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Korean language center to open in Indonesia

Social affairsAug 7, 2011

An Indonesian university is scheduled to open a Korean language center next month, giving traction to a movement to spread the language among a minority tribe there, officials here said Sunday. According to the Hunminjeongeum Society and Kyungpook National University, the Muhammadiyah University of Buton in Bau-Bau will set up Sejong School to teach the Korean language to local students. The lan...
Soviet era returns to life in N.Y. art exhibit

TheaterAug 7, 2011

NEW YORK (AFP) ― Nostalgia for a lost world and the nightmarish aspects of that world come to life in an exhibit in New York of art from Eastern Europe and the ex-Soviet Union. The exhibit at the New Museum is called “Ostalgia,” referring to the term “ostalgie” that emerged in the post-Soviet 1990s in eastern Germany to describe the sense of loss that mixed with relief at the fall of communism i...
Yoko Ono says Japan should look to Iceland

TheaterAug 7, 2011

TOKYO (AFP) ― Yoko Ono has an idea for her disaster-scarred country Japan ― abandon nuclear energy for renewables and tap the geothermal energy beneath the unstable ground of the volcanic island nation. The artist and widow of John Lennon is in Japan for the first time since the March 11 quake and tsunami sparked a nuclear crisis, and as the country remembers the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and...
Amy Winehouse’s goddaughter performs at U.K. fest

MusicAug 7, 2011

EASTNOR CASTLE DEER PARK (AP) ― Amy Winehouse’s 15-year-old goddaughter performed an outstanding set at the Big Chill music festival, mirroring her late mentor by closing her show with a cover of Winehouse’s “Love Is a Losing Game.” Dionne Bromfield got teary-eyed when she performed the song, barely able to sing its last few words, though the crowd cheered her on. “She was an amazing singer,” B...
Monroe estate calls sex film sale fraud

PeopleAug 7, 2011

BUENOS AIRES (AP) ― The protectors of Marilyn Monroe’s image say a collector who wants $500,000 for a short 1940s stag film is committing fraud and violating the actress’s intellectual property rights by claiming it shows her having sex when she was underage. Mikel Barsa, a Spanish events promoter, insists that the scratchy, black-and-white six-minute film shows the young actress, known then as ...
ASEAN Day highlights bloc’s unity

Aug 7, 2011

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Committee in Seoul hosts this year’s ASEAN Day Celebration at the Banyan Tree Club and Spa Monday. On this day 44 years ago, the ASEAN declaration was signed in Bangkok, marking the establishment of a regional bloc comprised of 10 Southeast Asian nations. “For more than 40 years of its development, ASEAN has been recognized for its contributions to pea...
Brazil office in Busan ready for business

Aug 7, 2011

The Embassy of Brazil has officially opened their Honorary Consulate in Busan to service the southern part of the country. “We appreciate the commitment of Honorary Consul Hyun Jeong-eun (Hyundai Group chairperson) and her team in organizing the office,” said Brazil Ambassador Edmundo Fujita during the opening of the honorary consulate which will serve all cities in the Jeolla, Gyeongsang and Je...
KISA makes Rwanda IT hub for East Africa

Aug 7, 2011

The Korea Internet and Security Agency and the Rwanda Development Bank have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen bilateral cooperation in information security. Under the agreement which was signed on July 28, KISA will assist the RDB to promote the introduction of the Korean information security model. “It is expected that the Korean information security model will contribute to t...
Diplomacy change in Ireland

Aug 7, 2011

The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs is no more; instead they have changed their name to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The recent move will streamline their diplomatic and business presence around the world. The nature of diplomacy has changed over the past few decades moving from a classic approach of dealing with political and diplomatic affairs into one that also handles ec...
Art of Schvitzing, Finnish style diplomacy wins big

Aug 7, 2011

Diplomatic meetings can at times be highly stressful. Each side comes in with separate agendas looking for resolution. There are a few tools a diplomat can use to put the other side at ease: one is a good meal with pleasant company, another is over a round of drinks, but in Finland they have a completely different tool that undresses both the person and the challenge. A couple of months ago, Fi...
Italian envoy, an old hat with new vision

Aug 7, 2011

Mercuri seeks to give a more rounded view of Italy to Korea The relationship between Korea and Italy is excellent, but more can be done under new pacts such as the free trade and framework agreements. Italian Ambassador Sergio Mercuri is no stranger to Korea. In the late 1980s, Mercuri was stationed in Seoul as first secretary and deputy head of mission. More than two decades later, Mercuri is...
Korea, N. Zealand, Singapore qualify for World Cup

More sportsAug 7, 2011

PETALING JAYA, Malaysia (AFP) -- New Zealand powered to a superb closing round of 67 on Saturday to qualify for the Omega Mission Hills World Cup, with Singapore and Korea also securing their place alongside the elite. The Kiwi pairing of Michael Hendry and Gareth Paddison capped a perfect day by holing out from a greenside bunker to birdie the last at the Seri Selangor Golf Club to tie Singapor...
Adam Scott maintains Bridgestone lead

More sportsAug 7, 2011

apan’s Ryo Ishikawa 1 off lead, Tiger Woods falls 13 strokes back AKRON, Ohio (AP) ― Ryo Ishikawa amazed even his peers in a charity-driven sport when he pledged in March to donate his entire earnings on the golf course to the tsunami relief fund in his native Japan. He could double the donation Sunday in a World Golf Championship that is surprising even him. Coming off a missed cut in Japan, ...
Braves fall to Mets, 11-7

BaseballAug 7, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― When the Mets blew an early lead by allowing five runs to the Braves on bloopers and broken bats, Justin Turner knew exactly what everyone was thinking. “I’m sure most of the people watching the game were like ‘Here we go again,’” he said. Turner put a stop to that by hitting his second homer of the game to put New York up for good in the fourth inning and the Mets stopped a fiv...
S. Korea, U.S. stage WMD removal drill during UFG exercise

NationalAug 7, 2011

South Korea and the U.S. will form a joint taskforce to detect and eliminate North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction during the upcoming annual joint military exercise later this month, a government official said Sunday. “The allies will form the joint taskforce and conduct virtual and actual drills during the Ulchi Freedom Guardian scheduled to take place from Aug. 16-29,” the official told l...