Koreans to challenge seemingly impossible voyage on raft
Prof. Youn Myung-chul of Dongguk University speaks about his coming adventure. Five Korean adventurers will set sail in May on a seemingly impossible voyage from the Philippines to South Korea on a bamboo raft propelled only by the wind and ocean currents. The raft, to be christened “East Asian Civilization III,” will mark the latest […]
Works of disabled painter exhibited in UN
Dennis Han(34 years old)’s Painting Exhibition was held on April 9 – 13 at the United Nations Delegates’ Entrance. Dennis Han, despite his disability, portrays pure human hopes and dreams. On the evening of Monday 9 April, there was an opening reception for the Dennis Han Exhibition. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Permanent Representative Kim Sook, and ambassadors from more than […]
What makes people happy at work?
Workplace satisfaction hinges on performance recognition Working life can be tedious and stressful at times for all men and women. Other times, going to work can be worthwhile and satisfying and our feet are as light as feathers when we head to work. So what is it that makes people want to go to work […]
Fighting lung cancer on bicycle
Kim Sun-wook has a one in 10 chance to survive the next five years, according to current life-expectancy estimates. He has Stage 4 lung cancer. Kim said that when he heard the diagnosis he felt helpless, like he was falling upside down from a high precipice. Those few words, “You have cancer,” gripped him with […]
‘What Koreans are talking about, so are we’
Two foreigners translate Korea’s popular news, comments into English on website Not all expats in Korea or foreigners abroad will want to hear about government-promoted national advertising like K-pop or skin care programs. Many will rather want to know about what ordinary Koreans are talking about and how they feel while going about their daily […]
Persian New Year’s Day celebrated
Persian New Year’s Day, Norooz, which fell on March 20 this year, was belatedly celebrated in Yangcheon Cultural Center, western Seoul, Thursday (March 29) amid attendance of Iranian Ambassador to Korea Ahmad Masoumifar, other foreign diplomatic envoy and residents in the region. The celebration, hosted by Iranian Embassy, was also to mark the 50th anniversary […]
Worker’s performance improves with smartphone off
A study has found that workers are happier and improve their performance if they give up using their smartphones one evening a week, the Daily Mail reported on March 19. The results come from a research team at Harvard Business School who monitored professionals being banned from monitoring their work after 6 p.m. once a […]
20th anniversary of Seo Taiji and Boys
A photo taken in 1995 shows, from left, Lee Juno ,Yang Hyun-suk, and Seo Taij. Seo Taiji and Boys changed the history of Korean pop music when they debuted in 1992 with “I Know.” “Nan, arayo!” (I know! in English) With that musical declaration, the history of Korean pop music changed completely 20 years ago […]
Einstein’s famed formulas, photos, love letters go online
Photo shows the printed announcement of Albert Einstein’s marriage to Mileva Maric in 1903, presented at a press conference to lauch the Einstein Archives Online in Jeursalem on March 19, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Yin Dongxun> An online archival website cataloging more than 80,000 of Albert Einstein’s collected papers and notes, and personal correspondence was launched on […]
Expect the unexpected
“Expect the Unexpected (or You Won’t Find It): A Creativity Tool Based on the Ancient Wisdom of Heraclitus” is an extraordinary book. Roger Von Oech’s book is based on the teachings of Heraclitus of Ephesus (c.535–c.475 BCE), who was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and a native of the Greek city Ephesus, Ionia, on the coast […]
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