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KORAIL offers benefits to Naeilro ticket holders

TravelNov 30, 2012

The Korea Railroad Corporation offers discounted travel opportunities to Jeju or Japan to those who purchase the Naeilro ticket, which is for youngsters aged 25 and younger. The tickets offer travel opportunities across the nation with unlimited train rides for seven days during the summer (June-August) and winter (December-February). Those who buy the ticket can also receive discounts on ferries to Jeju or to Japan that will save up to 35 percent of the cost (from Mokpo to Jeju). A ferry ride f
Book Benikea hotels at Hotelbeds.com

TravelNov 30, 2012

Tourists can now book Benikea chain hotels in Korea at Hotelbeds.com. The Korea Tourism Organization signed a contract with the online hotel booking website this week to promote Korean hotels overseas. Benikea chain hotels are a group of reasonably priced hotels in Korea whose services are certified by the state tourism agency.The Hotelbeds is a subsidiary of Tui Travel PLC and offers hotel booking services, local travel guides and transportations. It’s stationed in 38 countries with 100 offices
California Restaurant Month in January

TravelNov 30, 2012

California Restaurant Month takes place in January, offering a variety of dining experiences at restaurants, bistros and cafes in the third largest state in the U.S. Visit California, the state’s tourism agency, is holding the gourmet event that will present celebrity chef dinners, wine-paring specials and gourmet prix-fixe events at special discounted prices during the promotion. A total of 33 cities are participating in the month-long event including Berkeley, Beverly Hills, Long Beach, Los An
69th Gourmet Circle at Millennium Seoul Hilton

Food&BeverageNov 30, 2012

The hotel’s acclaimed French restaurant, Seasons, will host the 69th Gourmet Circle Dinner on Dec. 14 and 15. Gourmet Circle Dinner, offered only four times a year, is a tradition that started in 1996. With each new season, award-winning Executive Chef Park Hyo-nam, creates a one-of-a-kind menu, paired with a selection of fine wines. This special dinner, including wine, starts at 178,000 won per person. Because the Gourmet Circle Dinner events are popular, it is strongly advised that parties mak
Sarashina Soba Special at Westin Chosun

Food&BeverageNov 30, 2012

The hotel presents the true taste of soba at the “Homuran” Japanese restaurant by inviting Yoshinori Horii, the head chef of Japan’s famous “Sarashina Horii” soba restaurant, with more than 220 years of history and tradition. Various types of sobas including Yuzu soba, Kakitama soba with crabmeat, seafood soba with scallops and more will be introduced for the first time in Korea from Dec. 4 to Dec. 7. The lunch and dinner set menus are priced at 40,000 won and 80,000 won, respectively (excluding
Christmas cooking for kids at Hyatt Regency Incheon

Food&BeverageNov 30, 2012

In celebration of the holiday season, the hotel has launched a “Christmas Kid’s Cooking Class” to celebrate Christmas. The children who participate in this event will have the opportunity to make gingerbread houses and Christmas cupcakes with French pastry chef Pascal Cialdella. The classes will take place on Dec. 15, 22, 23 and 25 at the hotel’s “Terrace Room.” Children aged 6-12 are welcome to join the class with an entry fee of 70,000 won. Members of Club at The Hyatt will receive a 10,000 wo
Tailored Package at Marriott Executive Apartments

Food&BeverageNov 30, 2012

This package provides three different themed benefits. The options include: a ready-to-bake cookie set for families; SOO Spa’s hydro bath treatment (20 minutes) vouchers for guests who are friends; or wine for couples. The hotel also offers breakfast for two people or room upgrades upon availability. The “Tailored package” offer is available until Feb. 28, 2013. The price for the package is 255,000 won (excluding tax and service charges). Reservations are available at www.measeoul.com or call 02
‘Best of Cheehong 2012’ at Ritz-Carlton

Food&BeverageNov 30, 2012

Cheehong at The Ritz-Carlton will be hosting a special end of the year tasting event featuring some of the hotel’s most popular dishes of 2012. The event will be held from Dec. 3-31 with set menus that offer a variety of Cheehong’s unique specialty dishes, including abalone with fish sauce and garlic, steamed sea cucumber, and succulent seasonal winter steamed hairy crab. The lunch set menu is priced at 78,000 won and the dinner course menu at 108,000 won (not including tax and service charges).
Comfort food, with a dash of innovation

Food&BeverageNov 30, 2012

Cafe serves up Spanish and American treats including churros, salt coffee and hot rum eggnog
Bibim-naengmyeon, (Mixed cold buckwheat noodles)

Food&BeverageNov 30, 2012

Bibim-naengmyeon is a dish of cold buckwheat noodles mixed with a spicy, thick red pepper sauce. It may also be garnished with raw fish. It is also called “hamheung-naengmyeon” because it was a regional food of the Hamheung district in Hamkyeong Province, now North Korea. Ingredients● 600 g buckwheat noodles (dried), 15 cups water ● 100 g minced beef Seasoning sauce 1: ● 1/2 tbsp soy sauce, 1/2 tsp sugar, 1/2 tsp minced green onion ● 1/4 tsp minced garlic, 1/8 tsp ground black pepper● 1/2 tsp se
One winner emerges in record U.S. lottery drawing

PeopleNov 30, 2012

DEARBORN, Missouri (AP) ― One winner emerged, and the other remained a mystery, for the record $588 million Powerball jackpot that had people across the U.S. scrambling to try their luck this week. Missouri Lottery officials on Thursday verified one of two tickets that matched all six numbers to split the winnings and set a news conference for Friday morning. The other ticket was sold in Arizona. A nationwide ticket-buying spree preceded Wednesday’s drawing, with the big money enticing many peop
Dry eye syndrome

HealthNov 29, 2012

Tears do not only express sad emotions, but are essential to maintain healthy eyes. When there is not enough tear production, or when the components of the tears are not normal, discomfort in the eyes can occur. This can include a prickling sensation, feeling of a foreign substance in the eyes, a burning sensation, or production of sticky sleep. Sometimes, patients complain of a feeling of drying out of the eyes. These uncomfortable sensations are associated with long hours of computer use, and
Successful organ transplant sparks change in donation law

HealthNov 29, 2012

In response to a successful organ transplant for a 6-year-old girl, four additional organs will be added to the transplant list starting next month.The Ministry of Health and Welfare drew up revised legislation on organ transplants and it passed the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.Doctors will be able to transplant the stomach, duodenum, colon and spleen legally after the revision takes effect next month, on the condition that they are transplanted simultaneously with the small intestine. Before the
Teen detective with Asperger’s, and heart

BooksNov 29, 2012

Colin FischerBy Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz(Razorbill)Every high school student could use a friend like Colin Fischer, the protagonist in a new teen mystery novel called, as it happens, “Colin Fischer.” Not that having Colin for a friend is easy. Quite the opposite.He has a quality unusual in a high school student: He’ll tell you the truth, even when that means telling the girl he’s sweet on not only that her “breasts got bigger” over the summer but that that “is a perfectly normal reac
Telling good generals from mediocre

BooksNov 29, 2012

The Generals: American Military Command From World War II to TodayBy Thomas E. Ricks(Penguin Press) Post-Vietnam U.S. military forces have acquired an unrivaled reputation for their ability to swiftly kick enemy butt. The shock and awe factor in the opening days of the past four major U.S. war deployments ― Panama, Kuwait, Afghanistan and Iraq ― sent an unmistakable message to would-be enemies around the world: Don’t mess with us.But a common thread runs through these deployments and their less-