Saturday’s dinner of pizza and fried chicken was far from an ordinary evening meal for the residents of Angel House. A typical weekday dinner can be as simple as kimchi, rice and water. "They are really poor,” said volunteer coordinator Kiki Fastino. “They are always waiting until Saturday and Sunday because that is when they get nice cooking.” Fastino and her band of volunteers visit to help...

Korean helps kids to brighter future with English libraries on Thai border For children born in Umpiem Mai refugee camp, it can be difficult to imagine a world outside the hilly settlement on the Thai-Burmese border. Some have never even seen a settlement outside the shacks their Burmese families have lived in since the camp opened in 1999. Now, one Korean man is giving these kids hope and a g...

NEW YORK ― The September 11, 2001, terror attacks by al-Qaida were meant to harm the United States, and they did, but in ways that Osama bin Laden probably never imagined. President George W. Bush’s response to the attacks compromised America’s basic principles, undermined its economy, and weakened its security. The attack on Afghanistan that followed the 9/11 attacks was understandable, but the...

NEW YORK ― As I listened to the news coming out of England after the recent wave of urban riots ― and as I read Robert Douglas-Fairhurst’s compelling new biography of Charles Dickens, “Becoming Dickens” ― life and art seemed to be echoing each other. In the wake of the riots, British Prime Minister David Cameron has proposed reviving children’s courts, urged harsh sentences and orange jumpsuits ...

An art exhibition showcasing the Alchimia group, one of the artistic movements that shaped Italian design, art and architecture, is running at the Korea Foundation Cultural Center. “The exhibition ‘Drawings by Alchimia,’ bears witness to one of the great periods of the Italian artistic movement and especially to the synergy among artistic creativity, architecture and design in their different ex...

Former fundraiser for N.Y. public schools transforms Governors Island with creative cultural ideas Career choices of Leslie Koch, president of the Trust for Governors Island, have been far from typical. The 49-year-old was once an executive at Microsoft. She later became a successful fundraiser for public schools in New York City. Then, she took a challenging job in 2006 to transform an almost-...

The Korean Culture and Information Service has published the English-language book “The Korean Wave” to introduce the country’s contemporary pop culture, which has gained attention overseas with the spread of K-pop and Korean dramas. The book is the first publication of the four-part “K-Culture Series” through which the KOIS plans to introduce detailed culture content this year. “The Korean Wav...