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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Hankook Tire takes over control of Hanon Systems
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[Herald Interview] ‘Time to Be Strong’ follows retired K-pop idols’ self-discovery
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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Global hotel prices up by 4 percent in first half
Hotel prices went up by 4 percent in the first half of the year, showing a recovery in the hotel industry, according to the Hotel Price Index by Hotels.com.But that means travelers paid more on average for their hotel rooms during the first six months of 2012 in all parts of the world, with Europe and the Middle East region showing a 1 percent increase in hotel prices, 6 percent in the Pacific region, 5 percent in North America and 4 percent in Asia. “The hotel industry bounced back in the first
TravelSept. 7, 2012
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KTO holding riverside concerts in Gwangju, Daegu
The Korea Tourism Organization is holding a concert at riverside parks from Sept. 8-9 in Gwangju and Daegu as part of efforts to facilitate tourism near river areas. The concert titled “Two Wheel Concert” will feature bike ride events and musical performances by top Korean and foreign singers and musicians such as pop diva Kim Wan-seon, girl group Dal Shabet, New Age pianist Yang Bang-eon and Latin jazz band Nueva Manteca for the Gwangju concert, and singer JK Kim Dong-wook, Kim Tae-woo and Arab
TravelSept. 7, 2012
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France to hold second international food festival
‘Fête de la Gastronomie’ attracts epicureans worldwide with its finest delicacies“A successful dish is a thing of beauty and balance, born of the spirit and hand of man,” said Michel Gurard, renowned French Michelin three-starred chef and a founder of Nouvelle cuisine, an innovative method of cooking to create food low in calories. Not only is he a world-famous chef, he is also the patron of an upcoming international food festival that will be held across France in late September. France is a ce
TravelSept. 7, 2012
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Sarasota: Where culture, nature share the stage
SARASOTA, Florida ― It is a still, hot day on Sarasota Bay as we slide our kayaks into the water. Too lazy to use our oars, we drift a little and watch the mullet jump while we wait for the last members of our tour to arrive. Suddenly a pelican swoops down and grabs a silvery fish, startling us.We set off a few minutes later, seven of us with little or no kayaking experience. Kelly, our guide, points his oar in the direction he wants us to go, then stays in the middle of our disorganized pack, s
TravelSept. 7, 2012
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Pierre Gagnaire Package t Lotte Hotel Seoul
The hotel offers a special package centered around special culinary work of Chef Pierre Gagnaire, a three Michelin-starred chef of the hotel’s restaurant Pierre Gagnaire Soul until Dec. 29. The Pierre Gagnaire Package will include “The Pastry Package,” which includes a one-night stay in a deluxe club room, club lounge privileges, flowers and cookies. “The Restaurant Package” provides a one-night stay in a Junior or Corner Suite Club Room, Club Lounge privileges for two, a bottle of wine, cake, a
FoodSept. 7, 2012
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Korean royal cuisine class at Imperial Palace Seoul
Imperial Palace Seoul presents a Korean traditional royal cuisine cooking class conducted by buffet restaurant Familia’s senior chef, who has 25 years of experience in traditional royal cuisine. The dishes that will be introduced during the two-hour session will include traditional Korean savory milk porridge, beef ginseng balls in galbi sauce, asparagus and tofu skewers, traditional lotus porridge, sea food platters of nine delicacies and beef and vegetable rolls. After each class, a full cours
FoodSept. 7, 2012
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68th Gourmet Circle Dinner at Millennium Seoul Hilton
French restaurant Seasons presents the 68th Gourmet Circle Dinner on Sept. 21-22. The special event will hold a premium champagne reception at 7 p.m., followed by a seven-course meal, which will be paired with complementary wines. Inspired by autumn, the 68th Gourmet Circle Dinner will introduce rich and savory flavors to celebrate the harvest season. This celebratory dinner with wine is priced at 175,000 won, excluding tax and service charges. Marked by sophistication and beautifully-decorated
FoodSept. 7, 2012
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‘American Culinary Delight’ event at Ritz-Carlton Seoul
The hotel offers the “American Culinary Delight” steak and barbecue event with executive chef at Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner, Matthew Morrison. American style dishes will be available at Oksan Buffet, Japanese restaurant Hanazono and Chinese restaurant Cheehong from Sept.7-Oct. 28. Lunch buffet, course menus and an la carte menu will feature a wide range of American meats such as rib eye and striploin steak, boiled ribeye carpaccio and ribeye bulgogi tart. The dinner course menu features six cour
FoodSept. 7, 2012
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Champagne drought threatens
REIMS, France (AFP) ― First the bad news: there is going to be a lot less champagne to go round this year.The good news: what there is could be outstanding.After one of the worst spring growing seasons on record, producers of the world’s most celebrated bubbly are bracing themselves for one of the smallest harvests in the last 20 years.But thanks to a hot and sunny August, all the signs are that the chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier grapes that go into the king of sparkling wines will be
FoodSept. 7, 2012
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Trendy in Beijing, mala xiangguo
Restaurant serves fiery, fragrant Sichuanese dishMala xiangguo ― a Sichuanese dish that is all the rage in Beijing ― lives up to its name. According to Mala Xiangguo owner-chef Ko Young-yun, “ma” means “tongue-numbing.” “la” means “spicy.” “xiang” means “fragrant” and “delicious;” and “guo” means “pot.” In short, mala xiangguo is an incredibly fiery, delectable jumble of ingredients served up in a large pot. The version served at Ko’s hanok-housed Chinese restaurant in Tongin-dong, Seoul, achie
FoodSept. 7, 2012
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Saengseonjeon (pan-fried fish fillet)
Saengseonjeon is a dish of white fish fillets that are coated with wheat flour and egg wash then pan-fried. Fish used for saengseonjeon are white-flesh fish such as croaker, frozen pollack, sea bream and gray mullet. Saengseonjeon may also be called “jeonyueo,” (oil-fried fish) or ‘jeonyuhwa’ (oil-fried flower) for its beauty. Ingredients- 300 g white fillet fish (frozen pollack), 1/4 tsp salt, 1/8 tsp ground white pepper - 3 tbsp wheat flour, 2 eggs, 2 tbsp edible oil - vinegar soy sauce: 1 tbs
FoodSept. 7, 2012
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‘Pieta’ tipped for Venice win
VENICE, Italy (AFP) ― South Korean director Kim Ki-duk’s “Pieta” and U.S. director Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master” are tipped as the critics’ favorites to win the coveted Golden Lion award on Saturday night.The two are among the 18 movies in competition at the world’s oldest film festival in Venice where stars, auteurs and industry honchos have been rubbing shoulders at the seaside for nearly two weeks of art house cinema.The selection is “the best around,” said festival director Alberto Bar
FilmSept. 7, 2012
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Walk fest, dance party at Jung-gu
The 10th Seoul International Walking Festival will take place tonight and Sunday around Seoul Plaza.The event involves four walks and is organized by the Korea Walking League. A 10 km walk under the moonlight will start at 6 p.m. on Saturday at Seoul Plaza and take walkers by Namsan Mountain North Trail, National Theater of Korea, N Seoul Tower, Namsan Public Library, Ahn Jung Geun Memorial Hall and Sungnyemun before returning to Seoul Plaza.A 25 km walk will kick off at 9 a.m. on Sunday at Seou
CultureSept. 7, 2012
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Rihanna wins best MTV video; Psy makes appearance
Rihanna won the top prize of the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards for her “We Found Love” song on Thursday night in Los Angeles. British boy band One Direction was also in the spotlight, sweeping up three prizes including Best Pop Video and Best New Artist for their debut single “What Makes You Beautiful.” The other artists who won VMAs are Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj, Coldplay, Calvin Harris and Demi Lovato. Korean singer Psy appeared briefly during the live show with host Kevin Hart, surprising and en
TelevisionSept. 7, 2012
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Politics, dirty campaigns fill election yarn
The Other WomanBy Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge) Myriad “other women” form an ever-widening circle of political intrigue in award-winning author Hank Phillippi Ryan’s highly entertaining hardcover debut.Politics, dirty campaigns and compromised candidates are a compelling plot foundation in any year, but especially in this presidential election year. Ryan combines both a timely tale and a multi-layered plot with gripping suspense. “The Other Woman” works well as a political thriller and romantic su
BooksSept. 6, 2012
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Author undone by his own style
The Devil in SilverBy Victor LaValle (Spiegel & Grau)Nobody is his or her own best editor, not even the writer of this review, so you wonder whether Victor LaValle didn’t get advice about his third novel, “The Devil in Silver,” or simply chose to ignore it. It’s sad, really, because what might have been a first-rate thriller about madness, corruption and monsters in a Queens asylum is too glib to get a reader fully committed, no pun intended, although it’s a great example of how an author can be
BooksSept. 6, 2012
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Molly Ringwald taps into her literary interest
Picture a film shoot somewhere in Canada. On one side of a swimming pool, the gear, the crew and most of the cast; on the other side, Molly Ringwald. They’re shooting the rest of the scene before her part, so she sits on a box to wait. She begins tapping on her phone, and as the hours pass, that’s all she does: Sit on the box, tapping. By the time the camera turns her way, she has finished the first draft of “When It Happens to You,” the impassioned, clever title story of her first book of ficti
BooksSept. 6, 2012
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Bulgarian rewarded for delving into Slavic roots in short stories
When Miroslav Penkov moved to the United States from Bulgaria just short of his 19th birthday, he was so insecure about his accented English that he’d often rehearse conversations in his head. In line at the grocery store, before ordering a Coke on the airplane, even when talking to peers, Penkov turned over the phrase dozens of times.That experience of being an outsider in a foreign country would define him as a writer ― and make Penkov, 29, a rising literary star.His collection of short storie
BooksSept. 6, 2012
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Designs with messages touch more hearts
Products with moving goals and stories become best-sellThe following is the seventh in a series of articles on design prepared in anticipation of the Herald Design Forum on Sept. 19-21. ― Ed.I ♥ NY, the beloved image created by U.S. graphic designer Milton Glaser in the 1970s, became more popular than ever in the Big Apple after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. T-shirts and souvenirs bearing the logo, and also Glaser’s revamped version reading “I Love NY More Than Ever,” were frequently spotted in
Arts & DesignSept. 6, 2012
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Something old, something new: CCF participants get a feel for Korea
From a special nighttime tour of the UNESCO World Heritage site Changdeokgung Palace to the performance of “Mr. Rabbit and the Dragon King,” a Korean pansori opera, participants at the third Culture Communication Forum were introduced to a wide range of cultural experiences.Culture Minister Choe Kwang-shik on Tuesday evening hosted a welcome dinner for the 15 guests representing 14 different countries. Despite the heavy downpour, the minister went ahead with the tour of Changdeokgung Palace, a J
CultureSept. 6, 2012