We have entered February, the month of love. Chocolate may be the popular Valentine’s Day currency, but think outside the chocolate box, think sensual, think pommes d’amour, French for apples of love. In Italian, they say pomo d’oro, apples of gold. We know them in English as tomatoes.Like apples, tomatoes are, botanically speaking, fruit, and they love us right back. They’re low-calorie, high-fiber and super-high in antioxidants, vitamin C and biotin, nutrients necessary for glowing skin and ha

Around the HotelsLunar New Year’s packageat Grand Hilton Seoul Hotel Grand Hilton Seoul Hotel is presenting a selection of Lunar New Year packages from Feb. 17 to 22. The Bok (“luck”) Package I includes a one-night stay at a Deluxe Room, a complimentary selfie-stick, and traditional Korean tea for two with a choice of ginger, ginseng, ssanghwa, jujube or yuzu tea. The Bok Package II provides an additional breakfast for two at the buffet restaurant. Free access to the fitness club and swimming po

Lee Seung-yeop, art management professor of Korea National University of Arts, has been appointed head of the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts this week.  Lee Seung-yeop, CEO of the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. (Sejong Center for the Performing Arts)Lee, 53, began his three-year term on Thursday with a goal to make the arts center an accessible and friendly place for Seoul citizens. “I will promote the brand value of the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts so that it can be the

Hongdae is set to lose one of its brightest stars when belly dancer Eshe Yildiz departs for Canada.For the last seven years, through her collaborations with indie bands and the formation of her belly dance troupe Navah, she has been instrumental in marrying local and expat performances.Eshe says she knew there was a passion for belly dancing in Korea, but it took time to find her place.“When I arrived in late 2007, I was hopeful I would find a home here immediately. It wasn’t until I started con

Pernod Ricard Korea CEO Jean-Manuel Spriet (left) delivers a scholarship to a student at Gugak National High School in Seoul at a ceremony on Monday. Chung Hee-cho/The Korea Herald

Dissecting the Herme macarons with the man behind the famous treats

A Korean computer engineering professor will be listed in this year’s Marquis Who’s Who in the World, an international encyclopedia of short biographies.  Professor Jo Tae-hoJo Tae-ho, 45, who teaches at Inha University in Incheon, was chosen for his academic contributions to the data processing field. He has published more than 100 papers on machine learning, soft computing and data mining in international journals and participated in academic conferences. The encyclopedia is known as one of th

Global, local brands dive into mid-market in race to cater to single and Chinese tourists

Yun Bong-gil’s granddaughter honors nameless independence fighters

TheaterCast members rehearse for the play “The Best in Tragedy.” (Bananamoon)“The Best in Tragedy”: The play centers on the playwright and Nobel laureate Goh Il-bong, who has devoted his entire life to writing tragedies. But what he does not realize is that while he is writing a masterpiece on life and death, his wife is slowly dying. “The Best in Tragedy,” which raises questions about the meaning of life, tragedy and time, runs through Feb. 21 at the Byeoloreum Theater of the National Theater o

Witness tranquility in the simplicity and emptiness of snow-filled Lapland