Eating a high-protein breakfast with nuts may lead to being leaner and less hungry during the rest of the day, a fitness expert says.　Charles Poliquin said his single best dietary tip for optimal leanness, energy and sustained mental focus, is the meat-and-nuts breakfast, which allows for a gradual rise in blood sugar and results in decreased cravings throughout the entire day, AskMen.com reported.　Examples of Poliquin’s high-protein breakfast are one to two lean turkey burgers and a handful of

LONDON (AFP) ― The British hospital treating Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education, said Friday that she has been temporarily discharged ahead of surgery.Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, central England, said the 15-year-old would stay at her family’s temporary English home before undergoing major surgery on her skull in a few weeks.“Malala Yousufzai was discharged from Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) as an inpatient

Former Minister of Government Legislation Lee Seog-yeon gave 10 million won in scholarships to six Thai students Saturday through the Asia Children Charity, a Seoul-based relief group for Asian children.The scholarships were the legal fees he had received for settling the case involving the death of the wife of former Thai Ambassador to South Korea Chaiyong Satjipanon.Chaiyong sued Soon Chun Hyang University Medical Center in Seoul on charges of negligent homicide after his wife died of intestin

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I have seen the future and it is hot, wet, sandy and you can get one of those funny-colored drinks with a paper umbrella on top.I took a swim recently at Duke Kahanamoku Beach on Oahu in Hawaii. It will be the Best Beach of 2013, according to the popular “Dr. Beach” best beaches contest that will come out around Memorial Day.Officially, the 2013 winner is a closely guarded secret, with wire services, newspapers, radio and TV stations and (less consistently) websites promising to adhere to a stri

SOCHI, Russia ― Sochi, a resort area on the Black Sea in Russia, is the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics. It’s a popular summer resort town because of its warm weather, beaches and a shoreline boardwalk that draws visitors from across Russia. All that makes it an interesting choice for the site of the Winter Games, scheduled for Feb. 7-23, 2014.Thirty minutes from the town center, a new Olympic park is under construction. The venues for figure skating, hockey, speed skating, curling and the open

The Korea Herald is starting a new series, Korean Home Cooking, in which Ro Hyo-sun, author of the Korean Bapsang blog, explains how to make quick Korean comfort foods. The recipes are designed for people who are not familiar with Korean cooking and ingredients. ― Ed.Kimchi mandu is a variation of Korean dumplings made with kimchi as the main ingredient. The key to making good kimchi mandu is to use fully fermented kimchi for the extra kick that this mandu is known for. Kimchi mandu is especiall

BRUSSELS (AFP) ― Belgium is rightly proud as producer of some of the world’s finest chocolate but changing tastes and new markets in Asia and the Arab world are shaking up its somewhat predictable scene.“Belgian traditional chocolates? Some people still do them really well, such as the major brands,” said Laurent Gerbaud, one of the new generation of chocolatiers trying to keep up with a discerning clientele.In his workshop in the centre of Brussels, a customer will find few traces of the Manon,

Ro Hyo-sun is a Korean American mother of two who currently works as a government professional specializing in contracting and auditing in Washington, D.C. However, aside from being a full-time worker and a mom, Ro is also a dedicated food blogger.It started when her two children, who are now grown up and living away from home, wanted to start learning how to cook the food they grew up eating. Her children would call around dinner time asking how to prepare certain dishes. They complained there

Internationally-acclaimed conductor Zubin Mehta on Friday expressed concerns over the tension between the two Koreas and called for peace, possibly through music. “I know there are things going up and down here,” the maestro said at the press conference held at the Grand Hyatt Seoul on Friday, a day before his New Year Gala Concert with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra. “I still remember when my brother, who was working as the secretary general for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, visited