BOSTON (AP) ― Miami’s Big Three was assembled for just this purpose: To dominate the bullies from Boston who knocked them from the playoffs so many times before.LeBron James scored 35 points, Dwyane Wade had 28 and Chris Bosh had 20 on Monday night to give the Heat a 98-90 overtime victory over the Celtics and move Miami within one game of the Eastern Conference finals. The Heat lead the best-of-s

The Corea Image Communication Institute, which promotes Korea’s brand home and abroad, said it will release a theme song “Four Seasons of Love” on May 24.As the title suggests, the song depicts Korea’s four seasons with an easy-to-sing-along melody and rhythm, the CICI said.Architect and singer Yang Jin-seok composed the song and wrote the lyrics.The launching ceremony will be held at the German E

Korea’s beer-making fraternity will try to out-brew each other at Homebrew Korea’s “Brew Your Hops Off” contest at Oktoberfest in Gangnam on May 14thThere will be three categories ― pale ales and IPAs, stouts and dark beers and lager, wheat and specialty beers. Contestants must bring at least 500 ml of beer per entry, although Unlimited house pilsner, weizen and dunkel will be available and each t

Itaewon Global Village Center is running a tour to historic Andong on May 14.The tour will stop at the unspoiled Hahoe Folk Village, famous for its masks and traditional dances, visit a strawberry farm and take a short rail-bike ride. The cost is 46,000 won ($42) for adults and 43,000 for children aged 12 and under, which includes transportation and all activities. Lunch of kimchi jjigae or doenja

Foreign student footballers will fight it out at a tournament in Eunpyeong District, Seoul on June 6.Organized by the Korea International Students Support Association, eight teams will play for a top prize of 500,000 won ($480). The second prize is 300,000 won and individual awards of 100,000 won will be given for sportsmanship and player of the tournament.There will also be a cheerleading contest

KOTESOL hosts its annual Spring National Conference at KAIST, in Daejeon on May 14. The conference will feature more than 60 presentations and workshops.The theme of this year’s conference is “Ten Years In: Advancing Korean TESOL in the 21st Century”. The plenary speaker is Jason Renshaw, owner of one the world’s most popular English teaching blogs, who will talk about materials development for la

BEIJING (AFP) - China has launched a probe into the abduction of children allegedly born in violation of population control policies then trafficked by officials into adoptions worldwide, an official said Tuesday.The investigation comes after Caixin magazine reported this week that family planning officials in central China's Hunan province had abducted children and sold them into adoption to the

A South Korean woman died on Monday at a Seoul hospital of pneumonia caused by an unidentified virus, the disease control agency said.The 36-year-old woman died in the morning in the intensive care unit at the hospital after being admitted last month for tuberculosis, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The death marks the first mortality here caused by an unidentified virus, it sai