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Sun, April 5, 2020 | 12:16
LIG Group honorary chairman dies at age 86
LIG Group honorary chairman dies at age 86
LIG Group Honorary Chairman Koo Cha-won died Saturday of a chronic illness, the company said. He was 86. Born in 1935, Koo was the second-generation leader at LIG Group, which was spun off from LG Group in 1999.
2020-03-28 19:26
Designer, who redefined hanbok, dies at 85
Designer, who redefined hanbok, dies at 85
Hanbok designer Lee Eun-yim, better known by her brand name Lee Rheeza, died of natural causes on Saturday. She was 85.
Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-03-22 15:42
Godfather of late night talk show dies at 84
Godfather of late night talk show dies at 84
Popular Korean-American comedian and TV show host Johnny Yune, whose Korean name was Yune Jong-seung, died in Los Angeles, Sunday (local time). He was 84.
Kwak Yeon-soo | 2020-03-11 15:41
Korean-American entertainer Johnny Yune dies at 84
Korean-American entertainer Johnny Yune dies at 84
Yune, whose Korean name was Yune Jong-seung, suffered Alzheimer's disease for years. He was reportedly taken to Alhambra Hospital Medical Center last Wednesday due to falling blood pressure.
Park Si-soo | 2020-03-10 16:38
Comedian Johnny Yune dies at 84
Comedian Johnny Yune dies at 84
Popular Korean-American comedian Johnny Yune, whose Korean name is Yune Jong-seung, died in Los Angeles on March 8 (local time). He was 84.
Kwak Yeon-soo | 2020-03-10 15:48
Korean city of Chuncheon forges sisterhood with Vietnam's Da Lat
Korean city of Chuncheon forges sisterhood with Vietnam's Da Lat
The South Korean city of Chuncheon and the Vietnamese city of Da Lat forged a sisterhood Saturday to step up bilateral cooperation.
2019-12-21 20:54
LG honorary chairman dies at age 94
LG honorary chairman dies at age 94
LG Group Honorary Chairman Koo Cha-kyung died Saturday at age 94, the company said.
2019-12-14 11:57
Ex-Daewoo Group Chairman Kim Woo-choong dies at 82
Ex-Daewoo Group Chairman Kim Woo-choong dies at 82
Former Daewoo Group Chairman Kim Woo-choong passed away late Monday at age 82 after having struggled with illness for about a year, according to an organization affiliated with the now-defunct conglomerate, Tuesday.
Kwak Yeon-soo | 2019-12-10 16:44
Former Daewoo Group Chairman Kim Woo-choong dies at 82
Former Daewoo Group Chairman Kim Woo-choong dies at 82
Former Daewoo Group Chairman Kim Woo-choong died late Monday at age 82, an organization affiliated with the now-defunct conglomerate said. Kim, the founder of the company, died of a chronic disease at a hospital in Suwon, just south of Seoul, at 11:50 p.m., according to Daewoosky Institute, which represents former employees of Daewoo. Daewoo Group was founded in 1967 and beca...
2019-12-10 07:51
A life lived for two literary giants
A life lived for two literary giants
Kim Young-joo, the Toji Cultural Foundation chairwoman, the daughter of the period novel author Pak Kyong-ni (1926-2008) and the wife of poet and democracy fighter Kim Chi-ha, died of breast cancer on Monday. She was 73.
Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-11-26 15:07
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