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Mexican film director Inarritu honored in Zurich

PeopleOct 3, 2011

ZURICH (AP) -- Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has picked up a special honor for a body of work that includes this year’s Oscar-nominated ``Biutiful,” the haunting tale of a cancer-stricken father. The director acclaimed for movies such as ``Babel” and ``Amores Perros” received a Golden Eye award for career achievement Saturday night from the Zurich Film Festival. It is the first ...
Hyun Bin to visit Indonesia to promote arms industry

PeopleOct 3, 2011

Actor Hyun Bin who is currently serving in the Marine Corps will visit Indonesia for three days this week to promote South Korea’s defense industry, according to the Ministry of National Defense on Monday. Hyun will visit Indonesia from Oct. 5-7. He will attend the Armed Forces Day ceremony in Indonesia on the first day and visit the local Marine Corps the following day. The visit was requested...
Abuzz over Adonis for Nobel Literature Prize

BooksOct 3, 2011

STOCKHOLM (AFP) ― Predicting the Nobel Literature Prize winner is near-impossible as the Swedish Academy stays tight-lipped and often honours writers off the beaten path ― so could it be Syrian poet Adonis this year? Each year the names of popular authors are tossed about ― U.S. novelists Philip Roth, Joyce Carol Oates and Cormac McCarthy to name a few ― but their work may actually be too widely...
Top designers flock to Seoul for Herald forum

Arts&DesignOct 3, 2011

Herald Design Forum offers chance to see how design changes the world It seems almost too clich to talk about a design war, but that may the only way to define the cutthroat competition witnessed between companies hoping to set their brands apart with sleeker, more imaginative product designs. The iDEA Herald Design Forum, scheduled to open at Shilla Hotel on Oct. 5 for two days, will be a chan...
Mando names chief executive

PeopleOct 2, 2011

Halla Group, the parent company of Mando Corp., has named Shin Sa-hyun the company’s next chief executive officer, the company announced Friday. Following the change, Mando vice president Byun Jung-soo will be in charge of auto parts and the company’s ice hockey team. The officials said there were 41 personnel changes this month. The major reshuffle comes as Mando greets the 50th anniversary of...
‘Popera’ singer awarded for interest in newspapers

PeopleOct 2, 2011

South Korean pop tenor Lim Hyung-joo was selected as the newspaper reading star of the year by Korean Association of Newspapers. Lim will be awarded at the 2011 Korea Newspaper in Education Convention on Oct. 6 at Press Center in central Seoul. He will also deliver a speech titled “Newspaper and me” after the ceremony. The singer is known to read 15 newspapers everyday. He also serves as a cont...
Kim Ja-in reigns at Climbing World Cup in Belgium

PeopleOct 2, 2011

Korea national team takes third place Korea’s Kim Ja-in sat atop the podium alone for the first time this season at an international climbing championship in Europe on Sunday. At the 2011 International Federation of Sports Climbing World Cup in Puurs, Belgium, 23-year-old Kim dominated the lead climbing category from qualification to final and finished with the highest marks. Following were An...
Bespoke meals on the rise

Food&BeverageSept 30, 2011

Establishments give diners option of tailoring dishes to suit their preferences Ever since Dean and DeLuca opened its first Seoul outlet in late September, the American gourmet food retailer’s brand new market-bakery-deli-espresso bar quartet has been dizzyingly busy. Customers need to hustle for one of the few tables in the dining area flush up against the cafe. Lines for salads, soups and sa...
Grand Hyatt Seoul offers Turkish cuisine

TravelSept 30, 2011

The menu features guest chefs from the Grand Hyatt Istanbul, showcasing a wide array of “Mezze” (a selection of small dishes served in the Mediterranean and Middle East), special soups and hot dishes with a selection of Turkish breads, traditional whole roasted lamb or veal, Kebabs and sweet desserts. The prices range from 54,000 won to 60,000 won. For more information and reservations, call (02)...
Cathay Pacific opens route to Chicago

TravelSept 30, 2011

Cathay Pacific said it has opened a flight to Chicago and Seoul-Chicago will run once every day. The air carrier will use Boeing 777-330 ER, equipped with premium bed-type business seats, for Chicago-bound flights. Currently, Cathay Pacific flies to four U.S. cities ― Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Chicago. The flight between Seoul and Chicago will have a stopover in Hong Kong and will ...
KTO opens overseas internship program

TravelSept 30, 2011

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization said they will seek young jobseekers interested in the tourism industry for its overseas internship program. A total of 33 internships will be offered and those selected will participate in a six-month internship program at tourism companies in China, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia. They will be worki...
Halloween in New Orleans: A mini-Mardi Gras

TravelSept 30, 2011

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ― New Orleans calls itself “America’s Most Haunted City,” and the Halloween season has become one of the most popular times of year to visit, with a music festival that attracts 80,000 people, one of the top haunted house attractions in the country and ghost tours galore. In some ways, Halloween here almost feels like a mini-Mardi Gras. There are costumed revelers, French Quarte...
Hawaii’s Hilo gets its day in the sun

TravelSept 30, 2011

HILO, Hawaii ― “Hilo ― it is what it is” probably isn’t a tourism slogan that would get a thumbs-up from the Big Island city’s Chamber of Commerce. But I don’t mean it as a put-down. It’s just advice from a longtime visitor who loves Hawaii’s “second city.” I also know the worst thing anyone can do for Hilo is to try to oversell it. No one is going to spend a weeklong honeymoon in Hilo or plan a...
New Books

BooksSept 30, 2011

Dreadfully distasteful lists Ten Ways to Recycle a Corpse: and 100 More Dreadfully Distasteful Lists By Karl Shaw (Three Rivers Press) This book could be called magnetic. It pulls you in, the way a magnet pulls a paper clip, and it doesn’t want to let you go. It recounts Julius Caesar’s attempt to cure his baldness and Cleopatra’s recommendation: the bodies of domestic mice, burnt and ground...
Star-crossed lovers go against norm in late Joseon

BooksSept 30, 2011

Lost Souls By Hwang Sun-won (Columbia University Press) Late author Hwang Sun-won’s short story “Lost Souls” is a lot of things. It’s a story of star-crossed lovers, a literary record of Korea’s turbulent late Joseon period, as well as a tragic case of two innocent souls who went against everything they used to be and believe. In many ways, it is a modernist piece of work. The young protagoni...