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2 years later, Korea’s first arm transplant is a clear success
“Feb. 2 this year is very special to me, because it marks the second anniversary of my new life, with my new arm,” said Sohn Jin-wook, 38. Sohn, also known as “the man with a stranger’s arm,” is the first person in Korea to receive an arm transpla…
Feb 16,2019
The man behind the plan to redevelop Gwanghwamun
Seung Hyo-sang is a controversial figure these days, as he is the judge of the contest that picked the best plan to renovate Gwanghwamun Square. The chosen plan was met with a flood of opposition due to the radical changes that it would bring to …
Feb 15,2019
‘We’re doomed!’ author says, unless we manage the future
Hong Sung-guk received a lot of attention after he released a book called “Shrinking Society,” where he looks at the future of Korea. As a veteran researcher and former chief executive of Mirae Asset Daewoo, Hong takes great pride in the reports writ…
Feb 01,2019
President of Yonsei believes the paradigms are a changin’
Kim Yong-hak, president of Yonsei University, is an authority on social network theory: how knowledge and information move through networks. Song Ho-keun, the dean of Postech’s humanities and social sciences department, says Kim is a “veteran who dra…
Jan 25,2019
Practicing law in Pyongyang - and adoring it
In the worst of times, when North Korea’s economy was on the verge of collapse, one Westerner saw untapped economic potential that could one day rival South Korea’s. A New York attorney with over 25 years of legal experience, Michael Hay, 57, ha…
Jan 23,2019
‘Gov’t is not aiming for drastic reduction of nuclear power’
Moon Mi-ok is often called the “king of vice ministers,” since she was a physicist and served as a member of the National Assembly in her 20s and as well as a science and technology adviser to the president. However, she has received a considerab…
Jan 18,2019
Former agriculture minister gets back to his roots
Lee Dong-phil has a long résumé. After graduating from Yeungnam University in North Gyeongsang, he received his master’s degree and PhD at the University of Missouri. In the 1980s, he started his career as a researcher at the Korea Rura…
Jan 12,2019
Meet the man who measures Seoul’s seasons
With Korea experiencing this winter’s first snow on Nov. 24 last year and the Han River’s surface recently freezing over for the first time of the season, the country is now firmly in the depths of winter. The capital’s ever-shifting weather is m…
Jan 12,2019
Deregulation is key to growth, says former finance minister
Often called as a commander-in-chief well equipped to deal with crisis, former Finance Minister Lee Hun-jai gave a stern warning about the future. “Korean society will go through a painful transition,” he said. “In 1997, the financial crisis ca…
Jan 11,2019
Disability becomes not the end but a beginning
Kim Hyung-hee, the head of the Korean Disabled Expression Cooperation (KDC), says that art helped her get through the darkest point in her life after she was paralyzed from the neck down in a car accident. Just when Kim was certain that all was lost,…
Jan 05,2019
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