University professor is the least stressful job available to U.S. workers in 2013, a job-search website said Thursday.CareerCast.com said teaching at the college level combines relatively high pay with a median annual salary of more than $62,000, prestige and a comfortable environment."Their students are largely those who choose the classes they attend, and thus want to be in class," the website said. "Unlike elementary and secondary educators, the performance of college professors isn't evaluat

OSLO (AFP) ― He may be acclaimed in the art world and coveted by thieves but Edvard Munch is starved of recognition in his native Norway, where squabbles have delayed a new museum worthy of his oeuvre.This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the expressionist master, who painted the now iconic “The Scream.” But the anniversary is clouded by the city of Oslo’s inability to provide a proper setting for the art gems the painter left in his will.Munch, who died in 1944, bequeathed an en

Exhibition highlights the 500-year history of civil service exam

People who feel low in status try to compensate by buying high-status goods such as fur coats, cuff links, caviar and Italian suits, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Philip Mazzocco of Ohio State University‘s Mansfield campus said the findings cast doubt on the notion urban minorities have developed a corrosive “bling culture” unique to them.“Minorities don’t buy high-status products because of some ‘bling culture.’ It is a basic psychological tendency that we all share when we‘re feeling infer

BBC journalist and scientology debunker John Sweeney recently claimed to have found a secret “alien space cathedral” built by the controversial cult of Scientology.According to a report published by British newspaper the Sun on Monday, Sweeney allegedly found a gateway to a secret bunker that the Church of Scientology built to protect their teachings from a nuclear holocaust they thought would take place in the future. It is near the remote community of Mesa Huerfanita, New Mexico, north of Rosw

The Korea Herald is publishing “Korea’s Cultural Pride,” a 10-part series on the country’s cultural and natural heritage. A total of nine tangible and 14 intangible examples of heritage have been designated UNESCO World Heritage for international preservation. This year 15 cultural properties are on the tentative list, awaiting designation. The series will explore some of those properties. ― Ed.The year 2013 will be crucial for the management of cultural heritage as the central and local adminis

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 The oldest bakery in Paris will close after 202 years in business because of rising rent and real estate prices, its current owner says.Claude Esnault, 66, has operated the Au Richelieu Boulangerie bakery, in the rue de Richelieu in central Paris, since 1969 and hoped to sell the store to a younger baker, but after landlords doubled his rent, it is au revoir to the business that sells about 200 baguettes per day, Radio France Internationale reported Friday.The rent on the facility is about to r

The Beautiful Tea Museum combines art and tea

10 key trends to watch as Korea shifts gear in 2013

After 60 years of pursuing excellence and innovation,the leading English newspaper looks to next decade

Herald Corp. celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, aiming to be a group that goes beyond media