Before signing a milestone pact with the Korean government on Friday, Abu Dhabi health envoys visited the four hospitals that will be at the forefront in the treatment of patients from the Arabic state. The four hospitals are Seoul National University Hospital, Samsung Seoul Hospital, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital and Asan Medical Center.On Thursday morning, they spared time to experience the state-of-the-art health checkup at the Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center i

The following articles are introductions presented to The Korea Herald by the heads of three of the four hospitals that have signed the patient referral deal with Abu Dhabi.Samsung Medical CenterSamsung Medical Center consists of 40 departments, eight special centers and more than 110 special clinics. The medical institution is a tertiary hospital with 1,996 sickbeds where approximately 7,000 staff work, including 1,355 doctors and 2,380 nurses. Famous for its outstanding performance in lung can

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) -- Preparations for a long-needed renovation of the 1,500-year-old Church of the Nativity are moving ahead in Bethlehem, the town of Jesus’ birth, in the face of political and religious conflicts that have kept one of Christendom’s holiest sites in a state of decay for centuries.The first and most urgent part of the renovation, initiated by the Palestinian government in the West Bank, is meant to replace the building’s roof. Ancient wooden beams pose a danger to visitor

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona (AP) ― The sometimes plain, sometimes heavily decorated bolo neckties are a symbol of the West, worn with everything from blue jeans to tuxedos.Texas links the bolo to the romanticism of the pioneer era and suggests that anyone who wears one refuses to be bound by convention. New Mexico says they reflect the state’s tri-cultural heritage ― a mix of Hispanic, American Indian and Anglo influences.In Arizona, where the bolo tie was declared the official state neckwear in 1971, an

Korean snacks straight off the griddle at Gwangjang Market’s food bazaarA buoyant air of camaraderie pervades Gwangjang Market’s famed food bazaar. Essentially an X-shaped convergence of stalls and sit-down eateries, at night the food-packed turf is brimming with regulars and tourists who have come to rub shoulders, clink glasses and have a good time. Part of the fun is the spectacle of watching grub being whipped up on the premises. At stalls from left to right, huge millstones grind mung beans

Lyrics shine in Sheeran’s debutEd Sheeran“+”(Atlantic Records)The album that sold more than 58,000 copies in the first week of its release in Britain, becoming the highest-selling and highest-charting debut single of 2011 is finally on sale in Korea. British singer Ed Sheeran is indebted to artists such as Jamie T and Damien Rice, as evidenced by a debut that hops between bullish mockney rap and quavering sentimentality. Surprisingly, there’s also a Justin Bieber-like quality to Sheeran’s appeal