What Seoul Food Fest Can Learn From Singapore Korean traditional wedding ceremony is reenacted at Gyeonghui Palace as part of the 2008 Seoul Food Festival./Newsis Korea -- A Desert Island in the Globalized World? Manhattanites Served Korean Food as Japanese How Korean Cuisine Can Compete in the World How to Stop Confusing Tourists About Korean Food Josh last Thursday visited Cheonggye Plaza, wh..
S.Korean Army Officers Hit by N.Korean Spyware A North Korean spyware e-mail was reportedly transmitted to the computer of a colonel at a field army command via China in early August. The e-mail contained a typical program designed automatically to steal stored files if the recipient opens it. It has not been confirmed whether military secrets were leaked as a result of the hacking attempt, but..
Ulsan Spearheads Movement to Turn Carbon into Cash If people were compensated for using alternative energy sources, there might be a large and rapid movement to reduce carbon emissions instead of the current sluggish progress. This is what the Clean Development Mechanism act of the Kyoto Protocol is aiming at. The program provides financial credits for reducing carbon. The city of Ulsan is plan..
Park Chu-young Jets Out to Monaco “I would like to join a global league, like Park Ji-sung and Lee Young-pyo did,” Korean “soccer genius” Park Chu-young said before leaving the country on Sunday to sign a contract with AS Monaco of the French professional football league. It has been reported that the transfer fee is around 2-million euros for a three or four-year contract. Park Chu-you..
The LPGA Tour will require all players to speak English starting 2009. According to wire reports, the LPGA secretariat has decided to suspend members as well as new players for two years if they fail an oral English test. There are 121 international players from 26 countries on the LPGA Tour, including 45 players from Korea. Many people may believe the latest measure is targeting the Korean pla..
The United States has asked the Korean government to pay at least 6.6 percent and up to 14.5 percent more for the upkeep of U.S. Forces Korea next year. According to documents distributed by the ruling Grand National Party on Thursday, the U.S. wants Korea to increase its share from the current 42 percent to 50 percent in the long term, and immediately to reflect either last year’s inflation ..
"Swiri," the film about a female North Korean spy, was so popular when it was screened in 1999 that it attracted as 2.45 million viewers. Won Jeong-hwa, who has been arrested for posing as a defector while spying for the North, was doing so just when the film was being shown. Had she seen it? Trained as an agent by the North's Ministry of Public Security and the State Security Department, Won w..
Olympic Athletes' Homepages Enjoy Popular Run As Korean Olympic athletes outperform expectations, their personal homepages are bulging with encouraging congratulatory posts. According to leading domestic internet community service Cyworld, 1.3 million people visited the homepage of swimming sensation Park Tae-hwan, who has so far taken a gold and silver medal since the Olympics started on Frida..