(By Han Yuri)The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism hosts a Grand Memorial Prayer Service at the Main Buddhist Temple of the Jogye Order in Jongno-gu, Seoul on Sunday May 17, 2015 with the participation of some 300 famed Buddhist leaders from various countries of the world, which is the largest of its k
The Seoul Garden Club hosted a Live Flower Arrangement Show at the Ramian Gallery in Seoul on May 6, 2015 with the attendance of Founding Chairperson Mrs. Im Wha-kong of the Club, 2015 President Mrs. Helen Paterson (wife of the ambassador of Australia), incumbent Chairperson Lee Jong-sook and some 5
Over 30 members of the ‘Old Boys’ Club’ (OBC), an association of retired editors, executives and other members of The Korea Herald Media (consisting of an English daily and a Korean-language business daily) had a reunion hiking at the Cheonggye Mountain on the southern outskirts of Seoul on April 25
The Korean people have an old saying: “In Cheongmyeong, even a wooden poker will shoot green sprouts if you plant it in the ground.” Literally, Cheongmyeong means “fine and clear” (a balmy day) which falls on April 5, 2015. It is the fifth in the 24 divisions of the year of the Lunar Calendar.On thi
Hanbok Designer Ms. Byun Hwang-hee has been designing the traditional Korean Hanbok costumes for the past 30 years when she started out with a very small boutique at one corner of the Gwangjang Market in eastern Seoul in 1984. She was only a 20-year-old young woman. Hwanghee Hanbok Boutique she mana
As Halal food market is emerging as a large blue ocean, Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT) and food industry in Korea are striving to increase export of Halal-certified foods and products to Muslim regions, including South East Asia and the Middle East. The Korea Post recently interv
Chairman Kang Duk-young of Korea United Pharmaceutical Co. hosted a prestigious New Year Classic Music Concert at the Concert Hall of the Seoul Art Center in Seocho-dong Seoul on Feb. 11, 2015. It was for the leaders of the government, business circles (medical and pharmaceutical industry leaders) a
Chairman Kang Duk-young of the Korea United Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. hosts a Gala New Year Classic Concert at the Concert Hall of the Seoul Art Center in Seocho-dong Seoul on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2015. As one faces the Seoul Art Center from the front, the Music Hall is located on the right hand side o
The Chambul Seonwon (Zen Meditation Institute) of the Korean Buddhist Jogye Order is hosting a ‘World Assembly of Meditation Masters (WAMM) 2015 at the High 1 Resort Kangwon Land in Gangwon Province on July 18-24, 2015 with the participation of seven prominent Buddhist leaders from around the world.
By Prof. Dr. Lee Keun-yeopI. PrefaceSome say that Christian missionaries historically had two missions: "For the words of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ" and "For the national interests". These are the guideline for understanding Dr. Underwood. He was one of few bright stars in the galaxy
The year 1958 was the fifth year after the end of the Korean War (1950-3) and, naturally, the late former President Syngman Rhee of the Republic of Korea (south) was unable to fully meet the requirements of a free democratic country due to the constant threat from the militant North Korean regime. ▲
A popular Korean singer Nana (Im Jin-ah) was chosen as the most beautiful woman in the world for 2014 and Korean actor Choi Si-won as the second most handsome man around the world. Last year, Nana won the second place in the same event.The first place for the most handsome man in the world went to J
The Old Boys’ Club (OBC) of the Herald Media (The Korea Herald [KH] and Herald Business [HB]) had its year-end reunion at the Maehwa (Apricot) Room of the Seoul Press Center on Dec. 8, 2014. Every year, the former members of the leading English daily and the Korean-language sister business daily hav
The United Pharm hosts a year-end concert at the United Culture Foundation building behind Ritz-Carlton and Novotel hotels in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on Dec. 26, 2014 with the World Vision Korea Children’s Choir conducted by Heechurl Kim. Part I (Korean Fantasy, arr. Lee, Hyun Chul)Doraji Taryeong (tradit
Ambassador Tissa Wijeratne of Sri Lanka and a number of other ambassadors and senior diplomats attended health lecture with their spouses at the Diplomatic Center in Seocho-dong in Seoul on Nov. 12, 2014, and had a tour of the Pyunkang Korean Medicine Hospital just across the street from the venue o
By Lee Kyung-sik (former Cultural Editor of The Korea Herald, now Publisher of The Korea Post):The ‘Old Boys’ (a reunion fraternity of former CEOs, executives, editors and other members of The Korea Herald and its sister Korean-language Herald Business Daily) had a reunion mountain trekking at the C
When you feel you need a rest, mentally and physically, you leave for a natural environment like a baby groping its mother’s bosom. There is a Buddhist temple surrounded by nature which is only half an hour away from the heart of Seoul. As it is almost always the case with a temple, you come across
The followingarticle was contributed by Deputy Editor Jang Ik-kyung of WOW TV, the TV arm ofthe leading Korean-language economic daily, Hankuk Kyungje Shinmun.?Ed.When it rains, you feel not as well as you do whenthe weather is fine. Doctors say that it is not just your feeling but that therain actu
General Manager Eric Swanson of Millennium Seoul Hilton and Musical/TV Actress Jeon Su-Kyeong were married in a gala wedding ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of Millennium Seoul Hilton on Sept. 22, 2014. It was attended by an estimated 600 prominent civic figures, including popular stars such as senio
By Ms. Regina Han Editorial writerLocated in the antique street of Insa-dong, Seoul is Boicha (puer tea) house named Yeonhwa-jeong (literally Lotus Flower Well), which even had wind chimes at the entrance, which you find only at remote Buddhist temples in the mountains in the countryside. It was dri