STANFORD, Calif.--Stanford University announced today the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program, a graduate-level scholarship to prepare a new generation of global leaders with the skills to address the increasingly complex challenges facing the world.The program is named for alumnus Philip H. Knight, ph
Former Sports Editor Lee Byung-dae of the national KBS TV-Radio has been elected the 20th-term chairman of the Korea Journalists Society (KJS) at its 30th Regular General Meeting at the Press Center in Seoul on Jan. 22, 2016. Lee had been the vice chairman of the KJS.A total of 358 regular members o
By Jackson Ngari, Vice Chairman of Kenya Community in KoreaKenya Community in Korea (KCK) held its first meeting of the year during Seollal (Lunar New Year) on Feb. 8, 2016 in Seoul. The meeting which was attended by over 70 Kenyans and friends took place at Bethany Church, Cana Hall. KCK officially
By Winfried Sturm (German inventor)The deep friendship over more than 10 years between General Manager Bernhard Brender of Grand Hilton Hotel in Seoul and German Inventor and High School teacher Winfried Sturm contributes to the cause of a close relations and rapport between Korea and Germany. Both
Here is juicy humor from one of the generous former ambassadors to Korea from a Central Asian country: Four friends (ladies) meet 30 years after school at a reunion...One goes to take food while the other 3 start to talk about how successful their sons became.No. 1 says her son studied economics, be
What part of the body is most frequently used in man’s every-day life? Perhaps it comes in the order of neck, waist, shoulders and legs. Many people complain pain in the neck that comes from the fast-increasing use of smart phones. Then come the patients who complain pain in the neck that comes also
The zodiacal sign for this year (2016) is ‘Red Monkey’ and in the New Year the people in Korea present their comments (normally nice words) on the Animal of the Year. Few people in Korea present a negative view on the animal because they mostly want to wish well for the people they know born in that
The following article was contributed by Public Relations Manager Hannah Jeonof the Shincheonji Church in Gwacheon City, Gyeonggi Province.?Ed.▲Chairman Lee Man-hee of HWPL (left) and Chairperson Kim Nam-hee of IWPG are speaking on the result of their tour of India upon their return at the Incheon I
The management of Korea’s leading English daily, The Korea Herald, and its sister Korean-language business daily, Herald Kyungje, hosted a year-end reception for their ‘Old Boys’ (retirees) at the Press Center in Seoul on Dec. 7, 2015. Over 110 former and incumbent members of the company, including
Since its inauguration in 1985, The Korea Post has been organizing tours for the ambassadors and senior diplomats with their spouses to the industrial, cultural and various other events of the local governments for the promotion of understanding between the diplomats and the Korean society. And in m
Mrs. Chafika Derragui, spouse of the ambassador of Algeria in Seoul, hosted an impressive cultural event at the Natural History Museum of Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul on Nov. 10, 2015 in celebration of the 25th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and Algeria.
The members of the Seoul Diplomatic Corps who missed the 2015 Nakdong River World Peace Culture Festival in Chilgok near Daegu on Oct. 2015, really missed something, especially the military attaches. ▲From left, Myra Gutierre(spouse of Deputy Head of Mission of Guatemala), 3rd Secretary SardorSadiko
The 2015 Namyangju Slow Life Planet (Food) Festival, which was opened on Oct. 8, 2015 and continued for 10 days until Oct. 17, is considered a sheer success with an estimated total of over 400,000 Korean and international visitors and showing them what all the different peoples of the world ate and
The 32nd annual charity bazaar of the Korean Red Cross (KRC) was held at the B1 Hall of COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul on Oct. 13, 2015 with the participation of Mrs. Choi Ji-yeong (wife of the prime minister), Mrs. Sung-joo Kim (president of the KRC), Mrs. Kim Sun-hyang (vice president of the KRC), C
When one is asked what the traditional Korean religions are in Korea, one will answer, “Yu-Bul-Do,” meaning “Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.” Some will even say “Yu-Bul-Seon” but here “Seon” is more or less similar to “Do” (Taoism).The answers are all wrong.The traditional Korean religion is Mugy
By Jackson Ngari, Kenya Community in Korea (KCK) held anAnnual General Meeting (AGM) during the Chuseok holiday on Sept. 26, 2015, in Seoul. The meeting was one of the biggest gatherings since the inauguration of KCK in October 2009, where more than 100 Kenyans and friends gathered. The meeting took
The then Special Advisor Kim Deo-gyong to President Lee Myung-bak at Cheong Wa Dae on National Unity in 2009 extoled the 70 ambassadors, spouses and other senior diplomats attending the opening ceremony of the 2009 Goseong Dinosaur World Expo on March 27, 2009 for the invaluable role they played in
Some 50 ambassadors, spouses and other senior members of the Seoul Diplomatic Corps (SDC) attended the opening ceremony of the 3rd Goseong Dinosaur World Expo in Goseong City on March 30-31, 2012, the largest such event of Korea. The tour of the Expo and the Goseong City for the diplomats was arrang
You might have noticed, if you have watched Korean TVs, that almost all the TVs and other print and digital media in Korea are all out in presenting cooking demonstrations, giving tips on what to each and what not to.What to eat and how to have become a popular topic of discussion in Korea today as
By Jackson NgariKenya Community in Korea (KCK) will hold itsAnnual General Meeting (AGM) during the Chuseok holiday on Sept. 26, 2015. This meeting is expected to be one of the biggest gatherings for Kenyans since inauguration of KCK in October 2009. ▲Members of KCK when they gathered for the Seolla