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Maesaengi soup, healthy winter delicacy

Food&BeverageJan 14, 2011

For years now, seaweed has been touted by many for its various health and beauty benefits. The sea plant has been featured as a key ingredient in prominent cosmetic and spa brands, and many will rec...
Tourists overrun Haneda international terminal

TravelJan 14, 2011

A surprising name recently has joined the pantheon of popular Tokyo tourist spots―Haneda Airport’s international terminal. Since the international terminal opened in October, it has been inundated w...
Traveling for business in Germany, and enjoying it

TravelJan 14, 2011

NEW YORK ― I practice intellectual-property law in New York, but as a dual U.S.-German national, I have considerable cross-border work, which is why I go back and forth quite often. I have a working ...
New books

BooksJan 14, 2011

Strict Chinese parenting Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother By Amy Chua (The Penguin Press, $25.95) Amy Chua is an American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants from the Philippines. She’s a professo...
Korea Steady Seller

BooksJan 14, 2011

Ideologies and families An Appointment with My Brother By Yi Mun-yol (Jimoondang, 5,000 won) Based on author Yi Mun-yol’s personal family history and literary imagination, “An Appointment with My...
Best-selling author Kim Edwards dreamed of success

BooksJan 14, 2011

Rarely does a writer immersed in the world of academia publish a first novel that becomes an international success, but that’s what happened to Kim Edwards. In 2005, the University of Kentucky creat...
An author’s journey to print on demand

BooksJan 14, 2011

Seattle-area writer Matt Briggs has published six books. In 1999 his first novel got a half-page review in The New York Times Book Review, the literary equivalent of winning the lottery. That’s the ...
Food prognosticators sniff out what will be cookin’ this year

Food&BeverageJan 14, 2011

CHICAGO ― When it comes to that ever-curious species, the human consumer, peering through crystal balls is a long-practiced and practically irresistible art. Especially when we’re entering a new year...
Around the hotels

Food&BeverageJan 14, 2011

Sheraton Grande Walkerhill The hotel offers a “Welcome 2011” package from Jan. 28 to Feb. 6. The package, at 158,000 won, includes a one night stay at the Douglas House and a buffet breakfast at the...
Healthy dose of fun key to a fitter you in 2011

FashionJan 13, 2011

Put away the eggnog and break out the sneakers ― it’s New Year’s resolution time, and no doubt millions have made the pledge to get fit. Many of them will join a gym only to find they’re bored with t...
Voting campaign launched to pitch Jeju for ‘New7Wonders of Nature’

TravelJan 13, 2011

JEJU ISLAND ― South Korea has launched a campaign to encourage people to vote for Jeju Island in an initiative to list seven natural wonders of the world. The island is one of the final 28 global ca...
O’ngo teaches classic Korean cuisine

Expat LivingJan 13, 2011

O’ngo teaches classic Korean cuisine O’ngo Culinary School is offering cooking classes for Korean cuisine on Saturdays in January and February. Classes cover Korean classics such as “Bibimbap,” “Ja...
Japanese firm invents mirror to spot the flu

FashionJan 13, 2011

TOKYO (AFP) ― A Japanese technology firm on Tuesday unveiled a mirror-like thermometer that can identify a person who is feverish. “Thermo Mirror,” which looks like a table mirror, measures the skin...
Take time to revere life’s perfect gift: A perfectly flawed human body

FashionJan 13, 2011

All too often, we look at our bodies as a white-elephant offering rather than as a treasured gift. We’d happily pass to someone else our varicose veins, oversize nose, frizzy hair, extra-wide feet. W...
Protect your teeth from gum disease

FashionJan 13, 2011

Periodontal disease, or gum disease, is chronic inflammatory disease which leads to the destruction of the supporting bone around natural teeth. According to Korea National Health and Nutrition Exami...