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Protein-centric salads at Orora

Food&BeverageNov 28, 2020

Burger spot expands to include warm salads at new location
Poet Jeong Ho-seung speaks of relationships in ‘Loving’ and ‘Lonesome Jar: Poetic Fables’

BooksNov 28, 2020

“Lonesome Jar: Poetic Fables” takes the animals, plants and objects that we see every day and tells stories from their perspective, talking about human relationships and love. “While writing these t...
MMCA to stream synth music performance at Cheongju venue

Arts&DesignNov 27, 2020

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea will stream its fourth online performance as part of the MMCA Live series planned to reach a wider range of audiences amid the pandemic. The ...
Website for oldest metal-printed book opens in multiple languages

CultureNov 27, 2020

Meanwhile, the Voluntary Agency Network of Korea, a civic cyberdiplomacy organization of Korea, has declared it will launch a global campaign to retrieve Jikji. It also posted a new petition titled “...
[Around the Hotels] Promotions and Packages

Food&BeverageNov 27, 2020

Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas presents holiday cakes by NY patissier Grand Deli located on the ground floor of Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas in Samseong-dong is offering holiday cakes th...
[Travel Bits] Festivals, sights across Korea

TravelNov 27, 2020

Sunchang Fermented Sauce Festival The Sunchang Fermented Sauce Festival is an annual event held in Sunchang, South Jeolla Province. The festival celebrates the many different sauces and pastes made ...
[Eye interview] German musician who put Tongyeong on international map

CultureNov 27, 2020

Florian Riem to leave Tongyeong after seven years at helm of efforts to grow Tongyeong into international music city
[Weekender] When the going gets tough, the tough deliver

Food&BeverageNov 26, 2020

From delivered food, restaurant takeaways to eating out strictly complying with social distancing rules, pandemic-weary diners have many safe options
Study says woman was reinfected with COVID-19 shortly after recovering

HealthNov 26, 2020

A young, previously healthy person who caught and recovered from COVID-19 was infected again with a different strain of the pathogen, a recent study in South Korea shows. A 21-year-old woman who had...
[Herald Interview] Dansaekhwa master Ha Chong-hyun makes best of adversity

Arts&DesignNov 26, 2020

Pioneer of abstract art in Korea urges young people to think critically, to love Korean culture
Is COVID-19 like the flu?

HealthNov 25, 2020

Perhaps one of the most frequently posed questions since the pandemic’s onset is how the new virus may compare to seasonal influenza. Infectious disease specialist Dr. Oh Myoung-don, who leads the N...
Avant-garde artist Lee Seung-taek challenges art

Arts&DesignNov 25, 2020

Experimenting with new materials and unconventional approaches, Lee came up with ‘nonsculpture’
Obama memoir sells a record 1.7m copies in first week

BooksNov 25, 2020

Former President Barack Obama’s "A Promised Land" sold more than 1.7 million copies in North America in its first week, roughly equal to the combined first week sales of memoirs by his two immediate ...
Inje Icefish Festival canceled due to pandemic

Arts&DesignNov 24, 2020

In a typical year, the Inje Icefish Festival offers a variety of programs and activities, including the opportunity to cook the fish that visitors caught, sledding, a snow playground, a drone zone an...
English book on modern art pioneer Yoo Young-kuk to be released December

Arts&DesignNov 24, 2020

After studying fine art at the Tokyo Culture Institute in Japan in 1935, Yoo explored Korea’s landscape and nature in abstraction, featuring brilliant colors and geometric forms. The artist died in 2...