• 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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  • Japanese ambassador steals show at Garden Club flower event

    Japanese Ambassador Koro Bessho contributed his Korean calligraphy work to the flower arrangements exhibition organized by the Garden Club of Seoul at the Raemian Gallery in Seoul, Thursday. Bessho drew keen attention during the annual event because he was the only foreign ambassador who contributed his work to the event…

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  • Cross-border love weathers war

    Iraqi ambassador’s wife sees a shift in Iran-Iraq ties after war in 1980s Iraqi Ambassador to Korea Khalil Al-Mosawi had a secret that he never shared with any other family members for many years after he tied the knot with his wife Avazeh Kasrai in 1982. His wife is an…

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  • East Asia

    Connecting people to change society through sport

    Interview with Mie Kajikawa, Founder and President, Sport For Smile From an interpreter at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, later earning a Master’s degree in sports administration from Ohio University, completing an internship at the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Detroit Pistons as the first-ever Japanese female intern, later working as…

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  • East Asia

    Serving as a facilitator for new democracies

    Interview with first Secretary General of A-WEB, Kim Yong-Hi The Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB), the international organization in the electoral field, officially launched with the participation of about 120 countries around the world. At the inaugural assembly held in Convensia in Songdo International City, Incheon, South Korea on…

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  • West Asia

    The East associated with the Arab historically, culturally and economically

    [Editor’s note] Dr. Sulaiman Ibrahim Al-Askari is one of the most famous Arab intellectuals. He studied the history of Arabia in Cairo, Egypt and Mancester, U.K., where he got his PhD. in history. Back to his country, Kuwait, he started teaching University of Kuwait, but the cultural projects of his…

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  • South Asia

    Malala addresses at UN’s first Youth Assembly on her 16th birthday

    Malala Yousafzai celebrated her 16th birthday on the world stage at the United Nations, defiantly telling Taliban extremists who tried to end her campaign for girls’ education in Pakistan with a bullet that the attack gave her new courage and demanding that world leaders provide free education to all children.…

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