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Lotte City Hotel to open in Jeju

TravelFeb 14, 2014

Lotte Hotel will open a budget hotel chain Lotte City Hotel in Jeju City on Feb. 25. Located less than five minutes from Jeju International Airport by car, the chain is a 22-story building with 262 guestrooms, and eight suites overlooking Mount Hallasan and the airport. Room rates are between 300,000 won and 700,000 won. On the top floor, the buffet restaurant C’cafe offers an array of foods from many countries. The restaurant also serves Jeju specialties such as black pork. The hotel provides a
Conrad Seoul named travelers’ most preferred hotel in Korea

TravelFeb 14, 2014

Conrad Seoul has been chosen by travelers as one of the top 25 hotels in Korea. The hotel was ranked among the “Top 25 Luxury Hotels in the Republic of Korea” based on travelers’ reviews and opinions posted on TripAdvisor, a travel website offering reviews and advice for accommodation and tourist destinations. “It is an honor for Conrad Seoul to have been selected for both the ‘Top 25 Hotels in the Republic of Korea’ and the ‘Top 25 Luxury Hotels in the Republic of Korea’ by so many travelers. W
Around the hotels

Food&BeverageFeb 14, 2014

Vodka-caviar pairing at Oakwood Premier Coex Center SeoulThe hotel offers premium caviar canapes paired with Absolut Vodka at the bar on the fifth floor until Feb. 28. The caviar canapes will be served with Russian traditional wheat pancake Blini which is eaten during Russian holiday Maslenitsa, known as Pancake Week. Three set menus, which all include the vodka and caviar canapes, are served during the promotion. The bronze set includes grilled sausages and hot dishes; the silver set includes
New-old Thai at Bua

Food&BeverageFeb 14, 2014

Rotis and other classic eats at Itaewon spot
Haemul bap (seafood rice bowl)

Food&BeverageFeb 14, 2014

Haemul bap is rice cooked with seafood and served with a sauce. This type of rice bowl is very popular in Korean homes. By throwing in a few other ingredients while cooking the rice, you can have a filling one-pot meal. The obvious benefit of cooking the other ingredients with the rice is that the rice will soak up the flavors as it cooks. Because my rice cooker locks once it’s started, I cook haemul bap on the stove so I can add the seafood later in the cooking process to avoid overcooking. Wat
Students perform at Carnegie

PeopleFeb 14, 2014

Students at the Dwight Schools in Seoul, New York and London put on a concert in Carnegie Hall in New York on Jan. 31, as part of the schools’ international program. Under the program, 11 high school students from Seoul performed in the “Tutti,” an event designed to bring together Dwight students in grades 4-12 from three continents to collaborate as artists and share the universal language of music.“Watching Dwight School Seoul musicians perform alongside its sister schools from New York and Lo
[Photo News] Tourism partnership

PeopleFeb 14, 2014
[Photo News] 45th anniversary

PeopleFeb 14, 2014
Commuting makes you unhappy: study

Life&StyleFeb 14, 2014

Commuters have lower life satisfaction and a lower sense that their daily activities are worthwhile, the Guardian reported.According to a study on workers’ well-being by the Office for National Statistics based on around 60,000 people, the worst effects of traveling to the workplace were associated with journey times of between 30 and 90 minutes.But travel times reaching three hours have a different effect. People may be able to use their time more productively on a longer journey, Guardian said
Women are attracted to taller man: study

Life&StyleFeb 14, 2014

Women prefer dating taller men while men care less about height, a study suggested. The study conducted by researchers at the University of North Texas and Rice University used data from Yahoo’s personal dating advertisements of 455 men and 470 women in the U.S. to find out whether the height of a potential partner matters for both genders. Almost the half of the female respondents, or 49 percent, said they wanted to date only men who were taller than them.On the other hand, men are not as conce
‘Smart diapers’ to alert carers when it’s time for a change

Life&StyleFeb 14, 2014

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a super-thin sensor that can go inside diapers to detect when it’s time for a change, U.S. technology media Website Cnet reported. The device, measuring around 7 centimeters by 5 centimeters, monitors pressure, temperature, and wetness to check when the diaper has been soiled.Researchers developed flexible circuits, thinner than a piece of plastic wrap, that could be implanted in the body to monitor body temperature or blood pressure or impla
100 years after birth, Burroughs’ work still has power to shock

BooksFeb 13, 2014

Even sober, William S. Burroughs had visions.As a young child, he saw a green reindeer the size of a cat. Another time, he woke to see tiny men scrambling among his building blocks, he said.“He was one of those children who never really got over the magical kingdom. Part of him stayed there,” says biographer Barry Miles. Burroughs’ kingdom, literally speaking, began in a comfortable house in the Central West End of St. Louis, at 4664 Pershing Avenue (known as “Berlin Avenue” before World War I).
For Joyce Maynard, writing ‘Labor Day’ was a labor of love

BooksFeb 13, 2014

It took Joyce Maynard only 10 days to write “Labor Day,” the New York Times best-selling novel that serves as the basis for the movie of the same name that opened Friday.That kind of speedy production isn’t typical.“I don’t want people out there, who are trying to write a book, to get the wrong idea. I have been writing for 42 years and they didn’t all come out this way. My new book took two years to write,” Maynard says.Had you asked Maynard the day before she started writing “Labor Day” ― the
‘Glitter and Glue’: A valentine to Mom

BooksFeb 13, 2014

“Glitter and Glue” By Kelly Corrigan (Ballantine Books)“I know that my mother loves sauerkraut and anchovies and pearl onions,” writes Kelly Corrigan in her third memoir, “Glitter and Glue.” “I know she prefers mashed potatoes from a box, and when she wants to, she can peel an orange in one go. I know she likes her first drink to be vodka ― one full jigger, over ice, with a lemon rind ― and then she downgrades to chardonnay, which she pours into the same glass over the same ice with the same pie
With sophomore effort, novelist creates a tale both radiant and sinister

BooksFeb 13, 2014

Bury This By Andrea Portes (Soft Skull Press)If one could hear novelist Andrea Portes at work typing, I think the keystrokes might sound something like machine-gun fire: rapid, furious bursts of word bullets, aimed directly at the reader’s heart and wasting no extra ammunition in getting there.Portes’ work first gained attention with her debut, 2007’s gripping coming-of-age tale and thriller “Hick.” The author is from Nebraska originally, but spent some time living in Texas, so we’re calling he