• East Asia

    Park to play in Asian Cup

    Park Eun-seon, a footballer who has recently weathered a controversy over her gender, will represent Korea in next month’s Asian Football Confederation (AFC) women’s Asian Cup. Park, 28, a forward for Seoul City Amazones in the WK-League, was among the 23 players Korea manager Yoon Deok-yeo picked for the tournament…

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  • Female botanist to head UN agency

    Yim Kyu-ok, a researcher at the state-run Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, has been elected to lead a UN agency overseeing guidelines on the control of disease and pest insects affecting plants. She was elected as the first Asian chair of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), affiliated with the…

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  • Ha tries to stare down new crisis

    Citigroup Korea Chairman Ha Yung-ku, a heavyweight in the Korean banking industry, is battling the biggest challenges of his career. Chief among them are reports that the parent company has left him to grapple with the fallout of recent troubles alone. It comes in the wake of the theft of…

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  • Lotte boss faces daunting challenge

    Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is facing his biggest challenge since he took office in 2011. The group’s key affiliates have been involved in a series of scandals, and this is dampening his drive to expand the group’s business scope. Also at risk are his efforts to solidify his position…

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  • Kim Jong-un keeps job

    North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was re-elected as the first chairman of the country’s powerful National Defense Commission (NDC), Wednesday. His re-election came during the first session of the North’s newly-elected Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), said the state-run North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Kim was initially chosen for the…

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  • Kang to receive German order of merit

    Kang Sue-jin, the Korea National Ballet (KNB) director, will be honored by the state of Baden-Wurttemberg in Germany on May 3rd for her contributions to art and culture, according to KNB on Monday. Kang is widely regarded as the greatest Korean ballerina of her generation. She has been with the…

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  • Moon stripped of doctorate over plagiarism

    Kookmin University stripped Moon Dae-sung, a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and a Saeunuri Party lawmaker, of his doctor’s degree in sports psychology last month, weeks after concluding that his thesis was plagiarized, an official from the school told The Korea Times on Tuesday. “The school revoked Moon’s…

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  • The Casey Lartigue Show with YeonMi Park!

    Greetings! You are tuned to the “Casey Lartigue Show with YeonMi Park,” a new TV talk show online at JKJ TV. I am delighted to welcome you to our lovely bi-weekly show that will focus on North Korea and North Korean refugee issues. My name is Casey Lartigue and I…

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  • East Asia

    KRC leads in farming knowledge sharing

    State-run firm eyes public-private partnership with developing countries The state-run Korea Rural Community Corp. (KRC) has been sharing its farming and agricultural infrastructure knowledge and experience with the developing world. The company has helped over 30 countries modernize their agricultural sector and participated in a number of rural development projects…

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  • East Asia

    Top of the world

    Son wins Korea’s first gold medal at gymnastics world cup Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae, 19, was not going to pass her prime without reaching the top of the world. At the FIG World Cup in Lisbon, Saturday, Son won Korea’s first gold medal in the individual all-around with 71.200 points.…

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