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Booming times for Czech monastery even as faith wanes

Apr 13, 2011

ZELIV, Czech Republic (AFP) ― Religious belief may be on a sharp decline in the Czech Republic but the Zeliv monastery has found a new role as a spiritual refuge while it recovers from its own decade...
When to visit disaster-struck lands

Apr 8, 2011

What is the line between being a ghoul and a do-gooder when it comes to visiting a recent disaster area? It’s a question to be asked again when the crisis in Japan finally abates. But what is an app...
Around the hotels

Apr 8, 2011

JW Marriott Seoul On April 22 and 23, DJ e_qnx will throw a “Shaky Night” party at Bar Rouge in the hotel from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. His live DJing will mix trance, progressive house and synthesized 70s ...
Climbers on Everest trash-clearing expedition

Apr 6, 2011

KATMANDU (AP) ― A team of mountaineers led by a veteran Sherpa guide flew Wednesday to Mount Everest on an expedition to clear away tons of trash left on the world’s highest peak. Since Everest was ...
Serengeti: Tanzania’s food chain up close and personal

Mar 25, 2011

IN THE SERENGETI, Tanzania ― The lion isn’t sleeping tonight, and neither are most of the people around him. The eerie calls of male lions echo throughout the Serengeti at night. In a tent, even a ...
Korea vows full support for its resort island's bid for 'New7Wonders of Nature'

Mar 19, 2011

JEJU ISLAND (Yonhap) -- South Korea promised Friday its full support to help its southern resort island win global recognition as an awe-inspiring natural site. Jeju Island has been vying against 27...
Explore beautiful stretch of desert on trip to L.A.

Mar 18, 2011

Every Friday, Los Angelenos make a mass exodus to Las Vegas, traveling through the desert on an easy 400-kilometer drive up Interstate 15. Come Sunday, the caravan reverses, and they head home from a...
Around the hotels

Mar 18, 2011

The Ritz-Carlton, Seoul The hotel offers a special honeymoon package. The package includes a night stay at a Superior Deluxe room with a nice view, a bottle of sparkling wine, chocolates and complem...
Royal wedding a business boom or drag?

Mar 16, 2011

NORTHAMPTON, England (AP) ― Surrounded by boxes in a rickety old warehouse above the family shop, Joe Church hurries to wrap plates adorned with the faces of Prince William and his bride Kate Middlet...
College course offers entry into home-brewing

Mar 16, 2011

CAPITOLA, California ― Four years ago handyman Mark Taylor sent proposals to four community colleges for a beer home-brewing course he wished to teach. The colleges’ reaction was as flat as a glass ...
SKAL Seoul Club chief urges ...‘consistent message’ in branding Korea

Mar 14, 2011

Swanson plans to donate books on Korea dating from 1800s President of SKAL Seoul Club for 2011 and Millennium Seoul Hilton general manager Eric Swanson said Korean policymakers should send a “consis...
Tourists reach new beach frontier in Myanmar

Mar 11, 2011

Waves lap the vast sweep of pristine, palm-lined sands as a sprinkling of Westerners soak up the sun, their breezy peace punctuated only by the creaks of a passing ox-cart. Welcome to a tourist para...
Korea to promote Daegu tourism in Japan

Mar 7, 2011

The Korea Tourism Organization said it will attract Japanese tourists to Daegu through a series of promotional meetings in five major cities of Japan from March 7 to March 12. Daegu is scheduled to ...
Waterford: The city sparkles like its crystal

Mar 4, 2011

WATERFORD, Ireland (AP) ― Waterford Crystal is renowned for its sparkle, and lately the city it is named for lives up to that description. Still, Waterford, in Ireland’s sunny southeast (sunny being...
Around the hotels

Mar 4, 2011

JW Marriott Seoul From March 4 to June 26, the hotel is offering a spring picnic package for families. The package includes a one night stay in a superior room, a picnic lunch box for two people con...