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Club Med to open resort in Guilin, China

TravelMay 10, 2013

The international all-inclusive holiday resort Club Med announced it will open a resort in Guilin, China, this August. In celebration of the opening, the resort offers a special travel package that includes round-trip airline tickets, all-inclusive meals, and travel programs for families and children. The resort company offers free travel package opportunities that include exploring local tourist attractions for 100 people making early reservations in May. Guilin is a UNESCO World Heritage-desig
Universal announces Harry Potter expansion

TravelMay 10, 2013

ORLANDO, Florida (AP) ― Fans of Harry Potter and magic, rejoice: Universal Orlando is expanding its Wizarding World of Harry Potter with a new area based on the books’ fictional scenes in Diagon Alley and London.Universal Orlando announced Wednesday the new area will open in 2014.“For Harry Potter fans, this is an opportunity to go to multiple places that are iconic places within the story,” said Mark Woodbury, president of Universal Creative for Universal Parks and Resorts. “And people that wer
KTO releases Korean tourism photo book

TravelMay 10, 2013

The Korea Tourism Organization has released a photo book showing Korean landscapes and culture. The “View and Story of Korea” is a set of two separate photo books featuring Korean landscape and lifestyle photographs. The book comes with postcards featuring selected photos from the book. The photo captions are written both in Korean and English to appeal to a broad audience. The book also promotes the beauty of Korean handwriting as the fonts are in special typography styles. The photo book is av
Swept up in a Toronto summer

TravelMay 10, 2013

TORONTO ― Streetcars, sharks, pandas and parasols.This summer, Canada’s largest city will be vibrantly alive.Just watch out for construction.The biggest news here is the planned opening this summer of Ripley’s Aquarium, a $130-million project that is Toronto’s first big new tourist attraction in two decades.It will be home to 15,000 fish and other creatures. It also promises a moving walkway that passes through a tunnel below a 750,000-gallon shark lagoon. On a windy April day, I walked to the a
Traveling with mom all these years

TravelMay 10, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) ― When I was young, I learned a lot about travel from my mother. She taught me how and what to pack. She taught me to keep a travel diary to record my memories. And most importantly, she taught me how to power-sightsee. “You never know when you’ll be back,’’ my mother used to say as she and my dad pushed my sister, brother and me to yet another art museum, Gothic church or 18th-century cemetery.Decades later, my mother and I still travel together, but now that she’s in her mid-80s,
Around the hotels

Food&BeverageMay 10, 2013

Special summer treats at Lotte Hotel Seoul Lotte Hotel Seoul’s The Lounge presents bingsu on May 1 to sweep away the heat. Bingsu is a popular shaved ice dessert topped with various ingredients, such as boiled red beans or fruit. The hotel offers apple mango bingsu and chestnut red bean bingsu. Apple mango bingsu has the scent of apple and a juicy taste with soft ice shavings sweetened by condensed milk with fresh apple mangos. Chestnut red bean bingsu is a traditional red bean bingsu with its f
Sake maker’s dinner at Sheraton Grande Walkerhill

Food&BeverageMay 10, 2013

Kiyomizu, the hotel’s Japanese restaurant, organizes a special dinner event by inviting a top sake maker from Japan. For this dinner, six recommended top-end sakes will be paired with the eight-course dinner. For a bit of a cultural touch, Kagami biraki, a traditional Japanese performance, will also be presented during the dinner. The dinner will start at 7 p.m. on May 24. It is priced at 150,000 won per person including tax. For more information, call (02) 450-4599. Meanwhile, the hotel’s Europ
Dubu jorim (braised tofu)

Food&BeverageMay 10, 2013

Dubu jorim is a popular side dish, especially for home-packed school lunches. The tofu is panfried and then braised in a soy sauce-based sauce, transforming the tofu into a flavorful side dish. The gochugaru adds a bit of a spicy kick. Add more if you like more heat. It’s delicious, warm or cold. You’ll find that the tofu tastes even better the next day. Ingredients:● 1 pack firm tofu (about 500 grams)● 1 tablespoon vegetable/canola oilFor the sauce:● 3 tablespoons soy sauce● 3 tablespoons water
Health-conscious bread on the rise

Food&BeverageMay 10, 2013

Whole-grain, sugar-free loaves spreading throughout Korea
MBC front man appointed JTBC’s new president

PeopleMay 10, 2013

Sohn Suk-hee, former presenter of MBC’s political radio show “Siseon Jibjung (focus),” was named the new president of JTBC’s news reporting department, the broadcaster announced on Thursday. He is rumored to begin hosting the general-programming TV station’s primetime “News9” show from June. On his final radio show, which aired Friday, Sohn said in a trembling voice, “The past 13 years I have spent with the show was the best time of my life. The listeners are everything to me, and I would just l
China investigates director alleged to have 7 kids

PeopleMay 10, 2013

BEIJING (AP) ― Authorities are investigating whether one of China’s top film directors fathered seven children in violation of the country’s strict family planning laws, state media and a local official said Thursday.Reports circulated online this week that Zhang Yimou, director of “The Flowers of War” starring Christian Bale and also known as the architect of the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics, has seven children from his two marriages and from relationships with two other women.“We
Actress Han to marry footballer Ki in July: agency

PeopleMay 10, 2013

Actress and TV show host Han Hye-jin will marry her Premier League footballer boyfriend Ki Sung-yueng in July, her agency said Friday.“Han and Ki have decided to get married this summer, after considering each other’s schedule,” Han’s agency, Namoo Actors, said in a press release. The agency said that the couple had “very recently” decided to tie the knot and details of the wedding including the exact date, the venue and others had yet to be set. Han and Ki, who had known each other for years be
Makeup artist says Jackson was pushed to rehearse

PeopleMay 10, 2013

Michael Jackson's longtime makeup artist testified Thursday that she overhead an executive for concert promoter AEG Live insist that the singer rehearse despite signs of Jackson's declining health.Karen Faye, who worked with Jackson for more than 27 years, told jurors she became increasingly concerned about Jackson's health and agreed with a fan's assessment that the singer might die if he was pushed too hard in preparations for his “This Is It” concerts.AEG executives continued to push Jackson,
Lee to make directorial debut on TV

CultureMay 9, 2013

Oscar-winning Taiwanese-American director Ang Lee said Thursday he is excited to be working on his first TV project "Tyrant," but dismissed reports he would stay away from movies to focus on television."'Tyrant' is Middle East intrigue. The subject matter is touchy and pretty scary. I like scary, to scare myself... I am very excited about this project," Lee told a press conference."I am still choosing my next (film) project and developing the next one. Of course movie is my first love," he said,
Ministry to ease sodium limit on kids’ food despite opposition

HealthMay 9, 2013

Concerns are rising over health authorities’ plan to relax salt content limits on instant noodle products that aim to be certified as good-quality snacks for kids.The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced its plan on Wednesday to ease the sodium limit of the products from the current cap of 600 milligrams to 1,000 milligrams. The new sodium limit of 1,000 milligrams is more than half the recommended limit for a child’s daily consumption of sodium ― between 1,500 and 1,800 milligrams a day.B