DELFT, Netherlands (AFP) ― Two Dutch entrepreneurs have found a novel way to make money out of the thousands of bicycles abandoned in the Netherlands each year ― by turning them into designer fashion items and furniture.Industrial design student Lodewijk Bosman, 25, and Hidde van der Straaten, 28, founded “The Upcycle” in university city Delft in January 2012 to exploit a typically Dutch problem.The Netherlands has more bikes ― 18 million ― than its 17 million population, and around a million ne

The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra is holding a free outdoor concert by the Hangang River on Saturday, featuring familiar tunes ranging from classical to jazz. “A Summer Night Concert with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra,” to be held at Neoreundeulpan in Yeouido Hangang Park on 7:30 p.m., will feature star conductor Sung Shi-yeon leading one of the country’s most prestigious orchestras to present Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture”; Shostakovich’s Jazz Suite No. 2; as well as Leonard Bernstein’s Overtu

“Snowpiercer,” the highly anticipated English-language film debut of director Bong Joon-ho, will hit local cinemas on Aug. 1, its Korean distributor CJ E&M said Wednesday. The opening will be the world premiere of the film starring international stars such as Tilda Swinton, Chris Evans, Ed Harris, Jamie Bell and Korean actor Song Kang-ho.The film will later be distributed by Weinstein Company and other distributors in the U.S., France, Japan, Russia and elsewhere. “Snowpiercer,” based on French

A picture that compares U.S. president Barak Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping with Disney’s cartoon characters Winnie the Pooh and Tigger went viral on the Chinese microblog Sina Weibo, British media reported on Wednesday.The picture showing the leaders posing perfectly in sync with the animated characters was initially uploaded by a user and gained huge attention online as influential Chinese bloggers shared it.But the website removed the picture for its “inappropriateness to go public.” It

Ganghwa Nadeulgil traces Korea’s history from prehistoric to modern times, crossing the mountains and following the coastlines of the western island

David S. Lee, a U.S. scholar of Korean descent, was recently appointed Princeton’s new provost, becoming the first Asian to hold the post at the prestigious U.S. school.“I am delighted that David Lee has agreed to serve as Princeton’s next provost,” Princeton’s president-elect Christopher Eisgruber said in announcing the appointment last week. According to the university’s website, Eisgruber praised Lee as an “outstanding scholar” with good judgment, administrative skills and generous collegiali

Teacher explains journey from life as an architect to becoming Ireland’s first World Cup ice climber