“Red Light Winter” reveals more than flesh at White Box TheatreIt is hard to resist a play with a twist, and “Red Light Winter” seduces with repeated revelations when two old college friends do Amsterdam in more ways than one. Adult in both language and nudity, Probationary Theatre’s new production indulges in graphic accounts and fleshy enactments of the two New Yorkers’ encounter with a prostitute on their pleasure-seeking trip. Successful editor Davis plays the pal when he pays for Christina

U.S. President Barack Obama personally called the older son of Jim Yong Kim, who will lead the World Bank next month, to apologize to him for making his family move from Massachusetts to Washington D.C. for his father’s work, news reports said.On Father’s Day on Sunday, Obama called Kim’s son and said, “Thank you. I owe you,” according to Yonhap News.Obama learned in a recent interview article that the 12-year-old son of the president of Dartmouth College was disappointed about moving to Washing

 Hotel chain eyes expansion within country, starting with BusanKorea has emerged as a major international tourist destination and Hyatt, a major international hotel chain, expects more openings in the country including a Park Hyatt in Busan to meet the growing tourism demand, said the North Asia area vice president of Hyatt Hotel Corporation Peter Walshaw. “We are expecting new hotels in high growth markets and Korea is one of those. We do see very strong growth here and expect more inbound gues

Yang Hui, a 29-year-old white collar worker in Beijing, said her next online purchasing plan is to buy some United States-imported pistachio nuts and Yunnan ham, neither of which are commonly seen in the capital city’s supermarkets.“Although there are abundant and various types of foods available in supermarkets, the number of imported food and regional specialties is limited and sometimes the prices are high,” said Yang. “I like to purchase food online because it allows me to buy food without g

Imagine sitting on the top of the world, with a view of mountains and rivers in front of you. Then imagine plummeting toward the ground the next moment.Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Colorado offers an experience closest to plunging hellward, by introducing what it claims to be the world’s highest roller coaster, according to news reports.The “Cliffhanger,” which cost close to $1 million to build, is literally built on a cliff atop Iron Mountain, at an altitude of over 2.1 kilometers. It is

This photo provided by the family shows Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia graduate student fighting to survive a flesh-eating bacterial infection. (AP)A Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating disease is refusing to take pain medications during some procedures, partly because of her personal convictions, her father said.Aimee Copeland despises the use of morphine in her treatment, despite its

NIAGARA FALLS, Canada (AFP) ― Cheered on by thousands of spectators, U.S. tightrope walker Nik Wallenda late Friday fulfilled his childhood dream of walking over the Niagara Falls and into the history books.Crowds packed the U.S. and Canadian sides of the border to watch the 33-year-old brave strong winds and heavy spray to walk on a cable suspended around 60 meters above North America’s biggest waterfall.After a brief prayer with his wife and children, Wallenda climbed onto the cable and headed

 U.S. scientists recently claimed to have found the remains of the legendary lost city of Ciudad Blanca (“White City”) in Honduras, according to news reports.Using laser-based light detection and ranging technique, researchers from the University of Houston and the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping have managed to locate ruins of the ancient city, hidden deep within the jungle for centuries.Scientists flew over Honduras’ Mosquitia region shooting laser pulses that hit the ground and the

Is Dosirak Cafe  Tong one way to help revitalize traditional markets? This year a new traditional market has been getting noticed. Ever since a small do-it-yourself eatery opened in Tongin Market (a small 75-store covered arcade located near Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul), press coverage has been deafening. Though the basic concept behind Dosirak Cafe Tong is not necessarily new (both Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market and Majang Meat Market sport similar hands-on venues) ― people are buzzing abo

 Theater“Wedding”: Popular musical producer Song Seung-hwan, whose 1997 non-verbal piece “Nanta” made a global hit, has made a comeback with another foreigner-friendly work. Titled “Wedding,” Song’s latest musical is also non-verbal; its actors and actresses sing, dance, act and play over 20 musical instruments. The one-of-a-kind performance is specifically designed to draw foreign audiences. The show is a comical theatrical portrait of an ordinary Korean wedding, where the bride‘s father isn’t