The hotel introduces the “Musical Aida Package.” Available from Jan. 2 to April 14, the package features a one-night stay with tickets to “Aida,” a musical based on a love story set in ancient Egypt. With its grand music, well-known musical actors and spectacular stage and costumes from Broadway, “Aida” will provide guests with fascinating entertainment. The package includes either VIP tickets or R Seat tickets for two people, and free access to the hotel’s gym and swimming pool that are located

The hotel presents two winter packages, “Montblanc in Swiss” and “European Dining,” available from Jan. 7 to Feb. 28. The Mont Blanc package features a one-night stay at a standard suite with dinner outside a luxurious Yurt tent installed in the hotel’s 21st floor Sky Lounge Kloud. Guests will be provided with a classic Swiss fondue, freshly baked pumpkin pie along with two glasses of Gluehwein (hot mulled wine). The European Dining Package features a one-night stay at a standard suite with dinn

The hotel’s buffet restaurant La Seine holds the “4 Major Chinese Cuisine Promotion” event until Jan. 31. The promotion offers an opportunity to taste the delicacies of four major Chinese cuisines ― Beijing, Shanghai, Szechuan and Cantonese. Among the dishes served are Peking duck, stir-fried shrimp with pepper sauce, kung pow chicken and steamed fish in soy sauce. Adult lunch buffet prices are 93,200 won (child 56,900 won) for weekdays and 95,600 won (child 56,900 won) for weekends and holidays

Nokdujeon (also known as nokdu bindaetteok) is a savory Korean pancake made with ground nokdu (mung beans). It’s a Korean holiday favorite! The dried mung beans are soaked in water for hours and then ground into a batter. Typically, mung bean sprouts, pork, gosari (fern brakes), scallions and/or kimchi are added to the batter for additional flavor and texture. The result is crispy golden brown pancakes that are soft and nutty with some added crunch from the vegetables. This recipe makes quite a

2013 is the year of the snake, according to the Chinese lunar calendar. But in food circles, it just might be the year of the roast chicken or Asian noodles.Molecular gastronomy, fancy cupcakes, Korean tacos? So, so 2012.The new year is always the time when prognosticators of all stripes decide what’s in, what’s out and, most intriguing of all, what’s next. Will we eat more Asian-influenced sandwiches and less Asian fusion? More Latin American flair, with a focus on Peru and Brazil? What influen

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― A former bodyguard for Justin Bieber sued the pop superstar Thursday seeking more than $420,000 in overtime and other wages and claims he was repeatedly struck by the singer during an October confrontation. Moshe Benabou’s lawsuit claims Bieber berated him and repeatedly punched him in the chest after a disagreement about how to handle a member of the Grammy-nominated singer’s entourage. After he walked away, Bieber fired him, Benabou’s lawsuit claims.Benabou claims he was mis

Former president of the Baptist World Alliance Pastor Kim Jang-hwan, who is visiting the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, on Tuesday met with King Abdullah of Jordan to discuss plans to enhance cooperation between the two countries.There are currently 63,710 Syrian refugees who have fled to the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. Kim, also known as Billy Kim, who currently serves as the director of the Far East Broadcasting Corporation, a Christian radio broadcasting ministry, visited the refugee cam

A device sucks food out of the stomach after eating so only about a third of the calories are kept in the body, helping in weight loss, its U.S. inventors say.The group of inventors, including the creator of the Segway, said patients eat a meal, wait 20 minutes, then empty 30 percent of their stomach contents into the toilet via a tube -- a small, handheld device, which connects to a skin-port discretely embedded on the outside of the abdomen.Calories not digested are calories not absorbed, whic

A Seoul hospital has successfully conducted the first-ever transplant of an artificial heart pump in the country, hospital officials said Thursday.The operation took place in August when a 75-year-old patient suffering from congestive heart failure received a left ventricular assist device (VAD), according to the officials at Samsung Medical Center.A VAD is a mechanical circulatory device typically used for patients suffering from congestive heart failure. The left VAD used in the operation was

The highly contagious “Apollo” eye infection is rapidly spreading across the country as people are more exposed to viruses indoors during the winter, health authorities warned on Thursday.The number of patients with acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis surged nearly 65 percent in the third week of December last year from the average number of patients reported during the four weeks before that, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The number of patients is also higher than the same