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Celebs build safety net in cafe, restaurant business

Cao Lu,of popular K-pop girl group Fiestar, recently said in a TV show that she hopes to one day open her own store as a side business, confessing even celebrities suffer from financial difficulties ...

Sept 14, 2017
Culture
Bongeunsa to offer Korean culture program for Chuseok

Bongeunsa Temple plans to hold a tea ceremony celebrating the Chuseok holiday, offering separate sessions for children and adults. The ceremony will take place on Sept. 28, Oct. 5, 6, 12 and 19 for ...

Sept 14, 2017
Culture
Celebrity muzzling in Korea dates back to Lee Myung-bak administration

In light of revelations that two previous administrations had blacklisted “leftist” cultural figures since 2009, investigators are expected to expand their probe to target the Lee Myung-bak administr...

Sept 12, 2017
Culture
[Photo News] ‘Beolcho’: Weeding of ancestral tombs

The annual Weeding around ancestral tombs is ongoing ahead of the Chuseok holidays at Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province. “Beolcho” is an effort by descendants to maintain their ancestors’ burial spots i...

Sept 12, 2017
Culture
Congress of Korean-language writers kicks off in Gyeongju

An event celebrating Korean-language literature by writers from around the world kicked off Tuesday in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. The 3rd International Congress of Writers Writing in Korea...

Sept 12, 2017
Book Review
Ever-expanding universe of ramen

Ramen -- or ramyeon, as instant noodles are known locally -- is widely recognized as Korea’s soul food. Korea is the leading consumer of ramen per person in the world, each person eating about 76 ...

Sept 11, 2017
Culture
Halal eating, not as easy as ABC in Korea

For Muslims, eating right means more than simply a balanced diet; it is a sacred law of their religion that they dutifully abide by. Halal -- roughly translated into “permissible” from Arabic -- foo...

Sept 10, 2017
Food
An urban underwater adventure

From streams to the deepest oceans, water, covering more than two-thirds of the planet’s surface, is the home to a myriad of creatures. As many as 1 million different species are thought to inhabit ...

Sept 8, 2017
Travel
[Herald Interview] Designing for ‘dynamic woman on the go’

It is often said that it is never a good time to start a fashion brand, but for Lee Ji-min, founder and creative director of J.Cricket, it meant that now is as good as ever. So Lee, armed with years...

Sept 8, 2017
Fashion
[Korean Bapsang] Jjolmyeon (spicy chewy noodles)

Jjolmyeon is a cold noodle dish of chewy noodles in a sweet and tangy gochujang sauce. The word “jjolmyeon” actually means chewy noodles, but it also refers to the dish made with them. The noodles a...

Sept 8, 2017
Food
[Around the Hotels] Promotions and Packages

White asparagus meals at Millennium Seoul Hilton The Millennium Seoul Hilton’s Italian restaurant Il Ponte is holding a promotion of Italian dining featuring a five-course menu of white asparagus th...

Sept 8, 2017
Food
[Travel bits] Festivals, sights around Korea

Cultural Night Walk in Jeonju Cultural Night Walk in Jeonju, a program selected by the Cultural Heritage Administration in a competition, offers visitors the chance to walk through hundreds of tradi...

Sept 8, 2017
Travel
Seychelles to build on decadelong ties with Korea

Floating atop the Indian Ocean, the island nation of Seychelles has been a travel destination that boasts both scenery and culture, but has stayed under the radar in Korea for the most part due to ac...

Sept 8, 2017
Travel
[Weekender] In search of youth

The term “babyface” has far wider connotations in the modern era than as a nickname for boxers and legendary bank robbers. Saying someone has a babyface may be the biggest compliment one can pay in a...

Sept 8, 2017
Health
[Weekender] Secret to reversing aging? Think again

As people age, so do their looks. In the hopes of reversing the ravages of time, a growing number of people are willing to pay for the privilege: The anti-aging industry in South Korea is expected to...

Sept 8, 2017
Health

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