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[Home Cooking] Nabak kimchi (water kimchi)
Nabak kimchi is a type of water kimchi that’s made with thinly sliced radish squares and other vegetables. It’s easy to make, yet deliciously refreshing. Nabak kimchi is commonly enjoyed in the springtime when the kimchi made in the fall gets old. It’s also a traditional holiday kimchi. Growing up, we always had nabak kimchi with tteokguk (rice cake soup). They are delicious together. Nabak kimchi (water kimchi) (Korean Bapsang) It’s a mild, clean tasting kimchi, so nabak kimchi doesn’t call for
Food April 15, 2016
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Sean Penn’s ‘The Last Face’ competing at Cannes festival
PARIS (AP) – Sean Penn’s “The Last Face” about aid workers in Africa will compete at the Cannes Film Festival this year -- along with movies about interracial marriage in 1950s America, illness and poverty in working class Britain and cannibal fashion models in Los Angeles. The festival’s high glamour yet socially conscious lineup, announced Thursday by organizers, features 49 films harking from 28 countries, including Iran, Brazil, Egypt, Israel and South Korea. Twenty of the entries will be ru
Film April 15, 2016
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Park Hae-jin wins best male actor award in China
South Korean actor Park Hae-jin won “Male Actor of the Year” at a Chinese award ceremony in Beijing on Wednesday, his management company said Friday. Park achieved the feat for his lead role in the Chinese TV series “Far Away Love.” It is his second win at the awards, organized by Chinese technology and online video company Leshi Internet Information & Technology, known as LeEco, or Letv. He last won the “Asia’s Star” award in 2012 for his role in the Chinese show roughly translated as “Chen Du
April 15, 2016
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‘Descendants of the Sun’ ends with record rating
The final episode of “Descendants of the Sun” had a record viewership of 38.8 percent, an all-time high for the KBS hit drama, according to Nielsen Korea. In Seoul alone, it scored higher rating of 44.2 percent, according to the data agency. The drama had a happy ending, living up to expectations of many viewers. Dr. Kang Mo-yeon (Song Hye-kyo) reunites with Army Capt. Yoo Si-jin (Song Joong-ki), who went missing for a year during a mission overseas. Master Sergeant Seo Dae-young (Jin Goo), who
April 15, 2016
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Hanwoo expert uses skills to source prime beef for his restaurant
Samjung Hanu Pub CEO Han Deok-woo takes his beef very seriously, doing everything from sourcing it straight from the auction house to grilling it tableside for hungry customers. “Since I bring in the beef myself, I can check, taste and look at all the cuts, and decide which ones are optimal for eating that day,” said Han, 34, on how sourcing the beef directly enables him to keep track of his beef, from the minute it arrives at the restaurant to how it is aged or served up uber-fresh. Samjung Ha
Food April 15, 2016
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After Obama visit, Cubans await change ? but wonder how soon
HAVANA (AP) – In the garage of his home in a rough-and-tumble Havana neighborhood, Rolando Alfonso is fixing up a 1960 Oldsmobile he hopes will be a ticket to a more profitable future: Driving tourists around Cuba. After President Barack Obama's visit to the city last week, he's more optimistic than ever that his vision might become reality. ``The horizon of prosperity is much closer,'' said Alfonso, 46, a married father of two. ``Before it was a sliver of light in the distance. Now the light is
World News April 2, 2016
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Obama says Trump doesn't know much about foreign policy
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama scathingly dismissed White House hopeful Donald Trump's foreign policy proposals on Friday and warned that the world was watching the upcoming US election.At the end of a summit on nuclear security that Obama hosted in Washington, he was asked about Trump's suggestion that Japan and South Korea develop their own nuclear weapons."The statements you mentioned, what do they tell us?" Obama demanded, rhetorically."They tell us the person who made the stateme
World News April 2, 2016
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N. Korea sending GPS jamming signals for 3rd day: Seoul
(Yonhap) – South Korea's ICT ministry said Saturday that North Korea has sent signals to jam GlobalPositioning Systems (GPS) in South Korea for the third consecutive day despite Seoul's warning, but no serious damage has been reported.The government strongly warned North Korea on Friday to immediately end its GSP-disrupting provocations as such actions defy international norms. South Korean vessels reported they experienced problems with their GPS navigation system as North Korea has been sendin
North Korea April 2, 2016
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After 10 days, Brussels airport remains closed to passengers
BRUSSELS (AP) – Struck by suicide bombers 10 days ago, the airport known as ``the heart of Europe'' has stopped beating temporarily, causing headaches for thousands of business and vacation travelers, and painful financial losses for Belgium's capital and tourism industry.It's still unclear when Brussels Airport will reopen. But a key hurdle appeared to have been cleared Friday evening when police unions, which had threatened a strike, reached a preliminary deal with government negotiators on ho
World News April 2, 2016
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N. Korean leader resumes military activity after eight days
(Yonhap) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected the firing of a surface-to-air guided missile in his first military-related public activity in about eight days, state media said Saturday.Kim was last seen visiting a military unit on March 25 to inspect a long-range artillery exercise. He has since been making field tours in the economic sector apparently to show that he cares about the livelihoods of ordinary people and the country's moribund economy.Kim "guided the test of a new-type anti-
North Korea April 2, 2016
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WHO says new case of Ebola confirmed in Liberia
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in Liberia, the World Health Organization said Friday, a setback for the country which had been declared free from Ebola transmissions in January.Health authorities at the Redemption Hospital in the densely-populated New Kru Town suburbs of Monrovia said a 30-year-old woman died of Ebola.The woman died Thursday night, said the head of Liberia's Ebola response, Tolbert Nyenswah.Health workers prepare to collect the ashes of people th
World News April 2, 2016
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Classic, no-fuss sushi at Matsumoto
Hours later, after the last piece has been consumed, it is the memory of the rice served at Sushi Matsumoto that lingers, how each oblong orb under its blanket of fish was consistently warm, pillowy and subtly seasoned. “With sushi, one should not only focus on the fish, the rice needs to be good as well,” head chef Matsumoto Mizuho explains. Head chef Matsumoto Mizuho focuses on serving classic nigiri and edomae sushi, one carefully crafted piece at a time. (Lee Sang-sub/The Korea Herald) Goo
Food April 1, 2016
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[Weekender] Dansaekhwa, force behind globalization of Korean art
At K Auction’s Hong Kong sale on March 25, Korean monochrome paintings, dubbed Dansaekhwa, led strong sales, proving its steady popularity among international collectors. A 1975 abstract painting by Kim Whan-ki fetched 2.2 billion won ($1.8 million). All six paintings of Park Seo-bo were sold. A white monochrome painting by Chung Sang-hwa sold for 710 million won, higher than its highest estimate of 473 million won. “We could see that the Dansaekhwa boom was continuing. They attracted attentio
Performance April 1, 2016
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Egypt plane drama ends
An Egyptian man who hijacked an EgyptAir plane during a routine domestic flight to Cairo and forced it to land on the island of Cyprus on Tuesday has surrendered and was taken into custody after he released all the passengers and crew.An EgyptAir Airbus A-320 sits on the tarmac of Larnaca airport after it was hijacked and diverted to Cyprus on March 29, 2016. (AFP-Yonhap)His surrender ended an hours-long drama and standoff at the Larnaca airport in southern Cyprus. The hijacker had earlier freed
World News March 29, 2016
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EgyptAir hijacker arrested: Cyprus officials
NICOSIA (AFP) – A hijacker who seized an Egyptian airliner and forced it to land in Cyprus has been detained, officials said on Tuesday."The hijacker has just been arrested," Cypriot government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Twitter, without providing further details.A man emerged from the aircraft and then walked across the tarmac with his hands up to two awaiting counter-terrorism police officers, an AFP correspondent reported.They laid him on the ground and searched him for around tw
World News March 29, 2016
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