Kids’ Halloween party at Hyatt Regency IncheonHyatt Regency Incheon will be holding a Halloween party for children between the ages of six to eight on Oct. 27. Children will be able to experience the Halloween spirit by dressing in costumes and enjoying events such as a dance contest, photo zone, face painting and more. A dessert table filled with an assortment of sweets will be available. The party will take place in the hotel’s Regency room at 3:30 pm. The admission fee per child is 70,000 w

Kongjang, also called kongjaban, is a sweet and savory soybean side dish. On weekends, I try to make a few side dishes, banchan, to help make my weeknight meal preparations easier. During the week, I make a quick soup, stew, or meat dish and serve it with the pre-made side dishes. We call those side dishes that are made to last long and served with every meal over several days (or weeks) mitbanchan, meaning basic side dishes. Kongjang is one of the most common ones. Kongjang is typically made wi

CHICAGO ― Before the civil rights movement, dining while traveling by train was a challenge for black people. Although white train passengers were served in dining cars, Jim Crow laws barred black passengers. Thus, the shoe box lunch, a meal in a box packed before boarding, became common for traveling black families.Today, the shoe box lunch has evolved into something entirely different for one Chicago organization. Rather than a meal in a box, it’s an audiobook in a box ― complete with objects

Trademark examiner stresses the importance of studying intellectual property to young designers at Herald Design Week

Ven. Jaseung, the incumbent president of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, was on Thursday reelected the leader of the country’s largest Buddhist group. He will begin his four-year term as the 34th chief of the order on Nov. 1 after receiving approval from the elders’ committee. The Jogye Order announced that Ven. Jaseung won 179 votes from 311 electoral college members representing more than 14,000 Buddhist monks, beating four other candidates including the strongest contender, Ven. Boseon, w

Ministry studying options for increased coverage from next year

With early diagnosis and effective chemotherapy, the life expectancy of cancer patients is increasing. Therefore, it is also important to take measures to improve their general health, as well as treating cancer effectively. Cancer patients have decreased immunity due to surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, which leads to an increased susceptibility to infectious diseases. For example, whereas the incidence of invasive infection caused by streptococcal pneumonia is 11 per 100,000 people, the

More than 30 items donated by Korea’s top celebrities went on the block at a charity auction held Thursday afternoon, on the fourth day of the Herald Design Week 2013. The auction was conducted as a silent auction in which participants submitted bids in writing. The bidding, held from 2-4 p.m., drew visitors looking for bargains and fans of some of Korea’s top celebrities on the lookout for items donated by their favorite stars.“I chose a coffee cup designed by fashion designer Lie Sang Bong. It

It is more difficult to draw an image clearly on another image than to do so on blank paper. Likewise, once a space or region has been ill-developed, it is more difficult to turn it back to a well developed space than to develop a space from ground zero.　It is a “counterattack of space,” says Professor Lim Hyung-baek of Sungkyul University in his recent book, “The Formation and Change of Spatial Structure of Land in Korea” (Hanul Publishing Co.).　The author, who is on the editorial staff of the

Now concluding his own trilogy, J.W. Rinzler provides the definitive history at the chronologically last movie in the “Star Wars” saga in “The Making of ‘Star Wars’: Return of the Jedi.”While “Jedi” is the final chapter in the six movies that make up “Star Wars,” it was actually released third, back in 1983, behind “Star Wars” and “The Empire Strikes Back.”“The Making of” shows that even getting it produced wasn’t a sure thing. Creator George Lucas and his team discussed making “Jedi” as they we

A House in the SkyBy Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett (Scribner)“Somalia was hardly a starter war zone,” concedes Amanda Lindhout, but that didn’t stop the freelance journalist from flying into this anarchic East African country in August 2008. Accompanying the 27-year-old Canadian novice ― who planned to file dispatches for the Red Deer Advocate, circulation 13,000 ― was a 37-year-old photographer from Australia, Nigel Brennan.“I’d like to say that I hesitated before heading into Somalia, but I

She has had an enjoyable string of best-sellers. Remember “Getting to Happy,” “Waiting to Exhale” and “How Stella Got Her Groove Back”? Remember “Mama”? Well, you won’t likely forget Terry McMillan’s “Who Asked You?” either.In its 383 pages, McMillan introduces us to Betty Jean Butler, the rock of an African-American family weighed down by race, gender issues, economic challenges and, yes, family secrets.Recently, she took some questions:Q: It’s been three years since your last book. Why did you