The New Beginning: Varia, 30 October 2006

Monday, October 30, 2006

Varia, 30 October 2006

Culture - Oct. 19, 2006

Customers look at work by designer Lie Sang-bong adorned with the Korean alphabet or Hangeul based on the calligraphy of Kugdang Cho Seong-ju at the Gangnam branch of Shinsegae Department Store in Seoul on Wednesday./Yonhap

Business - Oct. 19, 2006

Visitors look at a 102-inch PDP TV by LG Electronics at the flat panel display exhibition FPD International 2006 in Yokohama, Japan on Wednesday. The show ends Friday.

New Porsches: Models present Porsche’s New Boxter, left, and New Cayman during an event marking the opening of the Socho Porsche Center in Yangjae-dong, southern Seoul, Thursday. / Yonhap 10-19-2006 21:16

Business - Oct. 20, 2006

A model introduces a new 'i-mini' model by Digital Cube, the combination of MP3 player and personal multimedia player (PMP) at the Plaza Hotel in Seoul on Thursday./Yonhap

National - Oct. 20, 2006

Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon (right) ushers his U.S. and Japanese counterparts Condoleezza Rice and Taro Aso into a dinner meeting at his official residence in Hannam-dong, Seoul on Thursday.

Front - Oct. 20, 2006

The vice president of Samsung Electronics Jeon Jun-young (left) holds the industry's first 50-nano DRAM chip at the Samsung headquarters in Seoul on Thursday. The world’s biggest memory chip maker said it has developed a 1-GB dynamic random access memory(DRAM) chip using the latest miniature technology./Yonhap

Culture - Oct. 20, 2006

Students enjoy a day walk among autumn leaves during an excursion at the Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province on Thursday.

Culture - Oct. 23, 2006

Hapcheon-gun locals carry Buddhist scriptures known as Tripitaka Koreana or Palman Taejanggyong consisting of more than 80,000 print blocks and designated as a World Heritage artifact by UNESCO on their heads in front of Seoul’s Jogye Temple on Sunday. The procession re-enacts the transport of the book 600 years ago from Ganghwa Island to Haeinsa Temple in Hapcheon-gun, South Gyeongsang Province ahead of the Palman Taejanggyong Festival that begins on Friday.

Front - Oct. 23, 2006

Hannam University students walk through rain and autumn foliage on campus in Daejeon on Sunday.

3rd-generation music phone:

Business - Oct. 24, 2006

Samsung Electronics’ HSDPA Music Phone (SGH-A707) debuted by in the U.S. market by Cingular Wireless./Yonhap

Cops in hanbok:Korean-born police officers from around the world smile and wave after experiencing traditional Korean life at the Hanok Village on Mt. Namsan in central Seoul, Monday. They came here at the invitation of the National Police Agency. / Korea Times Photo by Wang Tae-suck 10-23-2006 20:39

Volvo coupe: Models showcase the new Volvo C70 hard-top coupe convertible in a gallery in Seoul, Tuesday. / Yonhap 10-24-2006 19:43

U.N. Day: Two British veterans place flowers on a monument engraved with the names of soldiers who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War under the flag of the United Nations at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in Pusan, Tuesday, to mark the 61st anniversary of the U.N’s founding. / Yonhap 10-24-2006 21:23

President Roh Moo-hyun, left, inspects the honor guard with El Salvadorian President Alias Antonio Saca before the official talks between the two countries in Chong Wa Dae, Seoul, Wednesday. /Korea Times 10-25-2006 18:22

Better than a Rolls?: A Bentley Continental GT is on display at a showroom in Chongdam, southern Seoul, Wednesday. The GT, priced at 295 million won, is a two-door four-seater that packs 560 horsepower and can reach 100 kilometers per hour in 4.8 seconds. /Yonhap 10-25-2006 22:36

Culture - Oct. 25, 2006

Actress Kim Ji-su attends a press conference for the fourth Asiana International Short Film Festival at Kumho Art Hall in Seoul on Tuesday./Yonhap

Party for next U.N. leader: Ban Ki-moon, second from left, who has been designated the next U.N. secretary-general, poses during a celebration party held at Lotte Hotel in central Seoul, Thursday, along with Shin Dong-bin, left, Lotte Group vice chairman, Lho Shin-young, third from left, former prime minister, and Han Seung-soo, former foreign affairs minister. /Yonhap 10-26-2006 22:30

Trial ride: Motorists are ready to test drive imported cars, including Mercedes-Benz and Peugeot, on Yongjong Island, Inchon, Friday. / Yonhap 10-27-2006 19:43

Front - Oct. 27, 2006

Tourists on Thursday take a look at a willow rooted in the center of the Joosan Lake, an artificial reservoir that has never dried up since it was built in 1721 at Mt. Chuwang in South Gyeongsang Province.

Ancient Korea-Japan cultural exchange reenacted: A procession of “Chosontongsinsa,” a Korean delegation that spearheaded cultural exchanges with Japan between the 17th and 19th centuries, was reenacted on the streets of Nihonbashi in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday. /Yonhap 10-29-2006 20:27

Culture - Oct. 30, 2006

A re-enactment of Tongsinsa, a series of missions dispatched by the Chosun Dynasty to Japan during the 17th-19th centuries, takes place on Nihonbashi Street in Japan on Sunday./Yonhap