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Trendy, toothsome eats at Taupe

Hip, new hotspot showcases snap-worthy, bite-worthy fare

Jul 26, 2018
Food
[Around the Hotels] Packages and promotions

Beer night at Hotel La Casa Hotel La Casa, a lifestyle design hotel in south central Seoul, is offering its “Rooftop Summer Night” package. The package includes a one-night stay in a double room...

Jul 26, 2018
Food
[Epicurean Challenge] Yet another pig part to devour -- tail

Koreans are known for “thoroughly” eating the pig. We barbecue the meat, grill the intestines, make a soup with leftover meat and steam the feet. But there is more to the list: grilling pig tail and ...

Jul 26, 2018
Food
[Weekender] What blood types are really about

'Blood types important in blood transfusion but exact role of antigens remain scientifically unproved with no proof of correlation with diseases’

Jul 26, 2018
Health
[Eye Plus] Summer fun in the heart of city

A record heat wave has been scorching the peninsula this summer, with a temperature north of 40 degrees Celsius marked in Daegu. The heat wave even thinned out the crowds of the usually busy streets ...

Jul 26, 2018
Culture
[Weekender] Stereotyping personalities -- by blood type

Why Koreans believe in, or at least are entertained by, blood type personality theory

Jul 26, 2018
Culture
Vivaldi Park's new attractions bring new kind of fun

HONGCHEON, Gangwon Province -- Vivaldi Park’s water park Ocean World has always been a big draw for both adults and kids, but its latest attractions bring a different type of appeal. It is not easy...

Jul 26, 2018
Travel
[Travel Bits] Festivals, sights around Korea

Coex Na Hit! Aquarium Coex Aquarium is holding its “2018 Summer Na Hit! Aquarium” event, with special underwater performances and an extension of operating hours. The special features for the summe...

Jul 26, 2018
Travel
[Eye]Trailblazing through botany

First female chief of national arboretum shares adventures, love for plants, dream for DMZ

Jul 26, 2018
Culture
[Weekender] Are men with type B blood really womanizers?

Despite it being pseudoscience, stereotyping blood type personalities remains rampant

Jul 26, 2018
Culture
[Herald Interview] Armed with boldness, rookie designers set for global fashion scene

Korean fashion brands Besfxxk, Blindness grace London, Milan runways, respectively

Jul 25, 2018
Fashion
Using design to improve inter-Korean ties

With the two Koreas in a peace mood, the Korea Institute of Design Promotion is considering ways to use design to support better inter-Korean ties. Eune Ju-hyun, KIDP president and CEO, revealed a p...

Jul 25, 2018
Arts&Design
Once blacklisted artist highlights controversial issues in solo exhibition

Artist Hong Sung-dam was on the Park Geun-hye administration’s blacklist of artists, which included a total of 9,473 names that were to be excluded from receiving state funds or support. His controv...

Jul 24, 2018
Arts&Design
Christian couple’s yearlong honeymoon is investment for future

“About Marriage: the 357-day honeymoon” is a collection of writings by a Christian couple who went on a 357-day-long honeymoon to places like Yanbian, Cambodia and India. Like Japanese female writer...

Jul 24, 2018
Book Review
Late novelist posthumously receives highest cultural honor

The government on Tuesday bestowed the late novelist Choi In-hun with the Geumgwan Order of Cultural Merit, the highest class of its kind, for his contribution to Korean literature. Minister of Cult...

Jul 24, 2018
Culture

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