Happy hour promotion at Renaissance Seoul HotelThe hotel’s bar Trevi Lounge presents a happy hour promotion where draft beer with a sausage side dish can be enjoyed at an affordable price every day from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The bar has six different kinds of European, Japanese and Korean draft beers such as Jirisan Moon Bear, Seorak Oatmeal Stout, Asahi and Hoegaarden, paired with delicious grilled sausage. One glass of draft beer and grilled sausage is priced at 19,500 won, and two glasses with the

Kongguksu is a cold noodle soup that’s served in creamy soy milk. Making soy milk is less work than you might imagine. Soaked soybeans are cooked, then pureed and filtered through a sieve. The secret to making delicious soy milk for kongguksu is not to overcook the beans so that they retain their natural flavor. More often than not, a small amount of sesame seeds and/or nuts (such as pine nuts, peanuts, almonds and walnuts) are pureed with the soybeans for an extra-nutty flavor. Nothing beats th

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The Silla-period gilt-bronze Buddha statue “Pensive Bodhisattva” will be traveling to New York for an upcoming show after the Cultural Heritage Administration on Friday rescinded its ban on the National Treasure No. 83 from being taken out of the country. The reversal came 11 days after the National Museum of Korea was notified of the travel ban on July 29. With the green light from the state-run heritage agency, “Pensive Bodhisattva” will take its place as the highlight of the “Silla, Korea’s G

CHICAGO ― In April 1964, Paul Joseph Fronczak, less than two days old, was kidnapped from a Chicago hospital by a woman posing as a nurse.A few months ago, in a way, he vanished again. Because of a DNA test taken this April, Paul Fronczak learned that he is a Fronczak only in name.After getting the test result, he realized “I didn’t know my birthday. I didn’t know anything about me,” he said.The mystery over Fronczak’s identity began 49 years ago in hospital room 418B at the former Michael Reese

A renowned U.S. guitarist has offered an apology to Korean Air Lines Co. on Thursday for his false accusation that the carrier damaged his guitar.Steve Vai said in a message posted on Facebook that the broken neck of his guitar was discovered at a rock festival in South Korea. The music event came before the guitarist took the Korean Air flight.Korean Air “was not the airline that damaged my guitar,” Vai said. “My apologies to Korean Airlines for this misinformation.”He said the largest South Ko

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe indicated that his patience with the operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant had worn out when it ordered his government to help with the clean up.Tokyo Electric Power Company announced last month that about 300 tons of radioactive groundwater had been flowing into the sea every day. It was criticized for its lack of openness and slowness to report the leaks or the risk of them happening. The announcement added to a growing consensus that TEPCO’s respo

Prolonged exposure of the eyes to UV light can cause acute or chronic damage. Acute damage occurs when there is excessive amount of UV exposure above a certain level in a short period of time, which can cause photo conjunctivitis or photo keratitis. Photo keratitis produces a damaged epithelial layer of the cornea together with inflammation. The patient complains of photophobia, or intolerance to light, teary eyes and pain. Photo conjunctivitis causes symptoms such as red eyes and conjunctival e

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Speak of the DevilBy Allison Leotta (Touchstone)Allison Leotta’s latest novel, “Speak of the Devil,” pits prosecutor Anna Curtis against Diablo, a villain believed to be the devil himself.Diablo and his gang attack a brothel, and a doorman ends up missing his head. Curtis soon discovers evidence of a human trafficking ring, with Diablo’s gang at its heart. Witnesses are too terrified to testify, and people who own businesses in the area controlled by the gang refuse to talk.Although Curtis has h

Paramedico: Around the World by AmbulanceBy Benjamin Gilmour (The Friday Project, an imprint of HarperCollins)Benjamin Gilmour’s book “Paramedico” explores the lives of emergency responders in a variety of countries, an intriguing, blood-soaked concept with plenty of drama and a dash of wait-and-see boredom.Gilmour, an author and filmmaker from Australia who also is a trained paramedic, hopped from South Africa to the Philippines, to Thailand, Mexico and several other nations, where he spent tim

The world of travel guidebooks keeps spinning, although it must weather changes in format and distribution in order to spread the word about vacation destinations.A trend toward electronic books and the demise of bookstores ― including retail giant Borders ― have been part of a sea change for travel books, said Julie Neal, who produces “The Complete Guide to Walt Disney World” with her husband, Mike, from their home in Celebration, Florida. They published their first print edition in 2007.“We ha