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Sat, March 25, 2023 | 20:47

Winners of 51st Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards

Winners of 51st Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards

The Korea Times is pleased to announce the winners of its 51st Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards. This year, the Grand Prize in poetry, awarded by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, goes to Mattho Mandersloot for his translation of poems by Choi Jeong-rye, including "1mg of Anaesthetic."

2020-11-01 22:10

Park Soon-kyung, theologian and unification activist, dies

Park Soon-kyung, theologian and unification activist, dies

Park Soon-kyung, a theology professor and unification movement activist, died of old age on Saturday. She was 97.

Park Ji-won | 2020-10-27 15:54

Lee transformed Samsung into world's tech giant

Lee transformed Samsung into world's tech giant

The late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who died at the age of 78, Sunday, has been most recognized for his opinions on the effects of crisis on a company and his pursuit of innovation, which enabled the chaebol to transform into a world-leading company in the memory chip, digital television and mobile phone sectors.

Park Jae-hyuk | 2020-10-25 16:31

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee dies at 78

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee dies at 78

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee dies at 78

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who turned the company into the nation's largest conglomerate and a global technology titan, died in Seoul, Sunday, after years of hospitalization. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lee Kun-Hee, chairman of Samsung Electronics. Chairman Lee passed away on Oct. 25 with his family, including Vice Chairman Jay Y. ...

Kim Hyun-bin | 2020-10-25 15:44

Political, business circles mourn death of Samsung chairman

Lee leaves behind 18.2 tril. won worth of Samsung stocks

Lee transformed Samsung into world's tech giant

Biography timeline of late Samsung head Lee Kun-hee

Biography timeline of late Samsung head Lee Kun-hee

Lee Kun-hee, chief of South Korea's top conglomerate, Samsung Group, died at a hospital in Seoul on Sunday at age 78. The following are the major events during the life of the late business tycoon in chronological order.

2020-10-25 13:16

Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, force behind Korea's rise to tech powerhouse, dies at 78

[OBITUARY] The titan who built a global tech giant

OBITUARYThe titan who built a global tech giant

In February 1993, five years after taking over from his father at South Korea's Samsung Group, 51-year-old Lee Kun-hee was frustrated that he wasn't making his mark. He summoned a group of Samsung Electronics executives to a Best Buy store in Los Angeles for a reality check on the Samsung brand. Covered in dust, a Samsung TV set sat on a corner shelf with a price tag nearly $...

2020-10-25 11:04

Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, force behind Korea's rise to tech powerhouse, dies at 78

Right-wing pastor dies at 82

Right-wing pastor dies at 82

Kim Hong-do, a pastor at Kumnan Methodist Church, the biggest Methodist church in the world, died of old age Wednesday morning. He was 82.

Park Ji-won | 2020-09-02 16:29

Winners of 1st English Presentation Contest announced

Winners of 1st English Presentation Contest announced

The Korea Times is pleased to announce the winners of the first English Presentation Contest which drew 358 entries created by more than 600 participants. Mainly sponsored by ETS Korea, the contest was to help Korean students cultivate the global mindset necessary to grow into future leaders and to improve their English fluency.

2020-08-21 14:47

Ex-manager of Sammi Superstars dies at 84

Ex-manager of Sammi Superstars dies at 84

Kim Jin-young, former manager of the professional baseball club Sammi Superstars and “Godfather” of the Incheon baseball scene, died in Florida, U.S., Monday (local time). He was 84.

Park Ji-won | 2020-08-04 16:18

Hanmi Pharmaceutical chairman dies at 80

Hanmi Pharmaceutical chairman dies at 80

Lim Sung-ki, chairman and founder of Hanmi Pharmaceutical died of a chronic disease on Sunday. He was 80.

Nam Hyun-woo | 2020-08-03 17:04

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