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Banyan Tree Hotel and Resort opens new hotel in Shanghai

TravelOct 26, 2012

Banyan Tree Hotel and Resort opened a new urban luxury resort in Shanghai on Monday. Located in the waterfront area in central Shanghai called The Bund, home to world-famous hotels and restaurants, Banyan Tree Shanghai On The Bund offers Huangpu River view from every room and an interesting mix of urban culture and traditional experience. From now through Dec. 31, Banyan Tree Shanghai On The Bund will be extending a special Opening Celebration Offer to celebrate the resort’s launch. Guests booki
Park Hyatt Seoul selected second best hotel in Korea, Japan

TravelOct 26, 2012

Park Hyatt Seoul, a luxury boutique hotel in Gangnam, Seoul, has been selected as the second-best hotel in Korea and Japan by Conde Nast Traveler, a premier travel magazine, for its November 2012 Readers’ Choice Award. Park Hyatt Seoul came in second place receiving a rating of 95 out of 100, after Tokyo Peninsula. The magazine conducts surveys of over 28,000 travelers worldwide in the category of the best hotels, islands, airlines, cities and cruises. Park Hyatt Seoul was also the only hotel in
Air Busan opens ticket auction

TravelOct 26, 2012

Air Busan is offering travelers a chance to bid for airline tickets for Busan-Fukuoka flights at the company’s website (www.airbusan.com) until Oct. 30. The event is part of the celebration of the increase of the non-stop service between Busan and Fukuoka and between Busan and Osaka. The auction, which started on Oct. 23, offers initial prices starting at 30,000 won for Busan-Fukuoka service and 50,000 won for the Busan-Osaka service. The tickets purchased during the event period can be used for
Festival in Gangneung allures coffee lovers

TravelOct 26, 2012

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province ― There are more than 160 coffee houses in the east coast city of Gangneung, population 280,000. Normally Gangneung is a popular summer spot, attracting more than 200,000 holidaymakers during the peak summer season to its famous Gyeongpodae Beach. So it’s natural that the city came up with a festival to bring in more tourists outside of the summer. This year the Gangneung Coffee Festival is held at the port city through Oct. 28. Visitors are able to start their journe
Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision flows through Fallingwater

TravelOct 26, 2012

MILL RUN, Pennsylvania ― Masterpiece. Art. Perfection. Many fancy words and rapturous phrases have described Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s most famous house.It’s all true. But what is also true is that I kept thinking, wow, this house is not childproof. A 2-year-old could tumble out that low, unlocked window and fall to his death! A toddler would drown in that unfenced plunge pool! The railings aren’t high enough. The floor is too hard. And that giant open fireplace, what a safety issue. An
Mandutguk (dumpling soup)

Food&BeverageOct 26, 2012

Mandutguk is a soup made of dumplings simmered in beef broth, often served in the winter. The dumplings have wheat flour wrappers stuffed with fillings such as meat, tofu, Kimchi and other vegetables. People enjoy mandutguk on lunar new year’s day because it represents fortunes wrapped in the dumplings. Ingredients● Broth: 300g beef (brisket·shank), 11 cups water ● Fragrant seasoning : 50g green onion, 4 cloves garlic ● Dough for dumpling skin : 1 1/2 cups wheat flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 5 tbsp water
Sweet Adventure at Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel

Food&BeverageOct 26, 2012

The hotel invites chocolatier Kevin Curry to introduce new pastry menus and celebrate the first anniversary of Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel as well as the 75th anniversary of Sheraton Brand from Nov. 8-18.Curry has led his career as a pastry chef at five-star hotels around the world for over 18 years. Curry will present various new pastry menus at the restaurants and caf located in the hotel.At “Deli by Sheraton,” Curry will be introducing 15 kinds of cakes and macaroons, sweet “reverse choc
Thanksgiving special at the Grand Hilton Seoul

Food&BeverageOct 26, 2012

The hotel presents two special Thanksgiving events on Nov. 22. The “Thanksgiving festive menu” at the hotel’s buffet restaurant includes traditional golden roasted turkey, crispy salads mixed with raspberry, olive oil and balsamic syrup dressings, as well as tuna, beef and turkey burgers, roasted beef with port wine sauce and prime rib eye steak. Guests will also receive a complimentary glass of wine. The other event will be held at the hotel’s all-day dining restaurant, the Atrium caf. Guests c
Thomas Buhner special at Westin Chosun

Food&BeverageOct 26, 2012

The hotel’s restaurant, Ninth Gate Grille, presents six dinner courses by guest chef Thomas Buhner, the first German chef to be awarded three Michelin stars in Germany.The six-course dinner, available on Nov. 2, starts with shrimps and yuja tea as amuse bouche, followed by marinated mackerel with wild sesame leaves, lobster Bolognese, Ogol chicken (Korean black chicken), Korean beef steak with smoked tofu and lychee sorbet. Thomas Buhner is considered one of Germany’s leading chefs and known as
Sichuan hot pot on the rise

Food&BeverageOct 26, 2012

New Crystal Jade restaurant specializes in piquant huo guo
Herald CEO elected senior board member for newspaper group

PeopleOct 26, 2012

Lee Young-man, CEO of Herald Corporation, the parent company of The Korea Herald, was elected senior board member of the Korean Association of Newspapers on Thursday. At the organization’s extraordinary general meeting held at Paradise Hotel in Busan, Lee was elected alongside Kim Song-kee, CEO and publisher of the Kukmin Ilbo, and Jung Choong-kyoun, publisher of the Kyungnam Shinmun. Also at the meeting the members discussed media corporations’ diversification of business in the rapidly changin
Margaret DuPont, U.S. tennis great, dies at 94

PeopleOct 26, 2012

EL PASO, Texas (AP) ― Margaret Osborne DuPont, the winner of more than 30 Grand Slam singles and doubles titles spanning three decades, has died, She was 94. DuPont died late Wednesday in El Paso, Texas, while in hospice care, Mary Skinner of VNA Hospice said Thursday. Other details were not released. DuPont won the singles title at Wimbledon in 1947, the U.S. National Championship (now the U.S. Open) singles title from 1948 to 1950 and the French singles title in 1946 and 1948. She won 31 doubl
Homeowner turns house into “Gangnam Style” light show

CultureOct 26, 2012

A video of a house with a light show timed to k-pop hit “Gangnam Style” is gaining popularity on YouTube.The house, located in a suburb of Leesburg, Virginia called Edwards Landing, has more than 8,500 lights and is programmed to light up to 13 different songs, including Marilyn Manson’s “This is Halloween.” The show to Manson’s song is the only other posted on YouTube.The owner, Brandon Bullis, said creating the light shows were a hobby. He has set certain nights and times for the shows. Those
Journalist kills self after alleged sexual harassment

PeopleOct 26, 2012

A BBC journalist who killed himself last week is believed to have been sexual harassed by a female co-worker, British media reported Thursday.Russell Joslin, a 50-year-old radio reporter from Warwickshire, was found choking on Sunday in an apparent suicide attempt. He died the next day. Joslin had been had been admitted to St. Michaels’ psychiatric hospital on Friday after being hit by a bus in another attempt to take his own life. He had been put on suicide watch since.Joslin’s family and frien
Pediatricians offer first report on organic foods

HealthOct 25, 2012

CHICAGO (AP) ― Parents who want to reduce their kids’ exposure to pesticides may seek out organic fruits and vegetables, but they aren’t necessarily safer or more nutritious than conventional foods, America’s leading pediatricians group says in its first advice on organics.Science hasn’t proven that eating pesticide-free food makes people any healthier, the American Academy of Pediatrics said.“Theoretically there could be negative effects, especially in young children with growing brains,’” but