Singer Sean and his wife, actress Jung Hye-young, have pledged to sponsor an additional 100 children through Compassion Korea on Tuesday. The couple has been giving support to 100 children, including six Haitians, in 26 countries. The additional sponsorships bring the total number of children supported to 200. They began sponsoring needy children around the world three years ago. Sean and his ...

The Korea-Israel Friendship Association held new year greetings and a membership party at the Diplomacy Center on the 12th floor of Forever Leader’s in Yangjae-dong, Seoul, on Jan. 18. Israeli Amb. Tuvia Israeli said the two countries have being steadily developing their cultural exchanges and that many Koreans have visited Israel as part of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. (From left) Ofer Fohre...

A drug commonly used to shrink enlarged prostate glands also increases the accuracy of the test used to detect aggressive forms of prostate cancer, Washington University researchers have found. Dr. Gerald Andriole, chief of urologic surgery at Washington University School of Medicine, said a four-year study confirms that men who used the drug Avodart (the generic form is called dutasteride) rece...

Another new year, another ― fill in the blank ― doughnut ditched, gym membership bought, resolution made, cute workout top purchased. A few weeks into January, though, resolve has a tendency to subside. Even those with the best of intentions sometimes stand at the foot of the fitness mountain. Unused gym cards remain in sweaty little hands, price tags are still attached to moisture-wicking fabri...

A 65-year-old lady suffered walking difficulties for about five months. She visited five hospitals but was not diagnosed with any specific disease. Her symptoms only continued to get worse and finally she could not walk. An MRI scan found that her spinal cord was squeezed by a narrow spinal canal and multiple disc herniation in the cervical spine. This is called cervical myelopathy. Patients wi...

(Yonhap News) Growing number of migrant women seeks legal advice on divorce, child rearing A growing number of migrant women living in South Korea sought legal advice on divorce and children last year, a state-funded aid center said Thursday, raising concerns about difficulties at home faced by multicultural families. According to the Emergency Support Center for Migrant Women, 54,194 people h...

Sitting in a stuffy office, you can start to lose concentration as the day drags on into the afternoon. The regular afternoon headache approaches, accompanied by that stifling feeling in rooms where the heater is turned on way too high. Things get worse if the air is tainted with streaks of cigarette smoke. Many people who spend a lot of time indoors suffer from severe headaches in the winter. O...

Popular cartoonist and author Rhie talks about writing overviews of world history According to ancient Greek sage Thales, the hardest thing is to know yourself and the easiest to advise others. Perhaps it is a certain cartoonist of the 21st century who best follows the drift of what the ancient sage tried to impart. Rhie Won-bok, a famous cartoonist and author, has a world view resembling that ...

Professor Ahn Jae-hwan, of Ajou University’s department of chemical and new materials engineering, will head the university as its 14th president, the university board announced on Monday. The new president earned his bachelor’s degree in metal engineering at Seoul National University, and a master’s and doctoral degree in material engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Ahn Jae-...

Incheon International Airport, the U17 Korean women’s national soccer team, and French scholar Guy Sorman will receive awards Wednesday for promoting Korea’s image. Sponsored and organized by the Corea Image Communication Institute, the annual CICI Korea awards previously honored female weightlifter Jang Mi-ran, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the Cheonggye Stream and singer Rain. This year...

The president of Seoul International Women’s Association is staging her first solo exhibition “37 Degrees” at the Insa Arts Center, Insadong, from Jan. 19-24. The second non-Korean to get a BA degree in Fine Arts from Seoul’s Hongik University, Lily Joenoes van Bunnik will display about 55 of her vibrantly-colored paintings. Bunnik, from Indonesia, took up art when she moved to Korea in 2005 an...

Whether the maxim that love conquers all is fact or fairy tale, one thing is certain: Relationships have never been closer to making obstacles of culture and distance moot. In a globalized world, where air travel is cheap and Big Macs sell everywhere from Berlin to Beijing, relationships cross every cultural divide. South Korea is no exception. Once extremely rare, marriages between Koreans and...

Name: Camarata Music Company (CMC) Location: Seoul Number of members: More than 350 Started: 2009 This is a series introducing associations and clubs for expats. This week, Expat Living spoke to Ryan Goessl, founder of Camarata Music Company ― Ed. Who is it for? Anyone wishing to participate in music performances and shows, either directly or behind the scenes. We have more than 27 different...