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Song’s travel agency flies high
It was the fall of 1986 when Kay Song, then a 26-year-old hotelier in New York, fled an arranged marriage by her family and flew to Seoul alone, with $10,000 in hand. Back then, she did not know the impromptu trip would eventually help her create on…
June 25,2007
Korean designer pioneered fashion as art
Stepping into a boutique in Sinsa-dong owned by the celebrity fashion designer Andre Kim (also known as Kim Bong-nam), 73, is like stepping into another season. The Andre Kim Atelier building is all white; inside the boutique sits a white sofa, a cr…
June 20,2007
‘Tom and Jerry’ like you’ve never seen them
Artist Lee Hyung-koo, 38, is the sole artist in the Korean pavilion of this year’s Venice Biennale. Two of Lee’s works, “Animatus” and “The Objectuals,” are on display. Since Korea began participating in the prestigious art exhibition, Lee has becom…
June 18,2007
Former race car driver is steady at the wheel
ANSAN, Gyeonggi ― Grip the steering wheel at the three o’clock and nine o’clock positions. Try to adjust your seat so your knees and arms are bent. This may seem like basic knowledge, but safety rules can save your life in critical moments, accordi…
June 18,2007
Media star at forefront of changing China
Her looks attract attention wherever she goes. It might be inappropriate to talk about a person’s appearance ahead of her accomplishments, but one can’t help it when talking about Yang Lan, a leading television anchor and interviewer in China. Flu…
June 14,2007
[In-depth interview]Reviving Mongolia’s early globalism
The Mongol Empire, built by Genghis Khan and his descendants, accomplished historic achievements in Asia and Europe 800 years ago, and that is recognized by the world,” said Nambaryn Enkhbayar, president of Mongolia. “The empire vitalized trade, mut…
June 06,2007
Double the images gives Kim fame in multitudes
From a distance, a Kim Dong-yoo painting looks like a large portrait, but a closer look shows that it is actually a grouping of repetitive portraits. Another portrait that looks like Van Gogh is actually a combination of images from the Dutch painte…
June 04,2007
Marketer tells about ‘Show,’ the video cell phone service
The cell phone service company KTF launched Korea’s first video cell phone service, “Show,” on March 1. The company claims it already has more than 500,000 subscribers. The JoongAng Daily interviewed Shin Hoon-joo, deputy director of KTF’s integrated…
June 04,2007
[Interview]Information is key to unification
Keep collecting information about the Kim Jong-il regime’s crimes against humanity, then gather even more of it after the two countries unify. That’s the suggestion of Rainer Eppelmann, president of the Stiftung Aufarbeitung, Germany’s state-run or…
June 01,2007
[Indepth interview]Thirty years on the road, by foot
Near Baekdam Temple in a remote part of Mount Seorak in Gangwon Province, the JoongAng Ilbo met with the Buddhist monk Wongong. Between 1972 and 1977 he undertook a ascetic exercise in isolation at Cheonchuksa, a temple on Mount Dobong, Seoul. He was…
May 30,2007
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