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The death of Richard Rutt in England on July 27 deserves to be recorded in Korea. He was deeply attached to this country, to which he devoted the central years of his life. Born in England on August 27, 1925, he came to serve in Korea as an Anglican priest in 1954. For many years he lived alone in remote rural villages where traditional ways were still being practiced. In 1966 he was appointed Assistant Bishop of Daejeon and in 1968 he became the Bishop of Daejeon. The next year he married Joan Ford, a teacher he had known for many years. She too came to love Korea and edited a Korean cook book as well as the autobiography of the last Korean Crown Princess. In 1973, feeling that the time had come for Koreans to take charge of their portion of the Anglican Communion, he offered his resignation as Bishop of Daejeon, intending to serve as a simple parish priest in the country he had come to love so much. That proved to be impossible and in 1974 Richard Rutt returned to...

With one year left before the opening of the Yeosu Expo, the Organizing Committee is very busy in preparing the world event, drawing attentions from many countries. Focusing on one specific subject, “The Living Ocean and the Coast- Diversity of Resources and Sustainable Activities”, Yeosu will present something different. It is very meaningful that the Expo focuses on specific topic and shows the future of the human activities. Shall we take a look at Yeosu Expo? Mosageum beach, a taste of Yeoso Ocean (Source: Korea Tourism Organization) Lonesome and silent, the scenery of Yeosu Ocean is considered the best. Even people living near the ocean visit Yeosu to feel the cleanness and calmness. If you want to feel the Yeosu Ocean, Mosageum beach is the exact place. Mosaguem beach is not as big as other beaches in Korea. However, the surrounding scenery is very beautiful and two naturally-created beaches make Mosaguem more special. (Source: Korea Tourism Organization) Both beach...

‘Cloud Meets Big Data’ was the hot issue in IT Forum which was recently held in COEX Convention Center. Cloud Computing has been the main stream of Korean Internet services since last year. It sounds little far from your daily life, but over 10 millions are using the Cloud service. Let’s take a look before it’s too late. Hot issue in IT World, elusive Cloud computing Cloud computing is defined as a computing environment providing services through internet servers such as a data storage, network, and contents at the same time according to Naver dictionary(http://100.naver.com). In short, we put all data together into servers of data center so we could use them whenever we need. Just like the clouds intangible, the space doesn’t exist in computer, but we can handle them freely (Source: EBN Industry News) Let’s take an example with an email. Whenever you log in, you’ll receive emails or data. Your computer actually doesn’t have the storage for data but y...

NEW DELHI, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Indian President Pratibha Patil said that her country's recent decision to offer food aid to North Korea was reached in consideration of the North's "grave" food security situation. Patil said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency in New Delhi ahead of her trip to Seoul that India took a "well deliberated" decision to provide food to North Korea in accordance with its emergency food aid policy, indicating further food shipments to the North in the future. Indian President Pratibha Patil (Yonhap) "To ensure that the food assistance reaches its destination speedily and effectively, we cooperated with the World Food Program. ... I understand that Indian food assistance has reached the DPR Korea and is being distributed by the WFP," Patil said in the interview, using the abbreviation of North Korea's official name. Patil was to arrive in South Korea on Sunday for a four-day state visit, i...

President Lee Myung-bak and Indian President Pratibha Patil held a summit on July 25 at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul to discuss ways to expand bilateral cooperation. The two leaders agreed on the importance of Korea-India ties, which have substantially improved in a variety of sectors since the 2010 agreement to upgrade to a strategic partnership, including diplomacy, security, culture, economy and trade. Lee and Patil agreed to work to increase the effects of the Korea-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which took effect on January 1, 2010 by reflecting on the trade environment of the two countries. President Lee Myung-bak (right) and Indian President Pratibha Patil held a summit on July 25 at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul (Yonhap News) The two leaders signed a nuclear energy cooperation pact, which will allow Korean atomic power firms to enter India’s nuclear energy market. They also signed a memorandum of understanding on media exchanges and cooperation between ...

NEW DELHI: India and South Korea signed a civil nuclear agreement on Monday, a deal that gives the north-east Asian country an entry into India’s nuclear energy sector. The deal, India’s ninth, was signed by President Pratibha Patil in Seoul with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak. President Lee termed the nuclear cooperation agreement as “historic” and which would act as “a milestone, demonstrating that our two countries have now truly become strategic partners”. Negotiated over three rounds, the last in December, the India-South Korea agreement carried the least amount of historical nuclear “baggage” as far as India is concerned. Officials involved in the negotiations described them as “clear, pragmatic and smooth”. Both sides held some extra informal meetings on the deal this year and the Indian side was impressed with the proactive approach of the South Koreans in this sector. The India-South Korea deal was always going to be an easier sell than the India-Japan d...

Chongmyo Shrine was built at the same time as Gyeongbok Palace to hold the ancenstral tablets for the kings of the Chosun Dynasty . Since then, all but 2 of the kings and their queens are enshrined here. According to Confucian tradition, the royal family would perform elaborate rituals here 5 times each year to pay respect to their royal ancestors. The tradition still holds today, although the Jongmyo Daeje (Royal Shrine Ritual) is only performed once each year, in May (designated as Cultural Property #56). Dozens of descendents of the royal family gather in court costumes appropriate for the Chosun period. The rituals are accompanied by traditional court music ( Chongmyo Cherye-ak - Intangible Cultural Property #1) played by the Royal Court Orchestra.                             Cheongjeon The main shrine hall, Cheongjeon (National ...