WASHINGTON (AFP) ― A young star of American journalism has acknowledged he concocted quotes from Bob Dylan in his best-selling biography of the American folk legend, a magazine article revealed Monday.The creative process “is a hard thing to describe (...) It’s just this sense that you got something to say,” read a quote that Jonah Lehrer, a 31-year-old staff writer at The New Yorker, attributed to Dylan in his book “Imagine: How Creativity Works.” “The problem, though, is that there is no proof

LAREDO, Texas (AP) ― U.S. customs officers in Laredo have seized two stolen Egyptian sarcophagus-type artifacts and are working on getting them back to Egypt.A Customs and Border Protection statement described the artifacts as painted with intricate faces and designs. A customs officer at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo initially examined the shipment listed as Egyptian sculptures. Homeland Security Investigations agents determined the artifacts weren’t travelling with required documentation an

JOHANNESBURG (AP) ― Poisoned-tipped arrows and jewelry made of ostrich egg beads found in South Africa show modern culture may have emerged about 30,000 years earlier in the area than previously thought, according to two articles published on Monday. The findings published in the journal “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’’ show that the 44,000-year-old artifacts are characteristic of the San hunter-gatherers. The descendants of San people live today in southern Africa, so the item

The Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch is organizing an excursion to three Seoul museums on Aug. 18. The tour starts at the Seoul Museum of History, where Rho Sun-hee, international cultural director of the museum, will guide the group on a 90-minute English lecture tour of the major exhibitions. The tour will cover the Joseon Period, the opening of Korean harbors, the Japanese occupation, modern Seoul, Korean migrants in Japan and Hungson Taewon-gun, the father of King Kojong.Afterward, partici

Gwangju International Center is giving expats the chance to learn traditional percussion instruments on Aug. 18 as part of its Korean Culture Program.Percussion performance group Olssu will give a traditional music performance and teach participants how to play Korean traditional instruments. The class runs from 1-5 p.m. and costs 10,000 won. Class size is limited to 40 people. Registration can be done atthe GIC website, eng.gic.or.kr.The program offers a cultural activity once a month. Previous

The Busan Immigration Service Center has opened in a new location.The office is now in the Johnson and Johnson Korea building in Jungang-dong. To get there, leave Exit 2 of Busan Station on subway Line 1 and continue straight for two blocks. The building is on the far corner of the third turn on the left, next to the Busan Metropolitan City Association of Child Welfare.The center provides services to those in Busan and the South Gyeongsang Province districts of Miryang, Gimhae and Yangsan. The c

SINGAPORE (AFP) ― From halal spas to prayer rooms at airport terminals, the global tourism industry is gearing up for a projected boom in Muslim travel over the next decade, experts say.Their growing number and affluence means Muslims ― especially from the oil-rich Middle East ― are traveling like never before, and it is a trend that looks set to gather pace.Spending by Muslim tourists is growing faster than the global rate and is forecast to reach $192 billion a year by 2020, up from $126 billi