A 15-volume series of modern Korean literature has been published in a Korean-English bilingual edition, its publisher Asia Publishers said.It took five years for the publishing company to release the series, which includes Oh Jung-hee’s “Chinatown,” Choe Yun’s “The Last of Hanako” and Jo Jung-rae’s “The Land of the Vanished.” Titled “Bi-lingual Edition Modern Korean Literature,” the series is divided into three different sections: “Division,” “Industrialization” and “Women.” While the series’ “

The following is the second in a series of articles on design prepared in anticipation of the Herald Design Forum on Sept. 19-21. ― Ed.Curitiba, a mid-sized city in southern Brazil, became the latest example of sustainable urban planning worldwide with its innovative and strategic urban renovation.Its innovative transport system has been a source of inspiration for neighboring cities such as Bogota, Colombia and Mexico City, and also for Seoul. Today’s urban design aims to enhance the wellbeing

According to the 2008 cancer figures from the National Cancer Center in Korea, there are 2,557 oral cancer cases on average every year, which accounts for 1.4 percent of all cancer patients. The incidence of oral cancer is 5.2 cases per 100,000 persons per year. Oral cancer is one cancer with poor treatment prospects. Since its five-year survival rate of 56 percent in the early 90s, the survival rate has seen little improvement until recently, due to the complicated anatomical location and diffi

DALLAS ― Peter Pan never grows up. Cathy Rigby, who has made Peter her signature role for more than two decades, doesn’t seem to have aged much either.Peter’s secret is fairy dust, but Rigby, who turns 60 in December, relies on a sprinkling of pulverized herbs sprinkled on fresh food and regular exercise to perform Peter’s cartwheels, flips and flying during her national tour.She spoke about her fitness routine before a recent Dallas show.“There’s something really joyous in doing the things I st

Fifty-six-year-old housewife Choi Eun-hee cannot go to sleep at night. She said she is usually ready to sleep long before she actually falls asleep. “From around 10 p.m. I wait to fall asleep but stay awake all through the night. It’s only around 4 a.m. that I finally get some sleep,” she said. Choi said her problem is negatively affecting her life. “When I was able to sleep I did not realize that it was so important. Now I feel lethargic and sometimes depressed. The harder I try to fall asleep

Animal rights groups are furious over an experiment in the U.K where cats’ eyes were sewn up to find out how the brain responds to sensory deprivation.More than 20 kittens were raised in darkness for up to 12 weeks and another five had their eyes sewn closed for up to a week. The test was funded by British taxpayers and conducted by researchers at Cardiff University who insist the procedure is humane and took place in a bid to find a cure for lazy eye in children. But the British Union for the A

Singer and actor Lee Hyun-woo participated in a charity fundraiser on Wednesday to help raise money for medical treatment for children awaiting adoption.The “Summer Big Love” charity bazaar, held in Yeoksam-dong, Seoul, was hosted by the Social Welfare Society, an adoption organization specializing in helping single mothers and their children’s adoption. The event was sponsored by Hicos, Sanuk, Lubebe & Lumom and Rainbow.The 46-year-old singer who debuted in 1991 with his hit album “Black Rainbo

An online video showed a huge killer whale thrashing his trainer for 15 minutes at a U.S. theme park SeaWorld.The 2006 video was released as part of the on-going litigation against SeaWorld by the U.S. Secretary of Labor. The government says SeaWorld has endangered its trainers by exposing them to the dangerous whales.Killer whale Kasatka's attack on San Diego trainer Ken Peters has been put on Yo

  Even men in excellent health have their attention and working memory decreased along with an increase in stress hormones when not sleeping for a day, according to Samsung Medical Center’s psychiatry professor Hong Seung-bong’s team.Professor Hong’s team held a study on how sleep deprivation affects a person’s attention and working memory. The team forbade five healthy men to sleep for 24 hours, who had an average age of 25.3 with normal sleeping patterns. This experiment was put on the Journa