Daniel D. Yoo, a Korean-American Marine Corps Colonel, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of brigadier general. According to a U.S. Department of Defense press release Wednesday, Yoo has been nominated as one of the 12 colonels for brigadier general. He is currently serving on the military fellows council on foreign relations in Garden City, New York. The U.S. rank of brigadier gene...

Aekyung Chairwoman Chang Young-shin and four others will receive honorary doctoral degrees from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology on Friday. The university said Tuesday it would confer honorary Ph.D.s to Chang, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Shirley Ann Jackson, President of Handong University Kim Young-gil, and philanthropists Oh Yi-won and Cho Chun-shik. (F...

KABUL, Afghanistan ― The master sits in a newly painted house on Kharabat Street, in the oldest quarter of this ancient city in the mountains. He plies his craft with his fingers, palms and wrists, beating, tapping and scraping the oiled surface of his drums as if he were listening to the secret pulse of the universe. Daw-tiki-tak, tiki-tiki, daw-tiki-tak, tiki-tiki, the beat goes. “Tabla has i...

Scott Schuman, blogger of ‘The Sartorialist,’ captures real street fashion in Seoul You are nowhere close to fashion-savvy if these words mean nothing to you: The Sartorialist. It is one of the world’s most visited fashion blogs packed with photos of gorgeous fashionistas on the streets all over the world, spotted and captured by Scott Schuman. If you were snapped and posted by him, it means th...

Allergic rhinitis, or AR, is a common disease that is often considered a trivial and temporary illness less severe than asthma. However, the disease can bring dramatic changes in the quality of life of the patients, affecting their daily activities. It also results in relatively high medical expenses and financial burden. According to the National Health Insurance Corporation, 4.1 million peopl...

Wearing uncomfortable high heels can lead to host of problems Walking for 30 minutes a day has a variety health benefits such as reducing the chances of cancer, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, anxiety and depression. In its new health guidelines published last week, the World Health Organization advised people to engage in “moderate” physical exercise such as walking to reduce the risk of breas...

In less than a week, women throughout the nation will be gifting boxes of chocolate ― homemade or store-bought ― to their men of choice. Valentine’s Day, an ancient day devoted solely to the pursuit of romance, has a very specific purpose here in South Korea, where it acts as a opportunity for girls to approach boys ― like the Sadie Hawkins dances in the U.S. where girls take the initiative. In...

Designers, companies and government put heads together to promote fashion biz abroad The third “Concept Korea,” subtitled “Cultural Treasures 2011,” will open next Tuesday at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York during New York Fashion Week, Feb. 10-17, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Tuesday. The project aims to expand global recognition of Korean ...

Sister meets brother in U.S. after 37 years missing due to separate adoption LOS ANGELES ― One night in August, after his wife and 2-month-old boy had long fallen to sleep, Steve Inman got to thinking about family and heredity. With a rare moment to himself, he pulled a box of photo albums out of the hall closet at his home in Fontana, California. He found an old picture of himself as a boy and...

PARIS (AP) ― Andree Chedid, an Egyptian-born French poet and writer known for giving lyrical expression to everyday experiences and celebrating cultural diversity, has died, her publisher said. She was 90. Chedid died in Sunday in Paris, where she settled after the end of World War II, the Flammarion publishing house said. The prolific Cairo-born writer of Lebanese descent wrote volumes of poe...

This is a series introducing associations and clubs for expats. This week, Expat Living spoke to Kim Hye-jin of Seoul International Women’s Association ― Ed. ● Name of Club : Seoul International Women’s Association ● Location(s): Itaewon, Seoul ● Number of members : More than 500 members from over 50 different countries ● Started: In 1956, when 47 expatriate women formed the Sojourner...

Korea University President Lee Ki-soo has been appointed a distinguished visiting scholar at George Washington University Law School, Korea University said. His term as the scholar of international and comparative legal studies at GWU Law School runs from next month to Feb. 28, 2012. Lee Ki-soo Earlier, Lee had been named as an honorary citizen and goodwill ambassador of City of Huston, Texas,...

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