W Seoul-WalkerhillThe hotel offers two special romance packages. The “W Dreams in Romance” package includes one night stay in the Wonderful room – with balloons and a set-up bath -- a course dinner at the buffet restaurant Kitchen or the Japanese restaurant Namu, and a Ralph Lauren perfume gift set for two. The price starts from 465,000 won. For those thinking of proposing, the “Who’s Tying the Kn

First-generation jazz percussionist talks about the music genre in KoreaHolding a small bongo, Ryu Bok-sung commands the stage instantly. His performance outshines the brass instruments in front of him, and sweeps the audience off their feet.Ryu is Korea’s a first-generation jazz percussionist who has devoted 54 years to the discipline. Now 72, he continues a to lead a life of jazz. The Bible says

SINGAPORE (AFP) ― Chinese kung-fu superstar Jet Li publicly confirmed Tuesday that he had become a Singaporean citizen, saying he wanted his children to receive a bilingual education in the city-state.Li ― whose film accolades include Hollywood blockbusters “The Expendables” and “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” ― said his decision was also influenced by the absence of paparazzi in the stric

NEW YORK (AP) ― Daniel Bell, a leading sociologist of the past half-century who wrote groundbreaking books about the demise of revolutionary politics and about the economy and lifestyle of what he helped label a “post-industrial” society, has died. He was 91.Bell died Tuesday at his Cambridge, Massachusetts, home after a short illness, said his son, David Bell.Daniel Bell was a teen radical who in

American professor uncovers Korean culture intertwined with the mountain trailDavid Mason couldn’t understand why Baekdu-daegan had remained overlooked for so long.After his first visit to Korea in 1982, his “heart got stuck” to Korea, so four years later he decided to go back, and eventually became a fan, and an expert of Baekdu-daegan .It is 25 years since Mason returned to Korea in 1986 to brin

LONDON (AP) ― He had a reputation as a literary recluse, but a trove of previously unseen letters written by J.D. Salinger to a British friend reveals a sociable man who took bus trips to Niagara Falls, ate fast-food hamburgers, enjoyed watching tennis and claimed always to be writing new work.The 50 letters and four postcards have been donated to a British university, which made them public Thurs

The power of culture and the arts will be enlisted to help integrate divided Korean society, said Choung Byoung-gug, who took office as the new culture minister Thursday.“During the past 10 years working in the cultural sector, I have realized how powerful culture and arts are in narrowing differences of language, religion and nationality,” Choung said at a press conference at the Ministry of Cult

DALLAS ― Jennifer Tyler was driving down a country road in Oklahoma a couple of years ago when she noticed something odd. The telephone poles all had kinks in them.“I thought, ‘Wow, what’s all that about?’” says Tyler, a Dallas fundraising consultant. “They all had distinctive bends in the middle.”She pulled off the road and called a friend. “I knew something bad was happening,” she says. “It was

Gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, is a common chronic digestive disease that occurs when stomach contents such as acid or, occasionally, bile refluxes into the esophagus. The backwash of acid irritates the lining of the esophagus and causes various GERD signs and symptoms. Typical symptoms include acid reflux and heartburn. Acid reflux is a regurgitation of sour liquid into your mouth, and

(Yonhap News)A total of 552 billion won ($493 million) has been earmarked for opening 66 public libraries and 114 small libraries, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Wednesday.The move is part of the government’s “Library Development Comprehensive Plan,” set for 2009-2013 to promote reading. The 552 billion won includes a 188 billion won budget from the central government, 349 billio