BOSTON (AP) ― As a little girl, Caroline Kennedy hung out at her father’s desk while he worked in the country’s most famous office.Now the library she works with to preserve her father’s memory has introduced a way anyone can sit ― virtually ― at John F. Kennedy’s desk and learn more about his life and administration.On Monday, the Museum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston unvei

LONDON (AP) ― A little snowfall is no problem ― even inside ― if you have proper raingear to protect you, so the models at the Burberry Prorsum London Fashion Week show Monday had no complaints about the artificial snow cascading down on the catwalk for the finale.Once again, Burberry design czar Christopher Bailey wowed a celebrity-laden crowd with his dresses, coats, flared pantsuits and other e

Actress Lee Young-ae has given birth to twins, her agent said on Monday.Lee, 40, gave birth to a boy and a girl at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday at a Seoul Hospital, said Storms Company. “The mother and the babies are healthy,” it said. She surprised her fans in 2009 when she was secretly married in the United States to a Korean businessman.  Lee Young-aeThe superstar of the Korean Wave debuted in a TV com

Lee Dae-myung, triple gold medalist in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games shooting event, received the sports grand prize, the most prestigious award by the Korean Olympic Committee, on Tuesday.The award ceremony took place in Olympic Parktel in the Olympic Park, Seoul. Lee Dae-myungThe committee said Monday that it had chosen Lee as the winner of its 57th annual grand prize in recognition of his achi

Pop singer Kim Jang-hoon will hold a “Dokdo festival” aboard a cruise ship in the East Sea on Feb. 28, along with self-styled Korea promoter Seo Kyoung-duk.The two celebrities will invite about 300 people to the ship, which will be anchored between the two Dokdo islets to stage a concert. Kim Jang-hoon“I planned the concert on the sea a day before the March 1 independence movement day, to make the

Northeast Asian History Foundation is to launch various programs to promote Korea’s sovereignty over Dokdo, rocky islets in the East Sea that Japanese have claimed as part of their territory. The government affiliated research institution said its Dokdo programs would include educational workshops, promotional exhibitions, and symposiums that will discuss Japanese history textbooks that do not tak

Dancers whooped as they took positions for a traditional reel, and the band began to play. It was a typical “ceilidh,” or traditional Scottish dance party, complete with authentic food, drink, music and poetry from the United Kingdom’s northernmost country. Traditional that is, except for the location. This celebration of Scotland’s national poet ― Robert Burns ― was held in Korea. The pocket of C

Seoul Writers WorkshopThis is a series introducing associations and clubs for expats. This week, Expat Living spoke to Chris Sanders of Seoul Writers Workshop -- Ed.Name of Club: Seoul Writers WorkshopLocation(s): We meet every other Sunday at Hello Beans Cafe in Itaewon. We also host events around the city as well as in Incheon, Suwon, and elsewhere. Number of members: It’s always difficult to sa

LONDON (AFP) ― You could be forgiven for thinking Vivienne Westwood had the royal wedding in mind when she designed her latest collection, themed on Lewis Carroll’s mad queens, accessorized with crowns as hats.But the grande dame of British fashion said her Red Label’s autumn-winter 2011 designs had nothing to do with the forthcoming nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton ― and revealed she