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Seoul to host Asia's biggest coffee exhibition

Caffeinated fun is slated for this week in Seoul

Nov 6, 2018
Food
Camping anywhere - in your car

Camping has been popular pastime since it became fashionable in the late 2000s. The number of campers in Korea was 600,000 in 2011 but broke 5 million in 2016, Statistics Korea estimated, suggesting ...

Nov 4, 2018
Travel
Grape variety with mango taste grows popular in Korea

A new grape variety called shine muscat is an increasingly popular choice on South Korean dinner tables. Shine muscat is distinguished by its unique taste, which includes mango flavors. The yellow-g...

Nov 2, 2018
Food
Pet ‘sky shot’ trend fires animal abuse controversy

In recent months, a number of photos on social media showing pets thrown up in the sky have sparked criticism over animal abuse. To get a photo of pets in the blue sky, some pet owners throw them in...

Nov 2, 2018
Culture
Can soulless Seoul landscape inspire world’s hearts and minds?

“Most experts are in agreement that Seoullo is a failure of urban regeneration. I haven’t seen any architect or designer who said good things about it.”

Nov 1, 2018
Travel
Korea’s archaeological research presented in English

Non-Korean speakers will now have easier access to the Paleolithic-era archaeological findings in Korea with the publication of an English-language book on research related to the field. The Nationa...

Nov 1, 2018
Book Review
Intricate French-style desserts at L’Aubenuit

Fragrant cakes and madeleines at spacious patisserie in Sinsa-dong

Nov 1, 2018
Food
[Travel Bits] Festivals, sights around Korea

Pohang Guryongpo Gwamegi Festival The Pohang Guryongpo Gwamegi Festival celebrates gwamegi -- dried mackerel -- along with other local specialties of the Pohang city region, including snow crab and ...

Nov 1, 2018
Travel
[Around the Hotels] Promotions and packages

Mediterranean cuisine at Grand Hilton Seoul Grand Hilton Seoul presents the “World Gourmet Travel – Mediterranean Cuisine” promotion, introducing a variety of Mediterranean dishes. During the promo...

Nov 1, 2018
Food
[Eye Plus] Decades after bombing, Maehyangri seeks reemergence as ‘Peace Village’

Striving to move on from its decades-long history of bombings and explosions, South Korea’s coastal village of Maehyangri in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, is working to rebrand itself as a symbol of p...

Nov 1, 2018
Culture
[Weekender] No more chicken? Getting pulse read in Korean medicine and matching dietary habits

The contents in this article are subjective and not intended as a professional recommendation. – Ed. Believe it or not, I am to stay away from chicken. Or at least that was the result of my recent ...

Nov 1, 2018
Culture
[Weekender] Traditional Korean medicine a game changer in medical tourism industry

It has been a decade since South Korea started issuing short-term visas for foreigners seeking medical treatment here as part of measures to boost medical tourism. Since then, the medical tourism ma...

Nov 1, 2018
Health
Herald Artday to hold offline auction

Herald Artday, a subsidiary of Herald Corp., is holding an offline auction on Nov. 14 at uJung Art Center in southern Seoul. The art auction will comprise 122 works, covering a wide range of art by ...

Oct 31, 2018
Arts&Design
Han Jeong-sun’s exhibition ‘Untamed Thoughts’ shows quest to free a caged spirit

Artist Han Jeong-sun’s exhibition “Untamed Thoughts” showcases her allegorical paintings, which deal with wildness and breaking free of constraints, at a local cultural center called The Forest in No...

Oct 31, 2018
Arts&Design
Paradise City’s boutique hotel Art Paradiso offers special packages

Integrated resort complex Paradise City has added more art to the property with its luxury boutique hotel Art Paradiso. Situated next to Incheon Airport, the nation’s main gateway to the world, Para...

Oct 30, 2018
Travel

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