Singer Sean and his wife, actress Jung Hye-young, have pledged to sponsor an additional 100 children through Compassion Korea on Tuesday.The couple has been giving support to 100 children, including six Haitians, in 26 countries. The additional sponsorships bring the total number of children supported to 200. They began sponsoring needy children around the world three years ago.  Sean and his wife

Professor Ahn Jae-hwan, of Ajou University’s department of chemical and new materials engineering, will head the university as its 14th president, the university board announced on Monday.The new president earned his bachelor’s degree in metal engineering at Seoul National University, and a master’s and doctoral degree in material engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.  Ahn Jae-hwa

David Mason, a professor at the college of hotel and tourism management at Kyunghee University, was chosen as a goodwill ambassador for Baekdu-daegan, the Korea Forest Service announced Thursday.Baekdu-daegan is the longest mountain range in Korea, running through most of the Korean Peninsula. Mason is well known for many publications on Baekdu-daegan and other mountainous areas throughout the Kor

After wrapping up a hectic itinerary of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, all family members of Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee got together at the Silla Hotel on Sunday.The event was to celebrate his 70th birthday. All his family members and some 130 senior executives of Samsung subsidiaries attended his birthday party. It is the first time for him to invite senior ex

Kim Byung-chul, a professor at the Division of Biotechnology and Food Science at Korea University will head the school as its 18th president, the university board announced Dec. 28th.The new president earned his bachelor’s degree in 1976 from Seoul National University in zootechnics, and a master’s degree in the same field at Korea University. He also received a master’s degree at the University o

77-year-old pediatrician’s life dedicated to care of disabled childrenSince 1953, almost 200,000 Korean children have been sent overseas for adoption, while 75,000 children have been placed domestically. In 1988, the media named the nation as the world’s “No. 1 child-exporting country,” with some criticizing adoption homes, accusing them of “selling kids abroad.” Cho Byung-kuk is a doctor who has