KRC leads in farming knowledge sharing
State-run firm eyes public-private partnership with developing countries The state-run Korea Rural Community Corp. (KRC) has been sharing its farming and agricultural infrastructure knowledge and experience with the developing world. The company has helped over 30 countries modernize their agricultural sector and participated in a number of rural development projects for developing countries, sponsored by […]
Top of the world
Son wins Korea’s first gold medal at gymnastics world cup Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae, 19, was not going to pass her prime without reaching the top of the world. At the FIG World Cup in Lisbon, Saturday, Son won Korea’s first gold medal in the individual all-around with 71.200 points. She added 17.550 points in […]
Japanese ambassador steals show at Garden Club flower event
Japanese Ambassador Koro Bessho contributed his Korean calligraphy work to the flower arrangements exhibition organized by the Garden Club of Seoul at the Raemian Gallery in Seoul, Thursday. Bessho drew keen attention during the annual event because he was the only foreign ambassador who contributed his work to the event showcasing the flower projects of […]
Cross-border love weathers war
Iraqi ambassador’s wife sees a shift in Iran-Iraq ties after war in 1980s Iraqi Ambassador to Korea Khalil Al-Mosawi had a secret that he never shared with any other family members for many years after he tied the knot with his wife Avazeh Kasrai in 1982. His wife is an Iranian. Kasrai left Iran in […]
Connecting people to change society through sport
Interview with Mie Kajikawa, Founder and President, Sport For Smile From an interpreter at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, later earning a Master’s degree in sports administration from Ohio University, completing an internship at the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Detroit Pistons as the first-ever Japanese female intern, later working as a liaison officer for the […]
Serving as a facilitator for new democracies
Interview with first Secretary General of A-WEB, Kim Yong-Hi The Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB), the international organization in the electoral field, officially launched with the participation of about 120 countries around the world. At the inaugural assembly held in Convensia in Songdo International City, Incheon, South Korea on October 14, total 327 attendees […]
The East associated with the Arab historically, culturally and economically
[Editor’s note] Dr. Sulaiman Ibrahim Al-Askari is one of the most famous Arab intellectuals. He studied the history of Arabia in Cairo, Egypt and Mancester, U.K., where he got his PhD. in history. Back to his country, Kuwait, he started teaching University of Kuwait, but the cultural projects of his country called him to build […]
Malala addresses at UN’s first Youth Assembly on her 16th birthday
Malala Yousafzai celebrated her 16th birthday on the world stage at the United Nations, defiantly telling Taliban extremists who tried to end her campaign for girls’ education in Pakistan with a bullet that the attack gave her new courage and demanding that world leaders provide free education to all children. Malala was invited Friday to […]
Thai PM Yingluck becomes first female defense minister in Asia
Thailand’s embattled government on Sunday announced a new Cabinet reshuffle halfway through its first term, in a move widely seen as an attempt to salvage the government’s declining popularity. The new lineup comes as Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s administration faces a myriad of problems, including losses from its flagship rice-pledging scheme and hiccups in its […]
A Chinese artist makes award-winning egg carving work
Pu Derong, a man from Dongzhuangtou Village in Zhuozhou City, makes an egg carving work in Zhuozhou, north China’s Hebei Province, June 19, 2013. Pu, who started egg carving in 1995, have won several awards in various contests and exhibitions. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Wang Xiao> Photo taken on June 19, 2013 shows egg carving handicrafts made by Pu […]
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