to Daecheong Social Welfare Center in Gangnam, where the organization’s singing club

Middle school students in Korea have helped give more than $600 in loans to good causes thanks to a project set up by an English teacher here. Mike Harrington, from the U.S., set up his own microfinance group to teach his students at Daejeon’s Namseon Middle School about aid projects. “The group was initially set up as a means to expose students to those in need, and to give an example of an aid project that is serving them,” Mike said. “After briefly discussing it in class, I decided that I wou

Painter helps breast cancer patients find hope, healing through artShe won her own battle with the help of art ― and now painter Posoon Park is helping other breast cancer patients channel their creative energies to heal. The Korean-born artist has fought breast cancer three times since her first diagnosis in 1992. And now she has helped women currently battling the illness in Seoul use paintbrushes to fight the disease by creating their own paintings. The fine arts graduate of Hongik University