Two fund-raisers to support cancer sufferers have made almost 4.5 million won in one day. First, a Cancer Sucks event at White Box Theatre in Seoul on Saturday afternoon raised almost 2 million won for the Korean Cancer Society.Participants paid 10,000 won each to dress up and dance to record a music video. “Overall, it was a fabulous event,” said organizer Mitzi Kaufman. “A huge thank you is due to all the donors, volunteers, and participants.”Kim Seon-mi of the Korean Cancer society said: “The

A teachers’ volunteer group is to host a trip to an Ulsan orphanage on Sunday. The T-hope Korea -- which stands for Teachers Helping Other People Everywhere -- is seeking at least 30 people to help with four different activities catering to 100 kids at the Eon-yang home from 3-5 p.m. The activities are divided into: Those for nursery and kindergarten students; arts, crafts and hiking for elementary and middle school students; games and chatting for high school girls; and soccer for high school b

A party is to be held in Busan on Thursday to collect cash and goods to help a women’s shelter there. The event at HQ Jangsan from 7:30-11 p.m. is part of a drive to collect items needed by vulnerable women seeking refuge at Busan Women’s Shelter. A free Cass beer or shot will be offered to every person bringing a toiletry item to donate to the drive. Those who are unable to attend the event can still donate items at the bar, near Jansan Subway Station’s exit 5, or at other drop-off points inclu

South Korea’s top nuclear envoy left for Russia Wednesday to coordinate their joint strategy on how to revive the stalled six-party talks on ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs. The three-day visit by Lim Sung-nam to Moscow came a day after North Korea and the United States concluded two days of “very positive” talks in Geneva, but no agreement to restart the six-nation negotiations, involving the two Koreas, the U.S., China, Russia and Japan, was reached. The Geneva talks followed up

Samsung Group revamped its healthcare unit Wednesday by splitting Samsung Medical Center into three independent hospitals for the sake of management efficiency, officials said.Currently, Samsung Medical Center includes Samsung Seoul Hospital in Ilwon-dong in southern Seoul, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital in northern Seoul and Samsung Changwon Hospital in South Gyeongsang Province. The group headquarters appointed Yoon Soon-bong, former CEO of the group’s petrochemical unit, as president of Samsung Seo

Konkuk University opened an animal stem cell research institute Wednesday to treat rare or hard-to-cure animal diseases.Professor Jung Pyung-hyun of the school’s veterinary department said the Animal Stem Cell Center will treat animals by using stem cells extracted from fat tissue.The center said it has enhanced efficiency because it takes less than three hours for veterinary surgeons to extract stem cells from fat tissue, refine them and use them for treatment. Fat cells contain 1,000 times mor

Police are investigating what and who caused the state election watchdog’s website to crash for about two hours on Wednesday morning, keeping in mind the possibility of a so-called “distributed-denial-of-service” attack, officials said.The website of the National Election Commission crashed between 6:15 a.m. and 8:50 a.m. when many voters visited it to locate polling stations where they could cast their ballots for the by-elections for Seoul mayor.Investigators suspect that the website crashed d

The chief of police here is facing heated opposition from human rights organizations and even some officers after telling front line police to use their firearms more often. This will be the third time that the National Police Agency Commissioner-General Cho Hyun-oh has ordered his officers to more readily use their firearms after officers simply watched a massive gang fight unfold. “Police will wage war against organized gangsters by the end of this year,” said Cho.“I will allow all kinds of eq