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Korea-Central Asia Youth Forum to run in Nov.

Expat LivingOct 21, 2014

The Asia Exchange Foundation will be hosting the Korea-Central Asia Youth Forum in Goseong, South Gyeongsang Province, from Nov. 2-8.The forum, sponsored by the Korea Foundation, will discuss a multidimensional approach for Korea-Central Asia cooperation in areas including culture, the economy and energy.Those wishing to take part should be fluent in English and be studying at graduate or undergraduate level in Korea, and must come from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia or Russia’s Sa
Daejeon to run charity bazaar to mark Together Day

Expat LivingOct 21, 2014

Daejeon International Center will celebrate its Together Day Festival with the Daejeon International Charity Bazaar on Saturday.The festival, in its sixth year, will host booths selling second-hand items for charity, an international food court, and produce brought directly from local farms.Side events will include traditional Korean games, balloon art and performances by indie musicians, b-boys and others.The bazaar will run in Boramae Park in Dunsan-dong from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more informa
What do jeans mean to you?

CultureOct 20, 2014

Exhibition dedicated to denim opens at National Folk Museum
Seoul fashion is all about wearable and practical designs

FashionOct 19, 2014

Six days, 85 runways and wearable menswear collection
S. Korean satellite scientist dies

PeopleOct 19, 2014

Choi Soon-dalChoi Soon-dal, a pioneer in South Korea’s satellite-building program who contributed greatly to technological development in this field, died of old age late Saturday. He was 83. The scientist, who was an honorary professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Seoul National University and went to the United States to get his master’s at the University of California, Berkeley and his doctorate in electri
[Weekender] Orchestras for all

CultureOct 17, 2014

Korean ensembles strive for unity in diversity
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CultureOct 17, 2014

FestivalTen Million Chrysanthemum Festival: Iksan, North Jeolla Province, invites visitors to one of the biggest chrysanthemum festivals in Korea. At the festival, arrangements of more than 120,000 flowers will be exhibited in a 35,000-square-meter garden in Iksan Central Park and Iksan Jewelry Museum from Oct. 24 to Nov. 2. Crafts and culinary programs will offer a chance to make bracelets and paper crafts and to cook pancakes and cookies using chrysanthemums. For more information, call (063) 8
Coastal beauty, adventure abound in Wales

TravelOct 17, 2014

As the weather turns colder and the leaves fall, many of us begin to plan our spring holidays and think of the days when everything will be bright and blooming again. If the thoughts of adventure, nature, a unique culture and history, good food and warm people make you want to book a trip ― why not think Wales? A tiny country surrounded by its better-known neighbors, England, Scotland and Ireland, Wales is a part of the United Kingdom but has a heritage and language all its own. Fear not, non-We
Autumn shows true colors in northeastern Pennsylvania

TravelOct 17, 2014

BENTON, Pennsylvania ― Fresh air and blue skies are easy tonics for the stressed-out city life. Still, I was in a pretty foul mood when I rolled into Ricketts Glen State Park in this scenic, woodsy corner of northeastern Pennsylvania.Equally distracted by my growling stomach and the country tunes wailing on my car radio, I’d missed the rustic carved-wood entrance sign opposite Red Rock Scoops ice cream shop on Route 118. Google Maps had vaporized along with my cellphone service and, seriously, w
Decrease in Chinese tourists hit Singapore visitor arrivals

TravelOct 17, 2014

SINGAPORE (AFP) ― International visitor arrivals to Singapore fell 3 percent in the first half of this year, hurt by a 30 percent drop in tourists from China, official data showed Wednesday.Singapore’s tourism board said overall arrivals totaled 7.5 million in the six months to June, with second-quarter numbers dipping by a sharper 6 percent.Travelers from China totaled 871,000 in the first half, almost a third fewer than from the same period last year, the board said.It said that a tourism law
Sheraton Incheon named leading business hotel by World Travel Awards

TravelOct 17, 2014

Sheraton Incheon Hotel was named “South Korea’s Leading Business Hotel” for four years in a row by the World Travel Awards. The title is based on votes cast by some 500,000 industry professionals, travel agencies, tour and transport companies, and tourism organizations throughout the world. Established in 1993, the World Travel Awards ― dubbed the “Oscars” of the tourism and hospitality industry ― has been regarded as the most prestigious tourism award. Sheraton Incheon Hotel, located in the int
Around the hotels

Food&BeverageOct 17, 2014

‘Hip flask cocktails’ at Park Hyatt SeoulThe Timber House at Park Hyatt Seoul is serving “hip flask cocktails” in the whisky bottles that people put in their pockets to heat them with body temperature during the cold season. The Timber House is presenting the unique experience of enjoying cocktails in these hip flasks. The hip flask cocktails come in five different kinds. “Talking to Myself” has a bittersweet flavor from a blend of rum, Campari liquor and orange essence. “Butterfly Effect” has s
Bewitch is back

Food&BeverageOct 17, 2014

Beloved dessert shop returns in new Seorae Village location
Hobakjuk (pumpkin porridge)

Food&BeverageOct 17, 2014

Hobakjuk (pumpkin porridge) (Korean Bapsang)With the weather getting colder, we could all use some warm comfort food. For Koreans, juk (porridge) is a popular comfort food either as a light meal or a snack. Hobakjuk is typically made with danhobak and sweet rice. Danhobak means sweet pumpkin or squash and is a variety of winter squash. Traditionally, there are two ways to incorporate sweet rice into this porridge. One is to add small rice cake balls made with rice powder, and the other is simply
London pays homage to Sherlock Holmes

CultureOct 17, 2014

LONDON (AFP) ― Sherlock Holmes never existed but his fictional address of 221B Baker Street still receives a steady flow of letters addressed to the famously intuitive detective.The latest tribute comes in the form of a Museum of London exhibition opening Thursday entitled “The Man Who Never Lives and Will Never Die” and billed as the biggest in 60 years.Part and parcel of London’s literary universe, Holmes was created in 1886 by the author Arthur Conan Doyle and has lived on in television serie