Civic groups call for resumption of food aid, trade While stalling for time may have worked in the past, North Korea might have to come up with a different tactic this time as the South remains firm not to do it any favors until proper measures are taken in response to the casualties last year. Turning a blind eye to the growing international mood to make peace with the communist state, the Seo...

The following article was contributed by Ahmed Djoghlaf, executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity of the United Nations Environment Program. ― Ed. It is a great pleasure for me to attend the launch ceremony of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity 2011-2020 organized by the Republic of Korea. The aim of the Decade is engaging all the citizens of the world to protect life...

People wishing to help kids in Korea are asked to contact orphanages through the Korean Kids and Orphanage Outreach Mission. KKOOM’s website in both English and Korean offers contact information for orphanages who may be seeking helpers across Korea. The organization advises prospective volunteers to contact orphanages in their local areas with offers to teach English or play with children, and...

Bikers will hold a rally as part of a festival to raise funds for a Korean children’s center. The third annual Angels Ride is to hit the road in Daejeon on May 28. Up to 40 bikers from Daejeon Riders motorcycle club are expected to take part in the sponsored ride before lining their bikes up in downtown Daejeon. Expats from bike clubs from Gumi and Daegu are also set to join the event along with...

Mother of many keeps open house at girls’ home in Seoul Like any good mother Chyung Eun-deuk worries for her kids as they grow up and prepare to leave the nest. “Just after 18 is an important and very dangerous age for girls,” she told The Korea Herald. “A girl has a lot of things to think about after school-graduating age.” For example, will she be able to complete college, find a job and mon...

Seventy years after his death, Indian Poet Rabindranath Tagore will stand proud in a country he never visited ― one he had described as the “The Lamp of the East.” Years before Korea was freed from Japanese colonial rule, Tagore, a literary genius and champion of human freedom and dignity, prophesied the future of the Peninsula. In 1929, Tagore predicted in his famous poem “The Lamp of the East...

The overpasses planned to be buit near Sungnyemun, the historic gate in central Seoul. (The Korea Herald) The Seoul Fortress, which has surrounded the city for 615 years, will be fully restored by 2014, officials said Wednesday. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Wednesday a plan to reconnect the 18.6-kilometer fortress and seek to list it as a UNESCO cultural heritage site. “The Seou...