Celebrating six years of success in Seoul, Han River Pirates launched their new season last weekend with nearly 30 girls and boys aged 7-14 years attending their first training session. “What a great start to the season; lots of kids, beautiful weather and excellent facilities provided by our hosts, Dulwich College Seoul,” said Guillaume Lauzol, the club’s new president.M. Lauzol emphasized how gr

When Alvaro Neil told his boss he wanted to leave his job at a notary’s office in Madrid six years ago, he had more than a career change in mind.The part-time clown hopped on his bicycle and began a trans-continental journey with a mission: to bring smiles to those in despair wherever he went. Sixty-two countries and almost 90,000 km later, 44-year-old “Biciclown” last week arrived in South Korea

Getting savvy with Korean cooking early on helps vegetarians adapt to KoreaWith a homely interior, featuring upside down teacups strung as lamp shades, Itaewon’s Honest Loving Hut is the perfect place to tuck into that hearty meal synonymous with Western comfort food ― a burger. But this one comes served guilt-free: it’s vegan. Atop the wholegrain bun sits lettuce, a slathering of vegan mayonnaise

Afshin Ghotbi’s place in the history of South Korean soccer folklore is assured; he was, after all, a member of the national team’s coaching staff at the 2002 World Cup, the first of three stints with the Taeguk Warriors. He would argue that there is much more to come in the future whether in Korea or Japan, his current place of employment.That has been temporarily put on hold as his new career in

The finals of this year’s Korean Basketball League are now set with the KCC Egis facing Dongbu Promy in a best-of-seven series, which starts Saturday.The Jeonju-based KCC beat ET-land Elephants 105-95 in the playoffs Monday to set up a final showdown against the Wonju-based side.With another MVP-caliber performance by Ha Seung-jin, the third-seeded Egis took a third straight win against the second

Koreans’ overseas spending exceeded a record high 20 trillion won ($18.4 billion) in 2010, as more travelers and students abroad took advantage of the strong won, the Bank of Korea said Monday.The country’s nominal overseas spending reached 20.3 trillion won last year, up 15.4 percent from 2009. It is the highest level of annual spending from overseas since 1970 when officials began collecting dat

Civic groups demand government audit against the state-funded schoolStudents and faculty members of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology on Monday called for a new leadership after a spate of student suicides at the school, calling the current president’s reform efforts a “failure.”Four KAIST students have killed themselves since January, with the latest death confirmed last Thur

Veiled muslim women take part in a protest against France banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public, in London Monday, April 11, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)PARIS (AFP) ― France ― home to Europe’s biggest Muslim population ― on Monday officially banned women from wearing full-face veils in public places. Other European countries have drawn up bans on the burqa and the niqab but France is the first