The Korea Herald

Group to host healthy-living event

Jun 22, 2011

The event will give people the chance to eat Korean ssam and learn easy physical exercises to get healthy ahead of the upcoming hottest summer season. Ssam is a Korean dish where rice and condiments are wrapped in lettuce, cabbage, sesame leaves, or other greens. The greens are organically grown by members of Environment Justice. The non-profit organization is holding the event on Monday, July ...
Autistic kids are artists for drawing contest

Jun 22, 2011

A drawing contest and art exhibition for autistic children has been held in Seoul. The event was organized by The Europe-Korea Foundation, the charity arm of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea. The event was held on Saturday at Ssamzie-gil in Insa-dong to raise awareness of the disorder that affects around 40,000 people in Korea. The EKF organized the 2011 EKF’s 2nd Autistic Childr...
Charity Volleyball Festival in Ulsan

Jun 22, 2011

A one-day Beach Volleyball festival is to be held in Korea on July 30. The event aiming to attract 100 teams from across Korea is to be held at Ilsan Beach in Ulsan’s Bangojin area. The event organized by T-hope Korea and Ulsan International Volunteer Center aims to raise cash for various charities. The group Teachers Helping Other People Everywhere is a volunteer charity events organization. E...
Sharing by shopping project launched at N Seoul Tower

Jun 22, 2011

Shoppers have been given a new way to give to charity while buying some of their favorite brands. Seven companies have joined forces to promote the giving “N Mark” brand. Companies SBS, CJ N City (N Seoul Tower), Korea Smart Card, Lotte Tourism, Yoon’s English, WithPharm and Yegadeun have all pledged to give a percentage of the sale price of items bearing the mark to charity. The Ministry of He...
Ringing changes for Korean bell gifted to U.S.

Jun 22, 2011

Korean culture lovers in America are campaigning to restore a traditional bell to its former glory. The Korean Friendship Bell has been a much-loved local landmark since being presented to the district of San Pedro in Los Angeles, California 35 years ago as a bicentennial gift to the United States. But now people in the port district of the city fear the bell is falling into disrepair. The 17-...
Charity leaders help Korea give more

Jun 22, 2011

Country needs robust sharing culture to tackle growing welfare needs Charity leaders from here and the U.S. have called for a more structured, transparent and incentive-driven charity sector for Korea. Experts from America joined Korean social welfare leaders to call for a rethinking of the country’s philanthropic culture at the 1st International Conference on Sharing held in Seoul last week. ...
Mission’s end for the American space shuttle

ViewpointsJun 22, 2011

“Roaring into space on two mighty blowtorches and a magnificent column of steam, the space shuttle Columbia was given a go-ahead Sunday to complete the 54-hour mission that is expected to open a new space frontier. The liftoff ― the world’s most spectacular space launch ― awed veteran space watchers at the Kennedy Space Center here.” ― Chicago Tribune, April 13, 1981. Thirty years ago, space shu...
[Editorial] Devil is in the details

EditorialJun 22, 2011

The prosecution and the police have struck a deal to end an unedifying dispute on the right to investigate crimes. The agreement, struck Monday between Justice Minister Lee Kwi-nam and National Police Agency chief Cho Hyun-oh, is a compromise that balances the key demands of the two sides. Specifically, they agreed to empower police officers to launch an investigation if there is reasonable susp...
[Editorial] Woori privatization

EditorialJun 22, 2011

The government’s renewed plan to privatize Woori Finance Holdings appears to have collapsed in the face of lawmakers’ opposition to the possible emergence of a mega bank. Last month, the Public Fund Oversight Committee resumed the process of selling off the government’s 57 percent stake in the nation’s second-largest financial group. The process was stalled in December following an aborted attem...
[Yuriko Koike] Asia after the war in Afghanistan

ViewpointsJun 22, 2011

TOKYO ― July will mark two milestones in America’s sometimes-tortured relations with Asia. One is the beginning of the end of the nearly decade-long struggle in Afghanistan ― the longest war in United States history ― as President Barack Obama announces the first troop withdrawals. The other is the 40th anniversary of Henry Kissinger’s secret mission to Beijing, a turning point in the Cold War an...
[Meghan Daum] The insecurity of Anthony Weiner’s inner geek

ViewpointsJun 22, 2011

Anthony Weiner, the disgraced New York congressman whose sins certainly don’t need to be spelled out again, has, we are told, checked himself into rehab. We can’t be sure exactly what kind, since his spokeswoman said only that he was seeking “professional treatment to focus on being a better husband and a healthier person.” That’s code, in a lot of people’s minds, for a sex-addiction program, lik...
[Marlene Zuk] Animal webcams: Days of their lives

ViewpointsJun 22, 2011

Thanks to modern technology, peering into private lives all around the world has never been easier. When Su Lin, the San Diego-born daughter of Chinese parents Bai Yun and Gao Gao, had her first medical exam, eager viewers proclaimed that she was the cutest baby ever. When a mother of three died in an airplane accident, leaving the father to care for the family alone, thousands of people across ...
[Guy Verhofstadt] EU must unite for the economic governance it needs

ViewpointsJun 22, 2011

BRUSSELS ― Two lessons have emerged from Europe’s financial crisis. First, there is no substitute for timely and coordinated action when the single currency is under pressure. Second, all eurozone countries are effectively in the same boat. If the boat springs a leak, everyone sinks. A quicker and more concerted response might have limited the fall-out from the crisis, and thus its cost. The Eur...
Ban Ki-moon man of faith and diligence

World NewsJun 22, 2011

Ban Ki-moon, who succeeded in securing his second term as the U.N. chief on Tuesday, is well known for his diligence and sincerity. U.N. diplomats who have assisted the South Korean U.N. secretary-general for four and a half years all cite his “tireless efforts” in steering the global organization. They say Ban made them realize that diligence and perseverance are the most important values of al...
Reelected U.N. chief seeks new agenda

World NewsJun 22, 2011

NEW YORK (Yonhap News) ― Ban Ki-moon, who was reelected as United Nations secretary-general here Tuesday, has had his share of success in his first term, fending off critics in the process, but he has some work cut out for him over the next five years in his second tour of duty. A former South Korean foreign minister, Ban has so far successfully answered questions surrounding his leadership with...