Cinderella`s Castle(left) is seen at the end of Main Street USA at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. (AFP)Captain Hook would certainly approve: the Walt Disney Co. has overturned a rule in place since 1955 banning facial hair for its US theme park workers.Starting February 3, workers a

Top policymaker stresses globalization of Korean wave, eyes 11m visitors this yearWith the world’s attention continually shifting from one aspect of Korean culture to another, Korea should produce high-quality and consistent cultural products in the coming years by linking the old and new and the unique and universal, Culture Minister Choe Kwang-shik said. “The first hallyu was led by Korean dramas and the second by K-pop. The third wave should consist of the Korean culture overall ― the content

Korea’s National Pension Service said its chairman and CEO Jun Kwang-woo has received the 2011 “CEO of the Year in Asia” award from Asia Asset Management, a regional financial journal. AAM annually selects top fund management companies and top executives who show noticeable performances in the field, and NPS said it is the first time that a Korean CEO has been honored in the Asia CEO category.  Jun is credited with helping the world’s fourth-largest pension fund to diversify its portfolio and ex

PARIS (AP) ― France may have lost an A in its credit rating, but fashion seems to have won it back with a flourishing start to haute couture week ― from the A-list celebrities to Dior’s 1950s A-line silhouettes.Monday marked the lavish return to Paris couture of Donatella Versace, who wowed spectators with her unapologetic glitz, gold and famous friends.Since haute couture is such an expensive affair ― shows have been known to cost in the millions ― Versace’s decision to show in the French capit

Expat-run soccer center International Football Education has revamped its training curriculum for young players.The Seoul-based group will be holding a teaser training session Feb. 4 for its IFE Academy. The session, which gives a taste of the full program, is open to anyone aged 6-11.IFE Profi, a program for more serious players, will be holding tryouts on Feb. 5 for three age groups: 8-9, 10-11 and 12-13 years old.The tryouts and the teaser session will be held at Dulwich College Seoul. The te

This is a series introducing associations and clubs that expats can get involved in. This week, Expat Living spoke to Jenna Apollonia Hoag of Busan Writing Group. ― Ed. ● Name of Club: Busan Writing Group● Location(s): Starbucks at Exit 10 of Seomyeon Station, Busan at 6 p.m. every Sunday● Number of members: It varies. Some days there are around 10 people; other days just two. It really depends on holidays. If we know beforehand that not enough people will come, we will cancel for the next week.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government is recruiting foreign instructors for a program that tells children about different cultures.Since it started in 2008, the Neighbors From Afar program has given classes to around 16,000 children, to help their understanding of foreign cultures.It has had a positive response from teachers and students, so the Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to expand the education to preschoolers as well as elementary, middle and high school students. The number of classes an

If you think you’re ready to face facts, the latest offering from Korea’s expat theater scene might have you thinking again.Probationary Theater is putting on “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” for two weeks starting Feb. 3.“It’s the kind of play that the other theater companies in Seoul had never put on before,” says director Quinn Olbrich. “I thought it would be sort of new and fun, and also a bit gritty, which I think is something different.”The play was written by Edward Albee, whose work Olbr

 BEIJING (AP) _ Millions of ethnic Chinese, Koreans and Vietnamese across Asia are ringing in the new Year of the Dragon with fireworks, feasting and family reunions.From Beijing to Bangkok and Seoul to Singapore, people hoping for good luck in the new year that began Monday are visiting temple