Dogs across Italy are wagging their tails as a new ice cream for man's best friend goes to market.It's called IceBau and it was released Friday at a gelato festival in Ancona, Italy's ANSA news agency reported.IceBau creators said the product will hit grocery store freezers across Italy this summer.Meanwhile, Italians chose not to give up ice cream during the country's economic crisis, ANSA repor

Korean-born author tells how hearing loss actually pushed her to speak four languagesKim Su-rim was 6 years old when she first experienced a painful fact of life ― that she had lost her hearing and could do nothing about it.However, she turned her irreversible disability into a weapon, mastering three foreign languages.Now, the 40-year-old Seoul native works at Credit Suisse Securities in Tokyo as Legal & Compliance assistant vice president, speaking Japanese, English and Spanish on top of her n

P&G Korea said it has appointed Lee Sue-kyung as general manager, marking the first time a Korean woman will lead the local branch of the multinational American corporation, known for brands such as Pantene and Pringles. Lee, who currently serves as a marketing director at P&G Asia’s headquarters in Singapore, will start her new duties on July 1. Upon taking office, the 46-year-old Lee will also become the first employee to rise to the position after joining the company as an entry-level employe

While many Koreans believe the birthplace of Buddha to be in India, Nepal’s state tourism agency aims to correct the misconception and promote their country as the actual birthplace of Buddha. As the year marks Visit Lumbini Year, Nepal Tourism Board also aims to draw more Korean tourists to the major Buddhist pilgrimage site and establish the place as a symbol of peace. “Lumbini is the birthplace of Lord Buddha born more than 2,500 years ago. As the year marks the Visit Lumbini Year, we plan to

CHELAN, Washington ― Just say the words “summer at the lake” in certain company, and you’ll get a wistful smile, possibly followed by stories about fishing contests, belly-flops, mosquito bites, campfire songs, sexual awakening, lingering regret, family feuds, winterizing expenses and the prospect that the mortgage interest tax deductions for second homes might someday be disallowed.Now, say “summer at the lake” to a room full of Seattleites, and talk will likely turn to Lake Chelan.Lake Chelan,

Baby’s in BlackBy Arne Bellstorf (First Second Books)Arne Bellstorf’s sad, magically charming graphic novel about the Beatles in Hamburg ― when the band’s then-bassist Stuart Sutcliffe fell in love with German photographer Astrid Kirchherr ― evokes the innocence and romantic hunger of youth with quiet, heart-tugging grace.The period is 1960-62, when the Beatles were playing nightly in a rathole on the Reeperbahn, Hamburg’s tough red-light district, the crucible in which the band’s world-shatteri

Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious ManBy Mark Kurlasnky (Doubleday)With “Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man,” Mark Kurlansky takes a detour from his food biographies (“Cod,” “Salt,” “The Big Oyster”) to profile Clarence Birdseye, the man credited with launching America’s frozen-food industry. As the subtitle suggests, Birdseye had a wide-ranging curiosity about nature. This led him into many activities, including hunting, taxidermy, research into tick-borne disease, fur farming, whale

James Patterson has written so many books, he’s lost track of the exact number. Ask him how many novels he’s penned for 2012 alone and he shrugs, then guesses: “Twelve or 13?”Often derided as a “factory” for being so prolific, Patterson has written more than 70 novels and sold more than 260 million copies ― far more than any living writer. And at 65, he shows no sign of easing up. If anything, his pace seems to be quickening, especially with children’s books, which he began writing in 2007 after

Forgotten Country: A NovelBy Catherine Chung (Riverhead Books)Following the international success of local writer Shin Kyung-sook’s novel “Please Look after Mom,” another powerful work of fiction about a Korean family is drawing attention. Korean-American author Catherine Chung’s engrossing debut novel, “Forgotten Country,” tells the story of two sisters born in South Korea. They move to Michigan in the U.S. as young girls, following their parents who try to escape Korea’s turbulent political si