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‘Some Girls’ starts 3-week run Friday

Expat LivingJun 21, 2011

Probationary Theatre will start its run of U.S. romantic comedy, “Some Girls” in Seoul on Friday.Described as an often brutal look at love, this comedy by Niel LaBute will be playing for three weeks at White Box Theater in Seoul.It tells the story of 33-year-old Guy, an aspiring author who is soon to be married. Nervous about settling down, he travels the United States, meeting up with ex-girlfrie
CouchSurfing catches on in Korea

Expat LivingJun 21, 2011

Budget accommodation exchange builds community away home, gives travelers unique experienceIn Seoul’s bustling expat scene, it is easy to meet foreigners ― but it takes a special kind of person to put a free roof over a passing stranger’s head.Opening homes to travelers is the main aim of the city’s thriving CouchSurfing community, whose members offer visitors a place to sleep on their futon, floo
Taekwondo qualifiers begin

More sportsJun 21, 2011

A taekwondo qualifying competition for the London Olympics is to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from June 30, the World Taekwondo Federation announced.The WTF World Taekwondo tournament will double as a qualifier for the 2012 Games with more than 340 athletes from more than 100 countries competing at the Sarhadchi Olympic Center. A total of 60 international referees, including 10 review juries, will
Park to compete in 100m at world championships

More sportsJun 21, 2011

Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan will enter the men’s 100-meter freestyle at next month’s world championships, his management company said Tuesday.The sports division at SK Telecom said Park has added the 100m to his usual repertoire of the 200m and 400m freestyle events for the world championships in Shanghai, China, next month.It will be Park’s third world championships. Park has never competed in t
Lee Dong-gook and Jeonbuk Motors set sights on league title

SoccerJun 21, 2011

It has been a topsy-turvy season in the K-League so far. Asian champion Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma has been kept off the bottom of the standings only thanks to the dreadful form of Gangwon FC. Suwon Bluewings finds itself in one of its annual slumps while in-form champion FC Seoul has improved since earlier in the season but still can’t quite break free of the middle level.One team though has been head
Provoking Lego nerds; thief steals $10,000 worth collection

Social affairsJun 21, 2011

A man was booked without detention for stealing countless Lego collectables from an acquaintance’s home, according to Imsil Police Station of Jeonbuk province.The victim, known only by his surname Kim, had been devoted to collecting Lego for the last 20 years.The accused, only known as Chun, became acquainted with Kim and visited his home several times, figuring out that his treasured collection w
Richard Gere arrives in Korea for Buddhist experience

CultureJun 21, 2011

Richard Gere (AP-Yonhap News)American actor Richard Gere arrived in South Korea on Monday at Incheon International Airport along with his wife, actress Carey Lowell and their son, Homer Gere, to promote his Buddhist-themed photo exhibition and experience Korea’s traditional Buddhist culture.Gere, who is known for his Buddhist faith, is scheduled to meet with Venerable Jaseung, head of the Jogye Or
How does Generation X fare in the 21st century?

Social affairsJun 21, 2011

How does Generation X fare in the 21st century?About half the educated women from Generation X, the term once used to describe the new generation, are childless, according to American research.Born between 1965 and 1978, Generation X was first used in a novel written by Douglas Coupland, “Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture.”The idea quickly spread to describe those born in economic pro
Deceased pregnant wife case back in court

Social affairsJun 21, 2011

More than five months have passed since the mystery death of a doctor’s pregnant wife, but the case is still unsolved.The father of the dead woman has had his daughter frozen and postponed the funeral to prove that her doctor husband killed her and her unborn baby. The husband, a medical doctor in Seoul surnamed Baek, is suspected of killing his nine-month-pregnant wife. But a Seoul court has repe
Why is a Porsche like a peacock‘s tail? And who wants to date a guy in a Honda Civic?

ScienceJun 21, 2011

A Porsche 911 Black Edition is seen at the Porsche SE annual shareholders meeting in Stuttgart, Germany, on Friday, June 17, 2011. (Bloomberg-Yonhap News)Everyone knows the racier the car, the racier the hormones.Now, researchers at the University of Minnesota have brought scientific precision to that age-old observation. To wit:Sexual signalling really works _ but not necessarily the way a young
N. Korea increases imports of anti-riot gear from China

North KoreaJun 21, 2011

BEIJING, June 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has recently created a special police task force and bought large amounts of anti-riot gear from China in an apparent attempt to cope with any possible riots in the North, a source said Tuesday.The communist North purchased tear gas, helmets and shields through Chinese merchants in China's northeastern city of Shenyang in recent months, the source said.The
Aerosol reflectors in space proposed as climate change solution

ScienceJun 21, 2011

Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC speaks during the opening of the Nansen Conference on Climate Change and Displacement in the 21st Century in Oslo Monday June 6. 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)An U.N. body plans to develop a radical geo-engineering technology to blast aerosol "mirrors" in the space to tackle climate change, the Telegraph reported.The Int
World’s biggest emerald shines in Colombia

FashionJun 21, 2011

A 15,000-carats raw emerald which weights five pounds, is shown at the 'Minergemas 2011', an international mining and precious stones and metals in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, June 17, 2011. The emerald was found 12 years ago in Muzo, 75 kilometers north of Bogota, and is shown for the first time in Colombia, one of the world's largest emerald producers. (AP-Yonhap News)A massive uncut emerald on ex
44 dead in Russia plane crash: official

World NewsJun 21, 2011

MOSCOW, June 21, 2011 (AFP) - Forty-four people were killed and eight badly injured when a plane crashed onto a highway and burst into flames in northern Russia, narrowly missing an inhabited area, officials said Tuesday.The RussAir Tu-134 tried to stage an apparent emergency landing in poor weather conditions just before midnight on a motorway two kilometres (1.25miles) from its destination of Pe
Lee unveils plan to establish ‘Green Technology Center’

Social affairsJun 20, 2011

President Lee Myung-bak said Monday that South Korea will establish an international research center charged with developing environment-friendly “green” technologies in cooperation with leading research institutes from home and abroad.The establishment of the “Green Technology Center” is the latest in a series of projects that South Korea has pushed forward under Lee’s “green growth” campaign. La