Indian Cultural Center chief says day during Yeosu Expo will be designated India DayThis is the seventh article of the series introducing cultural centers of different countries in Seoul. ― Ed. Some aspects of Indian culture like the cuisine or yoga have already permeated into the South Korean society. Banu Prakash, director of Indian Cultural Center, however, asserted that there is much more to the Indian culture which is very heterogeneous. “People from Korea or India who moved to the U.S., fo

MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (AP) ― Free falling from a 18-meter tower, slipping down an oceanfront zip line or fighting through a curve in a car once driven by a NASCAR great are among the new attractions that will greet visitors to Myrtle Beach during a new beach season.There are also improvements to one of the area’s most popular piers and, for a change of pace, a yearlong celebration marking the local art museum’s 15th anniversary.Myrtle Beach is located on South Carolina’s Grand Strand, 96-

PALM SPRINGS, California ― Like most of the people soaking up Sunday brunch at the Parker Palm Springs hotel, the hungover-looking dude in slacker attire with the fashionista girlfriend looked as if he had just rolled out of bed at 10:30 a.m. He also looked strikingly familiar ― like a richer version of me from about 10 years earlier, pre-child.“Cute kid,” he lazily remarked as he passed our table.My 4-year-old daughter had caught his and many other brunchers’ attention by lifting a shot glass t

The Flight of Gemma HardyBy Margot Livesey(Harper)Scottish-born author Margot Livesey brings the country of her birth to blazing life in the thoroughly winning “The Flight of Gemma Hardy.”A delicious updating of “Jane Eyre” to the mid-20th century, the book shares many elements with Charlotte Bronte’s 1847 classic: an intelligent, plain-featured heroine who’s emotionally and physically abused by her aunts and cousins after being orphaned; privation and hardship as a “working student” at a boardi

American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military HistoryBy Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice(William Morrow)This is the season of celebrity for the Navy SEALs.The takedown of Osama bin Laden at his hideout in Pakistan thrust the institutionally secretive SEALs into the modern-media spotlight. Soon the SEALs seemed to become America’s favorite warriors: silent, deadly, mysterious.There have been innumerable news stories about SEAL Team Six, which killed bi

Stone, Walls and PathsBy Yim Seock-jaeTranslated by Lee Jean-young(Ewha Womans University Press)Anyone who has been to a hanok, or traditional Korean house, will have noticed its exquisite use of stone and wood, and how it naturally blends into its surroundings. Wood and stone are the most representative natural materials used in Korea’s traditional architecture, serving both practical and aesthetic purposes.Scholar Yim Seock-jae’s English-translated book, “Stone, Walls and Paths,” is an insight

LOS ANGELES ― When it came to reading a book out loud, Dustin Hoffman was a bit rusty. The last time he had done something similar was in New York City in the late 1960s, right after filming “The Graduate.” A local radio station had recruited 30 or so people, including Hoffman, to read “War and Peace” on air, around the clock, until it was done.“That was the only other time I had done something like that, and it was wonderful,” recalls Hoffman, explaining why he recently agreed to perform the no

Judges praise novel’s portrayal of family’s search for their missing motherSouth Korean author Shin Kyung-sook won the most prestigious literary prize in Asia on Thursday for her novel “Please Look After Mom.” The Man Asian Literary Prize was established in 2007 to honor the previous year’s best novels published in English by Asian writers. The 2011 prize was presented to Shin at the Conrad Hotel in Hong Kong. She is the first Korean and first woman to win the prize. The novel follows the painfu

Bukeotguk is a soup made by boiling seasoned bukeo (dried pollack) after it has been soaked and ripped. Bukeo is available year-round at a low price in Korea, therefore, bukeotguk is an everyday soup for Koreans. It is believed that bugeo protects the liver and many people have bukeotguk after drinking alcohol. Ingredients● 70g dried pollack● 100g radish, 20g small green onion, 1/4 red pepper● 1 tsp sesame oil ● 7 cups water, 1 tsp clear soy sauce, 1/2 tbsp salt ● 1 egg For seasoning ● 1/2 tbsp

Kale is about as unlikely a food star as you can imagine. It’s tough and fibrous. Bite a piece of raw kale and you’ll practically end up with splinters between your teeth. Nevertheless, kale has become a green of the moment because, given a little special care, it actually can be made not only edible but delicious.You can cook it, of course, the lower and slower the better. But surprisingly, one of the most popular ways to use kale these days is in salads. Though kale leaves have always been fou