Kim A-young’s AI-inspired art earns 2025 LG Guggenheim Award

Media artist Kim A-young has been named the recipient of the 2025 LG Guggenheim Award, making her the first Korean artist to receive the honor. The award is part of the LG Guggenheim Art & Technology Initiative, a five-year partnership between LG and the Guggenheim Museum that celebrates artists working at the intersection of art and technology. Each year, the award honors one outstanding artist, recognizing their contributions to expanding the boundaries of digital art. Past recipients include

Feb. 25, 2025

S. Korea's declining population biggest concern for investors: Jim Rogers

'Somebody has to do something, or there will not be a Korea in 30-40 years' Renowned US investor Jim Rogers cited South Korea’s declining population as the biggest concern for international investors. Foreseeing a potential long-term economic impact, he said that South Korea's demographic crisis poses a greater risk than geopolitical tensions with North Korea or economic competition with China. “You have a very serious demographic problem," Rogers told reporters at a press briefing on Saturday i

Feb. 19, 2025

'Korean Stephen Hawkings' honored

A South Korean hospital said Wednesday it held the annual "Congratulations, Korean Hawkings," commemoration ceremony, dedicated to celebrating the academic accomplishments of patients with rare neuromuscular disorders. The event is named after the world-renowned scientist Stephen Hawking who suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for most of his life. According to the Gangnam Severance Hospital, seven patients were honored at this year's event on Tuesday -- three who were accepted at univer

Feb. 19, 2025

'Korean diaspora is driving force behind Hallyu'

President of World Assembly of Korean Associations vows support for Korean groups worldwide where government efforts fall short South Korea’s rise in soft power, driven by the global surge of its popular culture, has garnered significant attention both in Korea and worldwide. Ko Sang-goo, president of the World Assembly of Korean Associations, seeks to highlight the often-overlooked role of the Korean diaspora -- the approximately 7.3 million Koreans or individuals of Korean descent living abroa

Feb. 17, 2025

Jeongwol Daeboreum Temple Food

Twenty-one spouses and family members of ambassadors of 17 countries, including the US, Australia and Japan, took part in temple food making on Wednesday to mark the first full moon of the Lunar New Year, or Jeongwol Daeboreum. The Culture Corps of Korean Buddhism, run by Korea’s largest Buddhist sect Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, hosted the event at its headquarters in Seoul, during which the members of the Ambassadors’ Spouses Association of Seoul learned to prepare namul, or seasoned vegeta

Feb. 13, 2025

Johns Hopkins establishes new chair professorship in honor of Chung Mong-joon

Johns Hopkins University's graduate school of international studies will establish a distinguished professorship in global security studies in the name of Chung Mong-joon, founder and honorary chair of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, as well as the former chair and current largest shareholder of Hyundai Heavy Industries, Korea’s largest shipbuilder. The Seoul-based research institute announced Wednesday that the MJ Chung distinguished professorship in security studies will be awarded to a

Feb. 12, 2025

Taiwanese actor Barbie Hsu dies of pneumonia at 48

Taiwanese actor and singer Barbie Hsu, the wife of South Korean singer Koo Jun-yup, has died of pneumonia at the age of 48, her sister confirmed to local media on Monday. "During the Lunar New Year, our family came to Japan for vacation. My dearest sister, Barbie, has unfortunately left us after getting pneumonia, triggered by influenza," Dee Hsu, her sister, said in a statement shared by the actor's management. In 2022, Hsu married Koo, with whom she had rekindled a relationship after 23 years.

Feb. 3, 2025

Woman who helped those in need for 20 years dies, donates organs to 4

The family of a 67-year-old woman, who dedicated much of her life to volunteer work, respected her wishes by donating her organs and tissues to those in medical need after her death, the state-run organ donation agency said Tuesday. Jang Song-gu died on Nov. 6 after falling critically ill five days earlier, according to the Korea Organ Donation Agency. Shortly after she passed away at the Keimyung University Donsan Medical Center, her liver, right kidney, right eye and left eye were donated to f

Dec. 10, 2024

At Rotary, time-tested mission charts new path

The stereotype of Rotary International as just another elite social club quickly dissolves upon meeting its leadership. In Seoul this week for a leadership training summit, the organization‘s presidents — past, present and future — spoke with lively conviction about transforming lives through servic

Nov. 26, 2024