The Third BulletBy Stephen Hunter(Simon & Schuster)Someone should have asked a sniper.That’s what Stephen Hunter ― a best-selling novelist who created Bob Lee Swagger, the best shooter there ever was, the Gun Whisperer ― believes.The gaping hole in the middle of most Kennedy assassination theories, Hunter says, is that the theorists, even those attached to the original Warren Commission, don’t know the first thing about shooting, ballistics or angles.“Looking at the body of assassination materia

Psychologist explores how changing one’s wardrobe can change life

A state think tank in South Korea said Thursday it has recently published an Arabic language edition of its English book on Korean culture to help enhance the Arabic world’s understanding of Korea.The 2010 English book “Cultural Landscapes of Korea,” written and published by The Academy of Korean Studies, gives foreign readers clear information, including photos, on Korea’s culture, rituals, industrialization, urbanization and its different regional culture. The academy is a research institute i

Prominent Korean fashion designer Lie Sang Bong took it all off in front of the camera of a close friend. Lee Yeop, who has been documenting Lie’s collections for the past 10 years, took 20 photos of Lie nude or covered with a body suit and accessories made by other artists. It may not be as “scandalous” as when Yves Saint Laurent posed nude for his fragrance advertisement in 1971, but Lie’s bold performance attracted many people’s attention at the exhibition’s opening reception on Wednesday at

Rush of operas, concerts and recordings celebrate 200th anniversary of composers’ births

Chonbuk National University appointed former Constitutional Court President Lee Kang-kook as chair professor of its law school Wednesday. Lee will teach the Korean constitution, constitutional court cases, and civil and criminal trials, the school said. He also will give lectures on the future of local legal circles and judicial ethics. Lee served the Constitutional Court as president from 2007. He is credited with enhancing the reliability and status of the legal stronghold which guarantees fun

WASHINGTON (AP) ― U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, who worked to get trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama through Congress, is leaving the Obama administration next month. Kirk, a former mayor of Dallas, announced his departure in a brief statement Tuesday. He had served as the administration’s top trade negotiator through President Barack Obama’s first term in office. Kirk also led the administration’s effort to bring cases before the World Trade Organization that accused C

Baekje Kingdom established its capital in the lower reaches of the Han River basin. For 678 years, Baekje was one of the ancient kingdoms of the Three Kingdoms era, along with Goguryeo and Silla. After its establishment in the Han River basin, Baekje moved its capital to Wungjin (today’s Gongju) and Sabi (today’s Buyeo), where the highly developed Baekje culture flowered. Archaeologists have found ruins of royal palaces in Wanggung-ni in Geumma of Iksan, North Jeolla Province, which they assume

Sophisticated Baekje culture a candidate for recognition by UNESCO

Lotte Hotel is hosting a restaurant week that offers discounts on special course menus at its restaurants. The “Restaurant Super Week,” which runs from Jan. 25-31, offers diners a 30 percent to 50 percent discount on special menus at restaurants in Lotte Hotel Seoul in Sogong-dong, Lotte Hotel World in Jamsil, and Lotte Hotel Ulsan. The participating restaurants are the French restaurant Pierre Gagnaire; Italian restaurant Peninsula; Japanese restaurant Momoyama; Korean restaurant Mugunghwa and

Prominent chocolatier sees future of chocolate in its very roots

PARIS (AP) ― A garden within a garden was the setting for Christian Dior’s flower-obsessed ― and typically decadent ― couture show.Carrying on with the “flower women” theme of designer Raf Simons’ last offering, landscape artist Martin Wirtz recreated a scented French garden replete with hazelnut trees and boxwood hedges, in an annex inside Paris’ famed Jardin des Tuileries.Spring was indeed in the air.The flower theme was most obviously expressed in floral embroideries. And in this respect, the

Big Bang will release a new DVD featuring the group’s Seoul concert in March last year, YG Entertainment announced Wednesday. The “Alive Tour in Seoul” DVD is scheduled to be released on Jan. 29. The first disc features 23 live session tracks and remixes of the group’s hit songs, while the second disc features behind-the-scenes footage of the concert. “Making of” film clips and a multi-angle video of the “Bad Boy” encore will be a bonus. Big Bang, currently on the “Big Bang Alive Tour 2012” tour