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An ajumma choir sings sweetly toward victory
A group of ajumma rocked the Busan Cultural Center last week. The middle-aged housewives, who make up the Bundang Mothers’ Choir, won a gold medal at the Busan Choral Festival and Competition 2007, which wrapped up Nov. 3. The Bundang Mothers’ Ch…
Nov 12,2007
Monk brings peace to prisoners
A simple theft led Bhiksuni Jeonghyeon, a fully ordained female Buddhist monk, to prison ― but not as a prisoner. In the 1970s, Jeonghyeon was studying at the Donghwa Temple in Daegu. One day, two men stole a small screen from the temple, but the p…
Nov 12,2007
New Korean trainer preps flyboys to take to the skies
Let’s hope the skies aren’t too crowded now that 65 new pilots have their wings. The Air Force’s Chief of Staff, Kim Eun-gi, gave congratulatory red mufflers to the pilots who finished flight school last Wednesday at Gwangju Air Base in South Jeolla…
Nov 05,2007
Teens tackle temperature change with translation
It took them three years, but three high school students have managed to publish their translation of an American earth science book. The original book in English is “Is the Temperature Rising?: The Uncertain Science of Global Warming” by S. Georg…
Nov 05,2007
Le Cordon Bleu chef bids Seoul bon appetit
Seoul’s Le Cordon Bleu whipped up a treat last week when it hosted a special demonstration by Chef Patrick Martin, vice president of the renowned French culinary school. Martin has prepared cuisine for major VIPs worldwide, including Margaret Thatc…
Nov 05,2007
[In depth interview] Blue ocean plan not a fad, co-creator says
At the awards ceremony for the Korean military’s Blue Ocean Army competition at Gyeryong University in South Chungcheong last month, the special guest was a globally influential business thinker whose work had inspired the occasion. Professor W. Cha…
Oct 31,2007
Spiritual devotion sends man on artistic odyssey
His hand must still be tired. Namseok, a k a Lee Seong-jo, completed writing 69,384 characters of a Buddhist sutra, or scripture, onto a 120 meter-long (393-foot) screen four years ago. The 70-year-old Daegu native finally released the work to the g…
Oct 29,2007
U.S. intuition comes out in prof’s books
While words like “hero” and “cowboy” are familiar cultural references in American writing, they’re not usually found in titles by Korean authors ― especially when the books are written in English. Lee Myung-eon, 63, a professor in the English educa…
Oct 29,2007
Master mason chisels his reputation out of stone
After 32 years, Lim Dong-jo has carved out a place for himself among the bevy of artisans who practice traditional stonework. The 52-year-old joined the ranks of 12 masonry meisters on Oct. 19 by appointment from the Ministry of Labor and the Human…
Oct 29,2007
[In depth interview]New Kaist president making bold changes
If the person of the year in Korean academia were chosen, Suh Nam-pyo, 71, president of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology or Kaist, might be a candidate. On leave from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has bee…
Oct 24,2007
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