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Yeoju to hold Sweet Potato Festival

TravelDec 9, 2011

Yeoju County, located in the central part of the country, is hosting the third Sweet Potato Festival from Dec. 31 through Jan. 3 near Silleuk Temple, vowing to attract visitors by combining its regional product with its famous tourist attraction. The festival, first held in January 2009, has been drawing more attention as sweet potatoes are being regarded as a healthy product for weight loss. T...
Fight to be big cheese upends N.Y. pizza world

TravelDec 9, 2011

NEW YORK (AFP) ― The world of pizza in New York is in meltdown over who will be the big cheese on one of the Big Apple’s hottest slices of pizza real estate. At stake is a corner of Brooklyn under the end of the Brooklyn Bridge that has been ruled for more than a decade by Grimaldi’s, an old-world pizzeria with crusts as thin as the line of tourists is long, an almost unique oven, and now a feud...
Traveling the National Road in Ohio

TravelDec 9, 2011

BLAINE, Ohio ― The Blaine Hill Bridge is a monument to Ohio’s past. The 385-foot, brick-paved bridge in Belmont County is also a surviving link to the historical National Road. It dates to 1828 and is the oldest surviving bridge in the Buckeye state, designated Ohio’s Bicentennial bridge in 2003. With its three arches and sandstone blocks, it once carried travelers on the National Road over Whe...
New Books

BooksDec 9, 2011

Portrait of a complex man Van Gogh: The Life By Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith (Random House) Vincent van Gogh’s autobiography is painted in luminous, powerful brushstrokes, the supreme portrait of the artist. “As my work is,” he said, “so am I.” “Van Gogh: The Life,” the intricate and panoramic biography by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, is a provocative work about the volcan...
Children’s book features Korean folk tale

BooksDec 9, 2011

The Tiger’s Tale By Kim Myung-soo Translated by Kim Ok-hee and Betty Chung (Appletree Tales) Among many stories available for children, Korea’s traditional folktales offer a unique reading experience for young readers. The fables, myths and anecdotes present humor and life lessons, as well as a glimpse into traditional values and culture. Local publisher Appletree Tales’ bilingual series of...
Michael Connelly’s appeal is no mystery

BooksDec 9, 2011

The metaphorical bookstore of crime fiction is crowded with best-selling titles and talented writers, few of whom can outgun Michael Connelly. The prolific Connelly, 55, covered crime for the Fort Lauderdale News and Sun-Sentinel in the 1980s (where he was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize), then did the same for seven years at the Los Angeles Times. The insider’s knowledge that came with the terr...
Soegogi jangjorim (Beef chunks braised in soy sauce)

Food&BeverageDec 9, 2011

Soegogi jangjorim is a dish of beef (rib eye round, shank or top round) braised in soy sauce. The beef is usually ripped or cut into thin slices. This is a fairly salty dish, so it is storable and suitable as a basic side dish. Ingredients ● 200g beef (top round), 3 cups water ● fragrant seasoning, 10g green onion, 20 g garlic ● 5 1/2 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp sugar ● 30g garlic, 50g ground che...
Wine of the Week: 2010 Evening Land Pinot Noir

Food&BeverageDec 9, 2011

It’s easy to detect the hand of consulting winemaker Dominique Lafon in this lush Pinot from Evening Land vineyard in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. The 2010’s ripe fruit, silken texture and underlying minerality channel a Burgundian elegance. Evening Land’s Pinot is a terrific food wine ― perfect with the holiday turkey or roast beef, with comforting stews and braised dishes. A wonderful buy for t...
Tea houses take cue from Oriental medicine

Food&BeverageDec 9, 2011

Traditional Korean medicine used in fragrant, health-conscious brews Many acquainted with traditional Korean medicine tend to associate it with herbal remedies, brewed over long periods of time into generally bitter preparations. Children prescribed those concoctions often resort to all manner of tactics to mask that overpowering taste, using bottles of soda to chase them down, sugar by the spo...
Tom Cruise undisputed star at opening of Dubai film festival

FilmDec 9, 2011

DUBAI (AFP) ― Actor Tom Cruise was the undisputed star on the red carpet at the opening of the Dubai Film Festival, sharing the limelight with Bollywood stars and the widow of late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat. Cruise attended the screening of his latest release, “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,” which was filmed in Dubai and includes a dramatic scene where the U.S. actor climbs the s...
Angels sign Pujols for $254m

World NewsDec 9, 2011

DALLAS (AP) ― Albert Pujols could have been a wealthy Cardinal for life, planning for the day his statue would be erected outside Busch Stadium next to those of Stan Musial, Bob Gibson and the other St. Louis greats. Instead, exactly six weeks after leading the Cardinals to a second title in one of the most thrilling World Series ever, he decided to accept the second-highest contract in Major Le...
Anne Frank's pre-war apartment to open to public

TravelDec 9, 2011

An Amsterdam apartment where Jewish teenager Anne Frank and her family lived for nine years before going into hiding due to the Nazi occupation will be opened Saturday, a spokesman for its owner said. "Around 400 people will be allowed to enter the home," Andre Bakker, a spokesman for the Ymere social housing company which owns the apartment where Frank and her family lived from 1933 to 1942, sa...
Coke secret formula gets 1st new home since 1925

World NewsDec 9, 2011

ATLANTA (AP) _ The Coca-Cola Co. has made its secret formula the centerpiece of a new exhibit at its corporate museum, ditching the confines of the bank vault where the list of ingredients had been stored since 1925. The world's largest beverage maker said Thursday a new vault containing the formula will be on display for visitors to its World of Coca-Cola museum in downtown Atlanta. However, th...
Cold snap to remain through weekend

Social affairsDec 9, 2011

The piercing cold snap will continue to grip the nation over the weekend with snow scattering across the Korean peninsula. The cold will recede after Sunday, recovering the annual average, the state weather agency said Friday. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, the cold snap will be worst on Saturday, where temperatures are expected to fall below 6 degrees below zero in Seoul...
Producer price growth hits 1-year low in Nov.

Dec 9, 2011

South Korea’s producer prices grew at the slowest clip in one year in November as prices of vegetables and fruits fell sharply, the central bank said Friday. The producer price index, a barometer of future consumer inflation, rose 5.1 percent in November from a year earlier, cooling from a 5.6 percent on-year gain in October, according to the Bank of Korea. Last month‘s data marked the slowest ...