These are the last batch of photos The Korea Herald received from the U.S. university student Brendan Donley, whose great-uncle served in the U.S. army just after the Korean War and helped rebuild the war-ravaged country in cities of Busan and Susaek between 1953-54. Take a look. By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)Below are the links to the previous articles with more photos.Korea in the 50s through a U.S. soldier’s eyes②Korea in the ’50s through a U.S. soldier’s eyes①

생화학 무기 탄저균이 실수로 배달되는 사건에 연루되며 작년 유명세를 탄 경기도 오산 미군 공군기지가 지난달 30일 소방영웅을 탄생시켰다. 오산 기지 앞 건물에 화재가 나 세 명의 여성과 세 명의 아이가 4층 높이에 갇히자 공군 상사 다니엘 레이몬도는 주변 사람들과 함께 이불을 펼쳐들고 겁에 질린 여성들을 설득해 아이를 던지고 자신들도 뛰어내리게끔 했다.레이몬도의 기지는 동료 공군에 의해 촬영되어 페이스북에서 1,100여 번 공유되었다. (페이스북 캡쳐)코리아헤럴드 임정요 기자 (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)

Local discount chains that had sold toxic humidifier sterilizers indicated Tuesday they will work with Oxy Reckitt Benckiser, the maker of the product that caused the greatest harm, to compensate the victims.Ata Safdar, CEO of Reckitt Benckiser Korea, apologized on Monday for selling the deadly sterilizers and proposed that other makers of similar products, namely discount chains Lotte Mart and Homeplus, work with the company on joint compensation. Officials of the two retailers said they would

TEHRAN -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye held landmark summit talks with her Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Monday and reached provisional deals in construction and energy worth $45.6 billion, the highest-ever at a single summit, Cheong Wa Dae said.Involving 66 memorandums of understanding, 30 nation-scale projects and a state-backed financial program worth $25 billion, as well as the largest-ever economic delegation, South Korea seeks to gain a foothold in the promising Iranian mar

South Korea and the United States have teamed up to develop advanced technology using artificial intelligence to counter cyber threats, a ministry said Monday.The allies reached the deal when Reginald Brothers, under secretary for science and technology at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, visited here, according to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning.The two sides "intend to explore areas of mutual value and benefit, which may lead to joint activities aimed at enhancing ope

Second-hand smoking increases the risk of extreme thoughts in people such as wanting to take their own lives, according to a new report published  Monday.The joint study by Yoo Jun-hyun, professor of Department of Family Medicine at Sungkyunkwan University, and Kim Wook of Gangneung Dong-in Medical Center, showed a correlation between people’s exposure to indirect smoking and its impact on their psychological health. (123RF)Based on the fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surve

A subway station employee was busted for taking videos of women inside the station’s toilets. The man, 28, had worked at the Gangnam Subway Station since 2013. Although he had been reported for suspicious acts on multiple occasions in the past, he was only arrested after being caught in the act while filming through the gap between the floor and the toilet partition in February.  This is a stock image. (123RF)The victim, 25, said she spotted the camera lens pointing up at her from the ground and

Students’ academic performance are less affected by video games if they are close with the parent of the same gender, according to research published by a Yonsei University’s sociology team onMonday.  Led by professor Youm Yoo-sik, the team conducted a survey on 5,220 male and female students attending middle and high schools.  (123RF)The research was based on the average time the students spent playing games and the level of their self-assessed addiction on a grade of one to five. The games inc

The lower-half of a man’s body was found on Daebudo Island, Ansan, on Sunday, and a police investigation is ongoing to locate the missing half. According to the Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency, more than 900 policemen are currently combing through the area with two drones. The Pyeongtaek Marine Police is also participating in the search with 26 members. (Yonhap)The police said, “The drainage where the severed body was found leads to the sea. We presume the body could have been deserted where h

Two female doctors and two nurses’ aides were arrested on Monday for abusing psychotropic drugs for their appetite suppressant effects. According to the Busan Police’s narcotics investigation team, the female obstetricians and their aides had consumed more than 3 million won ($2,600) worth of phentermine tablets between 2013 and 2016.This is a stock image. The doctors in this photo are not the ones mentioned in the article. (123RF)“Although the pill is known for its weight-watch effects, it is a

Loss-making South Korean shipyards, facing growing pressure from their creditors to cut costs amid an industrywide slump, are expected to ratchet up moves to cut their workforces and sell noncore assets, industry sources said Monday.Last month, the government picked five sectors to put under intensive restructuring as their bad performance has been a drag on Asia's fourth-largest economy.The Financial Services Commission, the country's financial watchdog, has demanded local shipyards ramp up sel

The prosecution on Friday asked for 15 years for the pastor who killed his teenage daughter and hoarded her mummified body for nearly 11 months. The prosecution is also seeking a 12-year sentence for his wife, who is not the mother of the victim and a joint-principal offender. In the final trial held at the Bucheon Branch of Incheon District Court, the prosecution said, “The defendants failed to carry out their due responsibility as parents to look after their child.” “They severely abused the v

A man who set himself on fire at around 9 a.m. Friday in front of the Gwangju District Court is thought to done it to protest an unsatisfactory court ruling.The 55-year-old was immediately transferred to a hospital where he now lies in critical condition with third degree burns. (123RF)The police said the man had recently filed a damage suit against an insurance company after suffering a car accident. He lost the case and later appealed. The self-immolation appears to be an act of protest agains

Six teenage runaways who stole a car and drove around town for over three hours were arrested Friday. The Gwangju Gwangsan police said the boys, aged 13, are accused of stealing over 32 million won ($28,000) worth of goods, including an Equus sedan.  (123RF)They found the car parked on a roadside with the key inside and rode it around the city for 24 kilometers until the car broke down. They deserted the car and fled with the money they found inside the vehicle. According to the police, some had

A local daily reported Friday that poor life vest design caused the deaths of four soldiers six years ago. According to the report, the life vest used by soldiers during a boat drill in Hangang River was designed to have higher buoyance on the back than the front, which led to the device forcing the soldiers’ face under water.The Ipo irrigation pool at the southern stretch of Hangang River in Yeoju-si, Gyeonggi Province. (Yonhap)The daily claimed that investigation report obtained from the Army

어제에 이어 한국에 최초 공개되는 한국 전쟁 직후 사진들을 추가로 소개한다. 사진의 분량이 많은 관계로 여러 차례 나누어 게재하고 있다. 아래의 사진들은 컬럼비아 대학교 학생 브렌단 돈리 (Brendan Donley)의 종조부가 1953~54년 한국에서 촬영한 사진들이다. 돈리의 종조부는 만 18세에 미군에 입대해 약 2년간 부산과 수색 등지에서 국토 재건축 사업에 함께했다. 종조부의 영향으로 돈리는 고등학교 졸업 후 2011년 한국을 처음 방문했고 이후 대학에서 3년간 한국어를 수학하며 세 차례 재방문했다.연세대학교 어학당에서 단기 언어 연수했고, 나아가 2014년 여름에는 장학금을 받아 한국에서 “이중언어 그래피티 (bilingual graffiti)”에 대해 공부했다.돈리는 현재 고향인 시카고에 거주하고 있으며, 한국에서의 기억을 정겹게 회상했다.코리아헤럴드 임정요 기자 (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)[단독]①50년대 한국, 미군의 눈으로 보다

As we promised yesterday, here are more shots of Korea taken just after 1950-53 Korean War by a former U.S soldier who, at the age of 18, arrived in the country to help rebuild the war-ravaged country in the cities Busan and Susaek. The rustic scenes captured during this period lends valuable insight to how people of Korea lived some six decades ago. These photos have been made available online by his great-nephew Brendan Donley.Visit Donley‘s blog: www.paperluggage.com/2016/04/23/south-korea-19

South Korean stocks got off to a weak start Friday following overnight losses on Wall Street.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell 7.42 points, or 0.37 percent, to 1,993.51 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Seoul share prices are displayed at the Korea Exchange. (Yonhap)The Dow Jones industrial average fell 1.17 percent overnight as sentiment was down after Japan‘s unexpected decision to maintain its monetary stimulus measures. A major drag on the Dow Jones were tech stocks inclu

North Korea has heightened surveillance along its border with China and beefed up monitoring of its people ahead of the ruling party's congress next week, a source familiar with North Korea affairs said Friday.With the North's rare party congress a week away, the country has moved to restrict the entry of people into its capital city of Pyongyang, according to the source, who declined to be identified.It has also ordered North Koreans not to conduct even key ceremonial events, such as weddings a

South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. said Friday that its first-quarter net profit dropped 23.3 percent from a year earlier on increased costs and a slowdown in the fixed-line telephony business.  KT Corp. headquarters in downtown Seoul. (Yonhap)Net profit stood at 215.14 billion won ($189.2 million) in the January-March period on a consolidated basis, down from the previous year’s 280.59 billion won, the company said in a regulatory filing. Operating profit, however, rose 22.8 percent on-year t