Bibimbap is a mixed dish of cooked white rice, vegetables, beef, garnishes and stir-fried red pepper paste. It is said that this dish came from the customs of memorial rites and rural villages. This dish is very easy to prepare, just mixing together cooked white rice with various vegetables, namul and red pepper paste.Ingredients● 2 1/2 cups non-glutinous rice, 3 cups water● 300 g young pumpkin, 1/2 tsp salt● 200 g skinned bellflower roots, 1 tsp salt● 120 g beef (top round), 200 g soaked bracke

Why Korea has the largest number of licensed coffee tasters in the world

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Jodie Foster is adding a new trophy to her collection ― a lifetime achievement honor at the Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Thursday that Foster will receive the group’s Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 70th annual Globes ceremony Jan. 13. The 49-year-old Foster is a two-time Globes and Academy Award winner. She was honored with leading actress trophies at both ceremonies for 1988’s “The Accused’’ and 1991’s “The Silence of the Lambs.” DeMille Awa

A British study revealed that men feel happiest at around the age of 37.Menswear brand “Jacamo” said it is stability, routine and long term commitment that satisfies the male species. The happiest time of a man’s life is around age 37 -- when they have climbed the career ladder and started a family, a new study has found. Phillip Hodson, fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy said “It would be logical to think that men would be happier when they are younger, when the

Korean oriental medicine doctors apply western psychotherapy to treat PTSD patients

JDC seeks more than $1b foreign investment for medical tourism

Several organs in our body affect the blood pressure. Among these organs, the kidneys are said to be the most important in blood pressure. People with poor kidney function can have hypertension, and conversely, untreated chronic hypertension can lead to poor kidney function. Therefore, the kidneys and blood pressure are like a needle and a thread. Those with poor kidney function must regulate their blood pressure carefully. This is because hypertension can lead to further decline in kidney funct

South Korea can easily fly under the radar of even an astute observer of international affairs in the West.Many Korea watchers get tricked into focusing their attention on that black box that is North Korea, perhaps because precious little can be gleaned about the hyper-secretive state.Daniel Tudor, Korea correspondent for The Economist, avoids that trap, focusing instead on South Korea which, surprisingly, is almost as difficult a nut to crack as evidenced by the dearth of resources out there a

The Lighthouse RoadBy Peter Geye (Unbridled) “The Lighthouse Road,” a novel about orphans and immigrants making lives for themselves in northern Minnesota from the 1890s through the 1920s, will extend Peter Geye’s reputation as a chronicler of life along Lake Superior and as a master craftsman of man vs. nature tales. (His first novel, “Safe From the Sea,” featuring a gripping account of a Lake Superior shipwreck, a la the Edmund Fitzgerald.)But the pleasures of “The Lighthouse Road” go far beyo

The TwelveBy Justin Cronin (Ballantine Books)In Justin Cronin’s bestseller “The Passage,” plagues of vampires swarmed the earth, forming the “Twelve Viral Tribes” who laid “waste to every living thing,” except for pockets of survivors, and Amy, “a child to stand against them.”In my review last year of “The Passage” I suggested the novel was a creation story ― a poetic post-apocalyptic tale, part supernatural thriller and part philosophical meditation on the nature of humanity. If “The Passage” i

Han Mal-sook talks about her upcoming fiction, marriage with renowned gayageum player Hwang Byung-ki

Seoul Arts Center will focus on reinterpreting classic Korean performances next year. It will also present the “Korean World Star Series” featuring world-class musicians of Korean heritage, said Mo Chul-min, president of the center, on Wednesday. Seoul Arts Center, which marks its 25th anniversary on Feb. 15, 2013, will widen public access to the arts while enhancing the quality of the facility as well as the quality of its programs, said Mo. Towol Theater, reopening after extensive remodeling,