Category Archives: Sources

From poor island boy to multi-business entrepreneur, Korean expat plans for more

Posted on 5 March 2013 by admin

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2013/02/28/0200000000AEN20130228003800315.HTML By Cho Jae-eun Contributing writer LONDON, March 5 (Yonhap) — It’s not every day that you get a pair of iconic, reclusive, but immaculately tailored artists peering through your windows. But when precisely that happened to Lee Ki-chul, at … Continue reading →

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The 18th Presidential Inaugural Address

Posted on 25 February 2013 by admin

“Opening a new Era of Hope” http://english1.president.go.kr/activity/speeches.php?srh%5Bpage%5D=3&srh%5Bview_mode%5D=detail&srh%5Bseq%5D=2617&srh%5Bdetail_no%5D=1 My fellow Koreans and seven million fellow compatriots overseas, As I take office as the 18th-term President of the Republic of Korea, I stand before you today determined to open a new era … Continue reading →

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Coming to Britain: Koreans make a home in the heart of England

Posted on 8 January 2013 by admin

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/n_feature/2013/01/03/49/4901000000AEN20130103007300315F.HTML By Niels Footman Contributing writer LONDON, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) — Arriving in the United Kingdom as a single mother with three young children in the late 1980s, Hyeon-ja Jo harbored great expectations. “I’d thought that Britain would be a … Continue reading →

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South Korean host bars – for women

Posted on 18 September 2012 by admin

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19570750 South Korea’s rapid economic development has meant some startling changes within its conservative social structure, including the rise of so-called host bars, where wealthy women pay the equivalent of thousands of dollars for male company. In the dim light … Continue reading →

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A Writer Evokes Loss on South Korea’s Path to Success

Posted on 7 September 2012 by admin

LIKE so many South Korean parents at the time, Shin Kyung-sook’s mother saw education as her daughter’s best chance of escaping poverty and backbreaking work in the rice fields. So in 1978 she took her 15-year-old daughter to Seoul, where … Continue reading →

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A North Korean Corleone

Posted on 3 March 2012 by admin

WHAT kind of deal do you make with a 20-something who just inherited not only a country, but also the mantle of one of the world’s most sophisticated crime families? When Kim Jong-un, who is thought to be 28 or … Continue reading →

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Thug for Life

Posted on 5 February 2012 by admin

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2012/02/123_104180.html Hanwha avoids delisting, but unruly boss could be its ruin By Kim Tong-hyung The massive corruption scandal surrounding Hanwha Chairman Kim Seung-youn cements his status as Korea’s most loathsome business figure and underlines the fragility of the company’s future … Continue reading →

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When opposites attract (a preview of Ahn Eun-me’s Princess Bari at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival)

Posted on 18 July 2011 by admin

Tradition and the avant-garde clash in Korean choreographer Ahn Eun-me’s gender-busting new show, hears Mark Brown The Herald ARRIVING at a beautiful traditional Korean restaurant in the centre of Seoul to meet the renowned choreographer Eun-Me Ahn is a deeply … Continue reading →

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Pak Kyung-ni’s epic novel of Korean history

Posted on 22 June 2011 by admin

June 22, 2011 http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article7176556.ece Land is a remarkable and important work in which Eastern and Western traditions fruitfully meet Margaret Drabble Pak Kyung-ni’s novel, Land, opens colourfully in 1897 at the traditional feast of the harvest moon, still one of … Continue reading →

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Park Seo-bo: ‘Role of Art Is To Make People Worry’

Posted on 19 May 2011 by admin

Korean artist Park Seo-bo takes off his jaunty bowler hat. A ring on his hand with a purple gemstone the size of a small chicken egg catches the light of a late winter afternoon. At 80 years old, Mr. Park … Continue reading →

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