A thumb-size bronze statue of a woman unearthed at an ancient temple site in the southern old city of Buyeo looks like the mother of Buddha, archeologists said Thursday. If they’re right, it would be the first statue of Queen Maya found in Korea and could provide new clues to ancient Korean Buddhism. The artifact, standing 6 centimeters tall, was discovered by a team of archeologists on site at Wangheung Temple in Buyeo, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Baekje. The temple was built in A.D.

LOS ANGELES ― Author Jackie Collins still has the steam engine chugging. Her newest novel, “Confessions of a Wild Child,” released last week, is a prequel to the Lucky Santangelo books and centers on the treasured heroine during her formative teen years ― the book has already landed a film deal with Amber Entertainment. The 76-year-old scribe talks about finally getting into character and staying clued-up.Q. “Confessions of a Wild Child” is the seventh book to feature the character Lucky Santang

After I’m GoneBy Laura Lippman (Morrow)Few of us ever completely recover from the loss of a loved one. Life, of course, goes on and can be rich and fulfilling. But that loss never entirely disappears.Laura Lippman explores how a disappearance affects a family for decades in the enthralling “After I’m Gone.” In her eighth stand-alone ― and 19th ― novel, Lippman tracks the history of five women united by the betrayal of one man. “After I’m Gone” is a quiet mystery ― no car chases, barely a gun in

CarthageBy Joyce Carol Oates(Ecco)When a book begins by telling readers that a young woman, 19, has vanished into the deep woods, the expected outcome is rarely happy.But in Joyce Carol Oates’ newest book, “Carthage,” perhaps the outcome is not quite so bleak. For the first half of the book, readers make their own assumptions about what has happened to Cressida Mayfield, the younger of Zeno Mayfield’s two daughters, and whether she indeed met a gruesome fate at the hands of her sister’s former f

Sometimes political careers are born of chance.John Nicolay and John Hay were two young men working in Springfield, Ill., when they became involved with the political life of Abraham Lincoln before his 1860 U.S. presidential campaign. Tireless and smart, the friends, still in their 20s, proved themselves indispensable to Lincoln, who brought them along with him to the White House as his personal secretaries ― in effect, the president’s gatekeepers.In his new book, “Lincoln’s Boys: John Hay, John

Successful New York restaurant owner Jeffrey Zurofsky thinks that too many of today’s college graduates want a quick path to making money and don’t want to get their hands dirty, business and technology news website Business Insider reported.In an interview with Business Insider, Zurofsky made it clear to young, ambitious professionals that they‘re going to have to get their hands dirty.If someone wants to work for him, “You’re going to learn how to be the porter, be the delivery guy, be the cas

In a country where public displays of affection are still frowned on, young South Korean couples often advertise their relationship by wearing matching outfits, whether socks, shirts, jackets or, more privately, underwear.It’s especially popular with newlyweds, making South Koreans honeymooning on the beaches of Southeast Asia easy to spot in their twinned T-shirts or shorts, complete with “couple flip-flops.” The fashion can also be seen among young people in China and Japan, but South Koreans

NEW YORK ― With nearly a foot of snow on the ground in the Big Apple, next fall and winter were probably the last things many New Yorkers wanted to think about.But those seasons were in the spotlight as designers from across the globe gathered last week to preview their collections for fall-winter 2014 at venues throughout the city during New York Fashion Week.The eight days of runway shows and presentations attracted industry elite and media as well as celebrity-studded crowds that included fas

4Minute’s Hyuna flaunts her curves in photos taken for the March edition of the magazine Cosmopolitan. In the spring-themed photo shoot, the rising sex symbol shows off her natural look in various outfits. 

Chefs in France have spoken out about the increasing number of diners who disrupt their restaurants by taking endless photos of their food.Now a group of leading restaurateurs is campaigning to end the culture of “food porn” and ban smartphone photos in their restaurants, business and technology news website Business Insider reported.A chef said that his customers had sometimes set off a series of flashes, repositioned their tables, taken each photo several times, then posted it on social media

Offstage, Glenn Wool is more sedate than his aggressively enthusiastic performance persona would suggest. Looking every inch the Canadian lumberjack in a flannel shirt and cap, it is difficult to believe that he has not lived in his home country for years. In fact, he has not lived in any country for years, and is more familiar with the inside of an airport than the inside of an apartment.Since kicking off his stand-up career in Vancouver in 1995, Wool has been working the international comedy c