Hyatt Regency Jeju offers autumn packageHyatt Regency Jeju is offering the Autumn Escape package for guests to enjoy the season from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30. The package includes a night’s stay in a Mountain View guestroom, rental car service, breakfast buffet for two at Terrace Café, and complimentary use of the sauna. Guests can enjoy exploring areas of Jeju Island using the rental car with guidance from the Jeju Tourist Attraction Coupon Book and Jeju map. A trekking equipment rental service is al

Ganjang Gejang is a popular dish made by marinating raw crabs in a mild soy sauce-based brine. To make the brine, Korean cooks tend to use a wide variety of aromatic ingredients. The goal is to eliminate the raw, fishy taste while enhancing the flavor of the crabs at the same time. The brine should be flavorful, but not overpowering or too salty. Female crabs are preferred for making gejang, but you can also use male crabs, especially in the fall when they are fat and bountiful. As is the case w

The most common question that bridge experts are asked is when you should draw trumps when playing a suit contract. It is quite a difficult question, but we can simplify it by pointing out that about 25-40 percent of experts will lead a trump at the first opportunity.Facing an opening lead of ♣Q, South was careful to win in the dummy. If somebody had a singleton club, it was likely to be East, and it was important not to give him the opportunity to ruff an honor.To draw even one round of trumps

Author Choe In-ho, a literary legend whose works have been made into numerous movies and TV drama series, died of cancer on Wednesday, about seven months after the publication of his latest collection of essays, “Choe In-ho’s Life.” He was 68.Born in 1945 in Seoul, Choe is one of the very few Korean authors who started their writing careers as a teenager, along with Hwang Sok-yong. He made his literary debut at age 18, while attending Seoul High School, by winning a writing competition hosted by

Fashion companies choose sustainable materials, protect workers’ rights and conserve artisan skills for sustainable future of fashion

The Korea Herald is publishing an interview series on some of the world’s most creative minds who are invited to Korea to share their design philosophies and vision during the Herald Design Week 2013, Oct. 7-11. ― Ed.Design is no longer just about enhancing the aesthetic qualities of products, but it can be applied to every level of an organization, product or service to achieve innovation and efficiency. Tim Brown, CEO of international design consulting firm IDEO, is a leader of this new approa

When designer Han Song set out to develop a new fabric in 2003, little did he know that it would take some 10 years of research and development to arrive at a final product that would be hanging at some of the most well-known stores around the world.“I was doing Paris Haute Couture shows at the time and a French fashion journalist, while interviewing me, stressed the importance of having a new, innovative fabric,” recalled Song at his TROA studio in Samseong-dong, Seoul last week.“I felt virtual

People are spending more time outside since the summer has passed and the weather has become cooler. However, febrile infectious diseases are common at this time of the year. These include hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, leptospirosis, and scrub typhus (tsutsugamushi disease). These diseases occur in Korea every year, but can be difficult to diagnose in the early stages because of their atypical symptoms. Failure to treat appropriately can also lead to rare but serious complications, and

S-Oil said Thursday it had pledged to donate jet fuel to the Air Force ahead of the upcoming Armed Forces Day on Oct. 1.S-Oil CEO Nasser Al-Mahasher visited Air Force headquarters in Gyeryongdae, South Chungcheong Province and promised Air Force chief of staff Sung Il-hwan a donation of 160,000 liters of jet fuel, worth some 150 million won ($140,000), to be used for fighter jets such as the T-50.This is the first time a company has donated jet fuel to the Air Force.“We decided to donate jet fue

Gen. James Thurman, the outgoing commander of U.S. Forces Korea, on Thursday received a top military award from the local government for successfully leading American troops in defending South Korea amid heightened tension with North Korea.President Park Geun-hye granted the Order of National Security Merit’s Tongil Medal to Thurman in a ceremony, which was attended by South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin and other top commanders. “I am deeply honored and humbled to serve in the Republic o

Sungshin Women’s University celebrated the opening of a fashion design major modeled after the curriculum in Heibei University of Science and Technology with a joint fashion show at the Chinese school. The Chinese university created the department this month under the Chinese government’s policy to help universities introduce advanced curricula and pedagogies of foreign universities.The Korean university also opened a similar program for an art design major at Sandong Youth University of Politic

American author Marilynne Robinson has been announced as this year’s recipient of the third annual Park Kyung-ni literary prize. Robinson, 69, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and essayist best known for her award-winning novels “Housekeeping,” “Gilead” and “Home.” “Gilead,” which is a story based on the fictional autobiography of the Reverend John Ames, landed the author a Pulitzer Prize award for fiction in 2005. “We wanted to award one of American literature’s most talented writers who ha

The Lebanese ambassador to South Korea stated that news reports about a car accident he had on Wednesday morning were blown out of proportion, saying that the matter has been “handled privately and adequately.”Yonhap News reported Wednesday that Lebanese Ambassador to South Korea Jad El-Hassan was suspected by the Yongsan Police of speeding away in his car after rear-ending another vehicle while at a traffic intersection at around 10 a.m. in the Itaewon district of Seoul. The car was driven by a

Exhibition highlighting Joseon era’s eight musical instruments to be open Oct. 1

In 2009, Samantha Geimer was watching the daytime talk show “The View” from her then-home in Hawaii when the panel took up the topic of her encounter at age 13 with director Roman Polanski. Polanski had just been arrested in Switzerland, more than three decades after the day in 1977 that changed both their lives.“It wasn’t rape-rape,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said, setting off a firestorm of criticism. In fact, it was “rape-rape” by nearly any definition except the charge to which Polanski pleade