Two-thirds of men would rather have sex than receive a gift on Valentine’s Day, while only 30 percent of women fall into that category, according to a new RetailMeNot.com survey, TIME reported.Men will spend $230, while women expect on average $196. Both men and women who are in relationships expect an average of $240 will be spent on them.Fewer people are celebrating Valentine’s Day this year by buying gifts. According to the National Retail Federation’s new survey, respondents will celebrate t

A study conducted by a team at the University of Cambridge showed that regular consumption of yogurt decreased the chances of diabetes by one-fourth, according to a study published in the journal Diabetologia. (Captured from KBS)The study was carried out over 11 years in the eastern county of Norfolk, United Kingdom. A collection of health surveys of 3,500 men and women living in the targeted area established the relationship between diabetes and fermented dairy products.In the 11-year span, 753

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) ― There’s no mass production here, just evidence of the slow and patient work that went into handcrafting the costumes and tools behind one of Mexico’s most important traditions. From fine embroidery to ornate saddles and silver inlaid spurs, more than 150 pieces are on display at the Albuquerque Museum as part of the exhibition “Arte en la Charreria: The Artisanship of Mexican Equestrian Culture,” which is on display through March 30. The artifacts, some dating to t

NEW YORK (AP) ― It was once again winter ― cold, cold winter ― that dominated the mood on the fifth day of New York Fashion Week Monday, with designers presenting variations of warm clothes on a particularly freezing day. Carolina Herrera, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s The Row, Kenneth Cole, Tommy Hilfiger, Thom Browne and Zac Posen were among the designers presenting their fall-winter collections on Monday. Shows were being held at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week tents at Lincoln Center and at va

 Korean designers have delivered vibrant appeals for Korean fashion with elegant tailoring, twists to classic looks and various mix-matched styles.Four designers showcased fall and winter collections for 2014 at Concept Korea on Tuesday, a show held for the ninth year to promote Korea’s design talent at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. The major fashion event is being held from Feb. 6-13 at various venues throughout the city. The Concept Korea show for fall-winter 2014 collections was

Spa cosmetics brand Pevonia has opened its first Korean branch at The Ritz-Carlton, Seoul. The Pevonia Spa, launched in 1991 by family members of LVMH Moet Hennessy, is one of the world’s leading spa brands with skin care products provided at more than 10,000 spas of top hotels and resorts in more than 100 countries.The Pevonia skin care products are made from natural ingredients free of chemical materials such as parabens, alcohol, lanolin, mineral oil, artificial colors and formaldehyde, and m

A study reported by Reuters Health discovered decreased movement in sperm when exposed to commercial gels. Commercial gels are commonly used by couples to overcome vaginal dryness during intercourse. At fertility clinics, gels are offered to men during semen collection and applied to medical devices to make them easier to insert into the body.However, Kazim R. Chohan, senior author of the study and director of the Andrology Laboratory at the State University of New York Upstate Medical Center in

The difficulty of finding a voice in a country that doesn’t speak her language is all too familiar to Doria Garms-Sotelo. The aspiring journalist, whose husband is in the U.S. Army, has called Korea home for the past nine years. She has used that time to hone her writing skills and complete a book on a topic that is close to her heart. “I lived in Sri Lanka from 1988 to 1993. It was the bloodiest time of the war there. I just want tell people, and teach them, about Sri Lanka.”And therein lay the

A group of expats is presenting the stage play “Almost, Maine” for the first time in Korea starting on Friday.The play, written by John Cariani, premiered in 2004 and is a romantic comedy that deals with love and how people fall in and out of it.“People fall in love and stumble out of it again. (The play) is quirky and awkward and has some kind of magic in it,” said Teala Penner, who heads the project.The different scenes are all intended to take place at the same time: 9 p.m. The setting is in

Photographers in Korea has run a special issue for February, based on the theme of love.“Since February is the month of ‘Love,’ I wanted to invite more than the usual number of photographers for (the) issue and allow more participation and a special challenge,” said Joe Wabe, the magazine’s design and art director“We wanted to display the meaning of love in various different ways according to each photographer’s concept of it.”The issue features 31 entries on the subject, with themes encompassin

HOUSTON (AP) ― It was care fit for a king: The yellowing parchment was fitted inside a custom-designed aluminum and steel case with monitors, then wrapped in specially made packaging. Once it was on the plane, a canon chancellor nervously tracked the flight as it crossed the Atlantic Ocean. That document, a rarely seen copy of the Magna Carta, had never before left England’s shores and only once been outside its home in the Hereford Chapel near the Welsh border. Now, the famous charter, written