Probationary Theater is holding open auditions Saturday for “Dusk Rings a Bell.” The play is set in the contemporary United States and depicts a pair who meet again 15 years after their first kiss as teenagers. While the woman has become a successful journalist, the male protagonist has a much darker past. The auditions will take place at White Box Theater near Hyochang Park Station at 3:30 p....

British spies planned to feed Adolf Hitler female hormones by injecting estrogen to his food during World War II, the Telegraph reported citing a historian. “There was an allied plan that they would smuggle estrogen into Hitler’s food and change his sex so he would become more feminine and less aggressive,” said Professor Brian Ford of Cardiff University. “Their research had showed the importan...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A 17th-century drawing by Rembrandt was snatched from a private art display at a California luxury hotel while a curator was momentarily distracted, officials said Monday. The theft of the $250,000 sketch from the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the upmarket seaside community of Marina del Rey happened around 10:30 p.m. Saturday night while someone who seemed interested in...

83-year-old woman gets breast implants An 83-year-old American woman had a breast implant surgery last month to improve her appearance, the New York Times reported. Marie Kolstad, from California, has four children, 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. “Physically, I’m in a good health, and I just feel like, why not take advantage of it?” Kolstad was quoted as saying. “My mother lived...

From concerts to exhibitions to religious ceremonies, many cultural events are being held Aug. 15 to mark the Liberation Day. At the demilitarized zone, world renowned conductor Daniel Barenboim will hold a special concert, titled “Daniel Barenboim’s Peace Concert” at 7 p.m. An Argentinean-Israeli pianist and conductor, Barenboim has been an outspoken critic of the Israeli occupation of Palesti...

The hotel’s Ninth Gate Grille promotes natural beef through Sept. 30. The promotional set menu features environmentally-friendly raised Brandt beef steak cooked in the wood-fired oven as well as sumptuous side dishes and desserts. The lunch and dinner are priced at 75,000 won and 120,000 won, respectively. Brandt Beef is a single family owned, premium natural beef producer in California. Its beef...

The hotel will offer a “Sake Festival,” which features a wide variety of premium sake for the deep aroma and flavor of different types, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Aug. 19 at the Grand Ballroom. The promotion will feature ten types of premium northeastern Japanese sake, which are rare in Korea, recommended by a sake sommelier. The sakes hail from Iwata, Akita, and Aomori, and are served with specia...

Incheon City and Incheon Korea Tourism Organization said they will offer an evening walk program “Songdo Miraegil” every Saturday at 7 p.m., starting from Exit 4 of Central Park Subway Station. It will be a two-hour course, touring famous Songdo spots including Tri-Bowl, Incheon Bridge Observatory, Central Park, Songdo Convensia. Further information and reservations are available at caf.daum.net/...

The Philippines Tourism Board said it will hold an event with Lotte Department Store in Sogong-dong in central Seoul to offer a flight ticket to Boracay Island and two-night accommodation certificate to two people among those who shop at the department store worth more than 50,000 won. The summer event will run through Sunday on the first floor of the department store. The accommodation will be a...