VIENNA (AFP) ― Vienna’s Leopold Museum said Friday that visitors are welcome to strip off at a special nudist night later this month and admire its popular “Nude Men” exhibition as nature intended.“As there were several requests from nudist associations we decided to give this opportunity to all lovers of the Freikoerperkultur, the Free Body Culture,” spokesman Klaus Pokorny told AFP.“Our museum will be a clothes-free zone for one evening” on Feb. 18, he said by email. “Nudists, naturists are we

ANGOULEME, France (AFP) ―Japanese manga legend Leiji Matsumoto celebrated 60 years in the business at France’s international cartoon festival, and confessed that the experience left him feeling like a time traveller “with the strange sensation of finding myself in one of my stories.”The author of numerous cult works such as “Captain Albator” and “Galaxy Express 999,” the slender, white haired 75-year-old, sporting a goatee, cap and huge glasses, was on Friday feted at the festival in southwester

A common image of Korean cities at Seollal is of streets gone quiet, with tourists and expats left to their own devices, free of family obligations.But tradition doesn’t always split things so neatly.One Korean who won’t be braving the Lunar New Year traffic is Hong Mi-kyung, who is looking forward to enjoying Seollal at her leisure. “We either go on a trip or we rest, because while everyone is traveling to their provincial towns for 10-12 hours, we’re sitting here in Seoul City and it’s quite d

Lotte Hotel announced it would open a new hotel in Guam at the end of the year. The hotel is remodeling the Aurora Resort and Spa and transforming it into one of its chain hotels. As part of Lotte’s goal of creating the “most luxurious hotel” in Guam, the hotel invested about $9 million in remodeling the existing resort building, which currently features 242 rooms, four restaurants, three ballrooms, an outdoor swimming pool, a spa and a chapel. Lotte Hotel said it will send its Seoul staff to Gu

Chinatown in Singapore celebrates the Lunar New Year from the beginning of January to March 11. The streets of the city capture the eyes of global tourists with the sounds of traditional music, red lanterns and food sold at many street stalls. One of the highlight of the New Year events is at the River Hongbao, which will feature lively street performances, lanterns and fireworks. Another popular event is Chingay Parade, scheduled to be held from Feb. 22-23 on the grounds of the Formula One Pit

A guided tour of Gyeongbokgung Palace is now available at tourists’ fingertips with the release of a mobile application on the Joseon palace. The application, developed by a Korean venture company, will make a tour of Gyeongbokgung Palace more fun and educational with quizzes provided to visitors at each spot and basic information about the buildings combined with episodes of famous period dramas such as “Moon Embracing the Sun.”The app-guided tour is expected to take about an hour. The applicat