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Swim under moonlight to the sound of jazzTravelOct 7, 2011...he Shilla Jeju) The thought of outdoor swimming in the autumn might give you a little chill but it’s a lot different when it comes to swimming on Jeju Island. The southern-most island enjoys its peak...beer are offered for 32,000 won per person during the 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. happy hour. They are Germany’s Erdinger, Ireland’s Guinness, Japan’s Asahi, Belgium’s Hoegaarden, the U.S.’ Miller and Korea’s Re... -
The real ThailandTravelOct 7, 2011BANGKOK ― It is hard to find anyone who is unaware of Thailand’s overplayed vacation locations, but the country still holds areas for even the most hardened traveler to gleefully explore the new. And although Thailand’s reputation as a tourist destination is undeniable and Koreans are fast becoming a sizable market, they are still but a small portion of the 16 million tourists that visit the tro... -
New BooksBooksOct 7, 2011...ct. Flinn is struck by the number of boxes and cans the woman is buying -- and the grocery bill she’s racking up -- and spends the afternoon leading her through the store, explaining how she can save ...e willing to open their kitchens and psyches to her inspection. The women range in age from their 20s to early 60s. Some are well-off financially, others are not. One woman who had a good job lost it ... -
Author gives an insider’s guide to publishingBooksOct 7, 2011...es best-selling author has written and co-written more than 50 books, including “The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Getting Published” (Alpha, $19.95, 400 pages; the fifth edition goes on sale Nov. 1). Sa...at out. I just talked with a friend who has spent months promoting her self-published cookbook. It’s been mentioned everywhere online, and there are links to it all over the place. Even after all of ... -
Grand Canyon’s majestic echoesBooksOct 7, 2011...of exploration while sparing the reader the discomfort. In “The Grand Canyon Reader,” Lance Newman’s editing challenge was to illuminate an iconic place while offering a glimpse of something new. The...selecting 27, including essays, poems and journal entries. A pine stands guard on the Grand Canyon’s snowy South Rim just off the Rim Trail. (Alan Solomon/Chicago Tribune/MCT) A Colorado River guide... -
Wine of the Week: 2010 Famille Brechet Lirac ‘Plateau des Chenes’Food&BeverageOct 7, 2011...irac, the scent of dried wild herbs, ripe blackberries, olives and earth leapt out of the glass. It’s so rich and intense, it comes on like a baby Chteauneuf. In fact, the Brechet family that produces...come with some aging. Somehow, I don’t think my bottles are going to hang around for that long. It’s too tempting to break one out for a slow-roasted salmon or a Cornish game hen. I’d pair it with sc... -
Curry casualties turn up heat on British restaurantFood&BeverageOct 7, 2011...h capital, Edinburgh, on Saturday following reports that some competitors were “very unwell”. Members of the British Red Cross were on hand at the event, which raises money for the Scottish children’s charity Chas, but the Scottish Ambulance Service was required after two diners suffered a violent reaction. Curie Kim, a 21-year-old U.S. exchange student, finished second but called for an end to the event. “It was very painful and felt like I was being chainsawed in the stomach with hot sauce on the chainsaw,” she explained to the...
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Gochujang burger lands Iowa native for a South Korean biteFood&BeverageOct 7, 2011Jim Calhoun’s grand prizewinning glazed gochujang burger with ginger-lime aioli (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald) Contest winner on how the Korean condiment perfectly compliments the classic American...squirted Annie Chun’s Gochujang over the pizza that was served as part of the lunch. Of Annie Chun’s Gochujang, which was the focus of the contest, Jim said he’s sure it’s popular where it is current... -
Rooney’s father arrested in betting probeMore sportsOct 7, 2011...f an investigation into betting irregularities at a Scottish Premier League football match. Rooney’s 48-year-old father, who is also named Wayne, and 54-year-old uncle Richie Rooney were arrested on ...o 2012. “Wayne’s focused on the game tomorrow. We all realize the importance of that,” Terry said. “As I’ve said before, it’s important for him to go out and play his football, which he loves doing.”
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Johnson Sirleaf, Gbowee, Karman win Nobel PeacePodcastOct 7, 2011...LO, Norway (AP) _ The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for their work on women’s rights. The Norwegian Nobel Committee honored the three women “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.” Johnson Sirleaf, 72, is a Harvard-trained economist who became Africa’s first democratically elected female president in 2005. She faces a pre...
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Samsung, Apple relations to enter new chapterPodcastOct 7, 2011...duct with the right leadership, this is the time to do it,” said Martin Lindstrom, one of the world’s leading brand consultants. He also advised Samsung to immediately move away from “copycat” design...e market share from Apple only if it throws away Galaxy Tab which I really think is a copy of Apple’s iPad,” Lindstrom said. Other market experts also have noted Apple may have to switch gears to a m... -
Another US soldier in Korea under probe for raping underage girlSocial affairsOct 7, 2011SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) -- Another U.S. soldier in Korea is under investigation on suspicion of raping an underage South Korean girl, police said Friday, less than two weeks after a similar case enrag... rape in Dongducheon, north of Seoul, which stirred public outcry against sex crimes committed by U.S. soldiers stationed here. The 21-year-old U.S. Army private was indicted by prosecutors Thursday ...
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Apple looks to overseas growth to stay on top without Jobs: TechPodcastOct 7, 2011Steve Jobs built Apple Inc. into the world’s most valuable technology company with easy-to-use products that transformed the computing, wireless and music industries. The company will look for overse...e, Apple’s developer conference in June. When Apple needs to introduce entirely new products, Jobs’s vision may be missed -- if the company introduces a TV, for example, Piper Jaffray’s Munster said....
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Monkey see, monkey feel helps research for paralysedPodcastOct 7, 2011... robotic exoskeleton." Publishing their work on Wednesday in the British journal Nature, Nicolelis's team implanted multiple electrodes in both brain hemispheres in two rhesus monkeys. Using brain p... "Such an interaction between the brain and a virtual avatar was totally independent of the animal's real body, because the animals did not move their real arms and hands, nor did they use their real... -
N. Koreans with over $100,000 in cash number 500,000: expertPodcastOct 7, 2011...ch class" of North Korea, whose per capita income is estimated at $1,700, compared with South Korea's $20,000. Among that elite are 50,000 high-profile officials and their relatives living in the Nor...the haves and have-nots in the North, which has relied on international handouts since the late 1990s when it suffered a massive famine. Experts have said the North's food shortages may get worse afte...
