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‘World’s happiest man’ advocates meditation

PeopleFeb 16, 2011

Tibetan Buddhist monk visits Korea for first time before three-year retreat Dubbed the “world’s happiest man,” best-selling author and master Buddhist teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche was in Korea fo...
Author Kim quits online world after heated debate

BooksFeb 16, 2011

Popular tech-savvy novelist Kim Young-ha quit Twitter and blogging after a series of controversial online debates with literary critic Cho Young-il. The debate centered around the systemic problems ...
Dreaming big, expats open hagwon chain

Expat LivingFeb 15, 2011

From humble beginnings, franchise grows to 47 schools in just 18 months The huge English-language education industry in Korea has inspired many expats to dream of opening their very own “hagwon,” or...
Prince William chooses Harry as best man

PeopleFeb 15, 2011

LONDON (AFP) ― Prince William has asked his brother Prince Harry to be his best man when he marries Kate Middleton on April 29, and she has asked her sister Philippa to be maid of honor, the palace s...
Jackson’s dad plans Vietnam hotel complex

PeopleFeb 15, 2011

HANOI (AFP) ― The father of late pop icon Michael Jackson on Monday helped start work on a $2 billion hotel-entertainment complex called “Happyland,” billed by Vietnam as the region’s largest tourism...
COME TOGETHER: SEOUL PLAYERS

Expat LivingFeb 15, 2011

• Name of Club: Seoul Players • Location(s): Itaewon, Seoul • Number of members: 10 board members, plus an ever-expanding number of actors, musicians, artists, designers, writers, technicians an...
Ex-ministers visit comfort women shelter

PeopleFeb 15, 2011

Former justice ministers of both Korea and Japan visited the House of Sharing in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province on Sunday to solace the “comfort women” who were forced into sexual slavery for Japanese tr...
Pathfinder for 7 million overseas Koreans

PeopleFeb 15, 2011

Campaigner says Seoul should utilize ethnic Koreans abroad as valuable assets At the height of the Korean-Japanese diplomatic normalization talks in mid-1960s, a 22-year-old man was ruffled by the g...
Fermentation Celebration to offer feast in Seoul

Expat LivingFeb 15, 2011

Small-scale producers are to offer an array of locally fermented goods at a Seoul bar. The city’s first ever “Fermentation Celebration” is to introduce a variety of home-made produce including bread...
Ruling leaves F-2 visa applicants stranded

Expat LivingFeb 15, 2011

Citizens of America, Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand all struggled to obtain the F-2 spouse visa this year, as the required documentation ceased to be available. Until Dec. 31, embassies...
Expat climbers work to conserve routes

Expat LivingFeb 15, 2011

For expat rock climbers, the unique beauty of Korean mountain ranges has a way of stealing their hearts. “The places I often go to have become very special to me. These are beautiful places packed w...
Laughing gasreturning as option for laboring moms

HealthFeb 14, 2011

CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) ― Labor pain is nothing to laugh at. Yet. The use of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, during childbirth fell out of favor in the United States decades ago, and just two h...
3 women honored for letters to Juliet

PeopleFeb 14, 2011

VERONA, Italy (AP) ― An aspiring poet in search of true love. A student who has found it. And a young woman on the cusp of a major life change. All three confided their true hearts to Juliet, writin...
Planting pride for bicultural children

PeopleFeb 13, 2011

Korean-Chinese establishes Saturday schools for children of immigrant women Ahn Shun-hua, a 46-year-old ethnic Korean from Harbin, China, is married to a Korean man. After her marriage, the couple ...
Four receives HUFS alumni award

PeopleFeb 13, 2011

The alumni association of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies will present “proud alumni” awards to four graduates in a ceremony in a Seoul hotel on Tuesday. The recipients will be Hyundai Oil Bank...