...zarny, a German student at Myongji University. He said the visit had inspired him to work harder to improve his Korean speaking skills. Those who suffer from serious illnesses, such as an Alzheimer’s, were often unable to speak at all, but the look in their eyes encouraged the volunteers. Dorjpagam Jagdal from Mongolia helped an elderly woman in a wheelchair eat some of the party food. “The la...

Probationary Theater’s new play “Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me,” explores the idea of nationalism and its importance in the way people see themselves. The play, by Frank McGuinness, is based on the Lebanon hostage crisis in the 1990s and shows an American, an Irishman and an Englishman locked together in a windowless room. The men struggle with their national differences as well as their own sens...

...S system, it can take up to year after passing compulsory Korean Language Training for an applicant’s name to be added the list available to Korean employers. With 166,518 illegal immigrants here as ...under-the-table fee to staff at their embassy to arrange for someone to pose as their newborn child’s mother and bring it back to Vietnam. Feeling they could not safeguard their child’s health withou...

...ing the first-set tiebreaker comfortably. The 30-year-old Swiss then broke the 54th-ranked Starace’s serve in the opening game of the second. Federer last played on Sept. 18 in a Davis Cup match on ...ith a 5-0 career record against Starace, but was unable to put pressure on the Italian right-hander’s serve in the first set. Starace had the only break point in the set which Federer saved with a fo...

...ng a dramatic, seven-game World Series against the Texas Rangers. “I think this just feels like it’s time to end it,” the 67-year-old La Russa said at a news conference at Busch Stadium. The World S...l be a tall task. “We’re not going to find a Tony La Russa out there, given his career and what he’s accomplished, what he’s meant to the Cardinals,” DeWitt said. “We’re in a pretty good situation fo...

...Cha Woo-chan. Kang Bong-kyu hit a homer off Wyverns starter Brian Gordon in the fourth inning. “It’s the most memorable day of my life,” Lions manger Ryu Joong-il said. Before the start of this seas...r’s humiliating defeat as they beat the Incheon side 4-1 in the best-of-seven series. After Monday’s victory, manager Ryu praised Oh as the “key” to the team’s success this season. “He had just retu...

...e city of Jeonju could be a great place to visit, go for bibimbap and stay for soccer. It is the biggest game in the Asian club calendar with the Asian Champions League final taking place at the city’s World Cup Stadium between Jeonbuk Motors and Qatar’s Al Sadd. It should be quite a match. For the third year in succession there will be a Korean team in the final of the tournament. Victory for the Jeolla Province club would also make it three wins ...