The Swedish fashion brand H&M will unveil a new collection in collaboration with the French fashion house Maison Martin Margiela at around 230 H&M stores worldwide including Seoul next Thursday. The collection will consist of iconic Maison Martin Margiela garments and accessories for men and women, presented in oversized coats, masculine shapes, deconstructive tailoring and clothes using trompe l’oeil to give optical illusion. “Maison Martin Margiela is one of the most important and influential

Grenache-heavy wines suit piquant, seasoned hansik

Opera fans here will be able to enjoy a world-class performance on the big screen with top-notch sound system at cinemas this month.Starting Saturday, Georges Bizet’s “Carmen,” originally performed at the Vienna State Opera, will be screened at Megabox theaters in COEX, Central City, Daejeon, Bundang and Yeongtong in Gyeonggi Province. “Carmen,” a tragic love story between young and sexy temptress Carmen and hot-blooded cadet Don Jose, was chosen as the “most want-to-see opera” in a Korea Nation

Eccentric pianist to play Schubert, Beethoven in Seoul next week

Bibimbap is being advertised in Times Square in New York once again.Well-known Korean publicist Seo Kyoung-duk, professor of Seoul-based Sungshin Women’s University, and a team from an MBC entertainment show began to advertise bibimbap, a popular Korean dish made of steamed rice mixed with meat, fresh vegetables and hot sauce, in a 60-second video on a Times Square screen starting Tuesday.The commercial visualizes the taste of bibimbap by using traditional Korean songs and dances, and the martia

CHEONAN ― A mountain full of trees and a subsidiary firm named SK Forest were the results of a project spearheaded 40 years ago by former SK chairman Chey Jong-hyon.The SK founder had planted a 30-centimeter-high tree on Mount Gwangdeok in 1972 to demonstrate the company’s plan to nurture its people in the same way it raises its trees.Now SK Forest, which celebrated its 40th anniversary on Nov. 1, has a total of 3.8 million different trees, including 80 landscape plants, which are growing on the

A near-complete skeleton of a mammoth that lived up to half of a million years ago has been found in France. Finding a complete animal is very rare, experts say.The French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research said that the skeleton included a femur, a complete pelvis, jawbones and four connected vertebrae. The remains were discovered at Changis-sur-Marne, northeast of Paris. The animal is thought to have lived between 200,000 to 500,000 years ago.Gregory Bayle, head of arche

A dinosaur species that lived in North Africa 95 million years ago has been named for the demonic Eye of Sauron in the Lord of the Rings films, scientists say.A single fossil of the species dubbed Sauroniops pachytholus, or “eye of Sauron” in Greek, was unearthed in southeastern Morocco in 2007.Part of the upper skull included the eye socket, study leader Andrea Cau of the Museo Geologico Giovanni Capellini in Bologna, Italy, said in an email to National Geographic News.“The idea of a predator t

The Camarata Music Company is looking for members to join it for its Dec. 15 concert of Handel’s “Messiah.”Current openings include three violins, two violas, cello, double-bass, oboe, bassoon and trumpet. Those wishing to join should have experience of playing in an orchestra.Rehearsals will begin in late November.The orchestra is a 30-35 piece chamber orchestra that holds concerts 2-3 times a year. “Messiah,” an annual event with the CMC chorale as well as solo singers, takes place at Chungdon