Quarterly magazine has served as window to Korean culture and art for 25 yearsKoreana, a quarterly magazine on Korean culture, marks its 100th issue this month and celebrates 25 years of serving as a window to Korean art and culture for foreign readers. Launched in 1987 by The Korea Foundation, affiliated with the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, it has served as an iconic Korean culture magazine for international readers.“Koreana has established a reputation as a high-class cultur

Koo Pyong-hwoi, honorary chairman of E1 Corp. and younger brother of late LG founder Koo In-hwoi, died on Saturday due to chronic diseases. He was 86.Born in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, Koo, a graduate of the politics department at Seoul National University, started his career at Lucky Chemical (now LG Chem) in 1951.He then later served as the chief of Lucky Chemical’s New York office, president of Honam Petrochemical (now GS Caltex) and vice chairman of LG Group and its founding advisor o

Harvard’s theology journal has decided not to publish a paper on a disputed “The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” by a Harvard historian, according to news reports.The Harvard Theological Review recently announced that it will withdraw the paper by Professor Karen King on the supposed lost gospel -- in which Jesus mentions his wife -- in its January 2013 issue. It added however, the study may be published after it has been confirmed to be genuine.“The owner of the papyrus fragment has been making arrangem

Interpreter-professor Choi dedicated to improving Korea’s image abroad“I have been very lucky,” Choi Jung-wha, president of Corea Image Communication Institute, begins in her interview with The Korea Herald.When Choi, the head of the Korean-French department of the Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, credits something as fickle as Lady Luck for her achievements, surely she is being modest.If anything, her “bon augure,” as she calls it, is mu

The Corea Image Communication Institute is an organization whose main goal is to promote Korea and Korean culture on a global level. The institution organizes international events and annually honors people, events or even landmarks that promote Korea’s positive brand image. In order to create a dialogue between cultural leaders regarding Korean culture, the CICI hosted the Culture 20, a meeting of leading cultural figures from the G20 countries. In order to maximize the effect of the 2010 G20 S

The hottest parties, biggest fun for Halloween 2012It’s that time of year again when ghosts and ghouls come out to play ― along with thousands of Halloween revelers.Many bars, clubs and even amusement parks are going all out for the fall holiday, with a number of festivities taking place the weekend before Oct. 31. Here are just some of the events going on.ItaewonDISTRICT: ON “Dark Castle” at DISTRICTThis month at DISTRICT: ON event at glam Lounge and club MUTE, Halloween revelers are in for two

Pop music“Singing the Beatles”: A special two-concert event will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles. Eleven artists from the Korean indie rock scene including the Moonshiners, Jang Jae-in, the Windy City, the Mentles, Kingston Rudieska, Yozoh and many more will hit the stage with their versions of more than 30 classic Beatles hits. The performance will be held at the Mapo Art Center on Nov. 2-3 at 8 p.m. and 6 p.m., respectively. Tickets range from 22,000 won to 33,000 won. For more i

NEW YORK (AP) ― Celebrating a design 40 years in the making, dignitaries on Wednesday dedicated a new memorial park to President Franklin Roosevelt overlooking the United Nations that he helped found.The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, on an island in the East River, “will stand forever as a monument to the man who brought us through the Great Depression and brought us victory over great evil,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg told several hundred people at the dedication ceremony.Former Presid

Land. Sea. Land. Sea.Ferry. Road. Ferry. RoadFish for lunch. Fish for dinner. Pancakes for breakfast (yes, you can have fish if you really must).A looping trip west out of Vancouver, British Columbia, means a lot of water and mountains that get in the way. But the Canadians have tamed their pockmarked geography with winding roads, deep tunnels and, most of all, ferries that link the once-isolated villages and big cities.It’s a fragmented trip. Just when you start rolling along the highway, you c

The hotel’s Japanese restaurant Akasaka will host the “Midnight in Tokyo,” the facility’s second themed lounge party bringing guests to entertaining nightscape from 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. on Oct. 25. Live music performance by a guest DJ, lucky draws featuring plentiful gifts, and various other spectacles will bring the exotic October autumn party to full swing, all inside a hall meticulously crafted to resemble Tokyo scenery. Additionally, enjoy Japanese canape cuisine as well as sake selected by a

The hotel presents the opening of a salad buffet for businessmen who are seeking a healthy and cheap meal from 12:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. every day at its Caf SODOWE located on the second floor of the hotel. The buffet offers more than 30 diverse courses that include salad, sandwiches, soups, breads, fruits and desserts at 9,000 won. Caf SODOWE’s salad bar also features a “live station,” where the buffet chef provides visitors with special menus. Chef’s special sorbet dessert is also available at the

The hotel’s Chinese restaurant Taoyuen invites Seoul’s epicureans to its “Green Mud Crab Special” promotion until Oct. 31. Green Mud Crabs are caught in areas where the water temperature is kept above 13 degrees Celsius. Because they can only be caught during the months of September and October, they are often called the “1 percent crab.” Taoyuen’s special course set includes seven dishes with green mud crab as the main dish. Other dishes include cordyceps mushroom and abalone soup, sharks’ fin