Spain’s Edurne Pasaban, who claims to be the first female climber to conquer the world’s 14 highest peaks, seeks to become the first woman to climb Mount Everest without oxygen, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.Pasaban, 37, scaled the 14 mountains above 8,000 meters in May 2010 after she reached the summit of 8,027-meter Shisha Pangma, situated in China’s Tibet region. Edurne PasabanShe told a r

People April 12, 2011

Ji Lee /Korean to be Facebook creative directorJi Lee, creative director of Google Creative Lab, is moving to Facebook to be the social networking site’s first creative director, the online news site Creativity reported.Lee drew attention three years ago as Google scouted the New York street artist as its creative director.Born in Korea and raised in Brazil, Lee studied design at Parsons School of

People April 12, 2011

An unusual exchange between Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and a Korean student in Taiwan has caused a stir.According to a news release by the Taipei Mission in Korea, Ma had an informal discussion with students of Taipei-based St. John’s University on Sunday.During the meeting, Lee Jin-hee, the only Korean student attending the university, made an unusual request to the Taiwanese leader. Lee as

People April 12, 2011

Three spend private money to publish magazine on contemporary KoreaThree young women are blazing a trail in the field of Korea promotion with a fresh magazine which highlights contemporary aspects of the nation.Launched by Byon Sarah, Park Sang-aa and Choi Jung-yoon last August, Roking is a free magazine that shows the cool side of Korea to the world. The title Rok uses the initials of the Republi

People April 12, 2011

STAR CITY, Russia (AP) ― It was the Soviet Union’s own giant leap for mankind, one that would spur a humiliated America to race for the moon. It happened 50 years ago this Tuesday, when an air force pilot named Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.The 27-year-old cosmonaut’s mission lasted just 108 minutes and was fraught with drama: a break in data transmission, glitches involving antenna

People April 11, 2011

MiYooMo campaigns for the island’s bid to become one of New Seven WondersA group of Koreans attending U.S. universities have composed a song with their foreign friends to promote Jeju island in its drive to be selected as one of the New Seven Wonders.The song, currently available on the group’s website (www.miyoomo.com), describes the beauty of the tourist attraction with English lyrics and a ligh

People April 11, 2011

A Korean acting couple, Choi Soo-jong and his wife Ha Hee-ra, have joined an organ donation drive by Korean Organ Donor Program.Choi Soo-jong (left) and Ha Hee-raAccording to the organization, Choi and Ha pledged support for organ donation on its “Day of Organ Donation,” which fell on Saturday. The couple, together with 100 volunteers of Shinhan Bank, also campaigned for organ donations at an entr

People April 10, 2011

U.S. actress Demi Moore is in Nepal after joining a global campaign to root out human trafficking.She is there as part of CNN’s Freedom Project, a worldwide network which works to eliminate trafficking of women and sex slavery, the Press Trust of India reported Friday. Demi MooreThe 48-year-old actress is there without husband Ashton Kutcher to work with Maiti Nepal, the country’s biggest anti-tra

People April 10, 2011

CHICAGO ― As drums pulsed and a singer wailed, Chelot Pierre danced. Dressed in white, a red sash around his waist, the young man glided about the room with serpentine grace. His arms waved gently, evoking the ocean lapping at his Caribbean homeland. His face, marked by a faint scar on his forehead, was serene.Anthony Bradford watched from the front row. He could scarcely believe 14 years had pass

People April 7, 2011

Organizers of the 2011 world athletics championships in Daegu launched its official song on April 7.They say the melody and lyrics of the song titled “Let’s Go Together” express the dreams, passion and challenges of track and field athletes as well as their harmony. Cho Hae-nyoung (center), co-president of the Organizing Committee for the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu from Aug. 27 to Sept

People April 7, 2011

HMB Foundation, established by former national soccer player Hong Myung-bo, will donate 200 million won ($183,600) in proceeds from a recent benefit soccer match to three charity organizations.The three are Community Chest of Korea (140 million won), Seoul Welfare Foundation (30 million won) and ChildFund Korea (30 million won). Hong Myung-boThey will use the money for child cancer patients and ot

People April 7, 2011

Jang Jeong, a Korean golfer on the U.S. LPGA Tour, is set to marry a former professional golfer Lee Jun-sik in Daejeon on April 9.The 31-year-old Jang joined the U.S. LPGA in 2000 after winning the Korea Women’s Open in 1997 as a high school student. She won the 2005 Weetabix Women’s British Open, the 2006 Wegmans LPGA and the 2006 Japan Women’s Open. Jang Jeong (right) and Lee Jun-sik  (iWedding

People April 5, 2011

Former Justice Minister Kang Kum-sil has been appointed as a chair-professor of the University for Peace.According to the One, a professional law corporation where she works as an attorney, an academic committee of the UPEACE Asia Pacific Center in Seoul proposed the post in recognition of her efforts to protect the rights and interests of women and the underprivileged. Kang Kum-silKang says that

People April 5, 2011

Park Seung, former governor of the Bank of Korea, has donated 500 million won to the elementary school he went to in Gimje, North Jeolla Province.The small elementary school that he graduated from in 1948 has used the money to build a library.The 75-year-old Gimje native gave 400 million won in May to start the construction of the library, and recently sent an extra 100 million ahead of its openin

People April 3, 2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti ― She can climb stairs and hike blocks to a bus stop. The beat-up wheelchair is gone.Sounlove Zamor, who lost both legs below the knee in Haiti’s earthquake, is walking again.The young woman, who had been caught in a collapsed house, was fitted with prosthetic legs in Israel after benefactors read about her in the Los Angeles Times. Now she’s back in Haiti and walking on new

People April 3, 2011