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Bass prodigy takes home top honors from Russia
All his life, Sung Min-jae’s home has been filled by the deep tones of his father’s contrabass. Now 17 years old, Sung’s passion for music struck a heavy chord with the judges at the second Sergey Koussevitzky Double-Bass Competition last week in St…
Dec 17,2007
Cartoons against corruption
Chances are that if you’ve flipped to our editorial pages, you’ve noticed the work of Yi Won-soo, the JoongAng Daily’s political cartoonist. Yi, 76, recently celebrated the publication of his 500th political cartoon through the New York Times synd…
Dec 17,2007
First Ladies emerge from the presidential shadow
In her extensively researched history “Korea’s First Lady,” Cho Eun-hee chronicles the lives of South Korean presidents’ wives. The book tells of the romances, conflicts and achievements during the turbulent years following the end of Japanese colo…
Dec 15,2007
Unable to play, soccer ball artist is Eurobac champion
While French soccer style has often been called an art, there is one person who has truly become an artist with the soccer ball. That person is Woo Hee-yong, 43, who was crowned as champion of Eurobac 2007, a competition in which participants show …
Dec 10,2007
Expert blooms in budding wine culture
Lee Yun-gyeong took home the winning trophy at this year’s Korea International Sommeliers’ contest. At 27, she went to Lee Yun-gyeong, 27, she is the youngest and the only woman among the contenders to become the country’s best wine steward. Most of …
Dec 10,2007
Korean aims to animate world-class dreams
Choe Jin dreams of building his animation company, Enemes, to be as powerful and prestigious as Pixar Animation Studios, the world-famous U.S. company that produced hit films such as “Finding Nemo” and “Toy Story.” He moved closer to his dream when …
Dec 10,2007
[In depth interview]Ex-police chief rips Roh administration
Despite 26 years of experience in public posts, Huh Joon-young, former chief of the National Police Agency, was not very eloquent. He answered questions carefully, making him appear unskilled at speaking. He was famous, however, for his direct manner…
Dec 05,2007
Over 26-year career, man of many ideas wins props from city
CHEONAN, South Chungcheong ― Im Hong-sun, a planning head at Cheonan City Hall, has many “lightbulb moments” every day. Im, 49, is usually in the office by 7:50 a.m., an hour before work officially starts. He uses this hour to think up solutions to …
Dec 03,2007
From home school straight to university ― at age 14
DAEJEON ― A 14-year-old boy was recently admitted to the Information and Communications University (ICU), one of the country’s leading engineering schools, through home schooling. Koh Byeong-hyeon of Goyang, Gyeonggi, recently was admitted to the un…
Dec 03,2007
Yeosu expo can count on this good help
When the city of Yeosu recently won the bid to host the 2012 World Expo, it set many wheels in motion. On the 10th floor of the Korea Tourism Organization, there are six women who are gearing up for the expo. They are veterans who know that it take…
Dec 03,2007
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