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Korea’s Pororo takes flight worldwide

TelevisionJun 13, 2011

South Korean animator Choi Jong-il knew he had a hit on his hands when Pororo the penguin hopped onto TV screens back in 2003. Choi’s previous creations had failed to grab the undivided attention of...
Mexico’s gangs adopt ‘Narco Polo’ fashion

FashionJun 13, 2011

MEXICO CITY (AP) ― “Narco Polo” is the new fashion trend sweeping lower-class neighborhoods in Mexico, inspired by seven high-ranking drug traffickers who were arrested over a three-month stretch wea...
Bar honors The Doors; may have to close them

MusicJun 13, 2011

PARIS (AP) ― The walls of the Paris bar are plastered with images of Jim Morrison and The Doors, and a bust of the lead singer presides over the beer tap ― all part of the owner’s lifelong passion fo...
Exhibit serves up Uncle Sam’s role in kitchens

Food&BeverageJun 13, 2011

WASHINGTON ― The U.S. government’s fascination with America’s eating predates the nation itself, and the National Archives can prove it. On display at a new exhibit, “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam? The ...
Rooftop garden soothes patients

HealthJun 13, 2011

Cancer center offers respite, spiritual oasis for the sick HACKENSACK, New Jersey ― For just a moment, patients can forget they’re in a cancer center. The Manhattan skyline offers a spectacular bac...
A treasure trove of Korean art unveiled twice a year

TheaterJun 10, 2011

Director of Kan Song Art Museum says his legacy is keeping the collection intact At the home of Chun Sung-woo, director of the country’s foremost private museum of Korean art, where one would expect...
Favorite snacks given new sophistication

Food&BeverageJun 10, 2011

Dumplings and extra-chewy noodles called jjolmyeon, the favorite after-school snacks of Korean students are given grown-up treatment at Mito in Samseong-dong. The restaurant run by the 40-year-old S...
U.S. wine industry rebounds as sales of $7-plus bottles pick up

Food&BeverageJun 10, 2011

LOS ANGELES ― After two years of sluggish wine sales, consumers are starting to reach for ― and spend more on ― their favorite vintages. U.S. domestic wine retail sales grew 7 percent in 2010 over t...
Buddhist star Richard Gere...to visit Korea for Templestay

FilmJun 9, 2011

American actor Richard Gere will visit South Korea later this month to experience traditional Korean Buddhist temples, the country’s largest Buddhist sect said Wednesday. Gere, a practicing Buddhist...
[News Focus] Betraying for money or hiding another scandal?

TheaterJun 8, 2011

Seomi director says Samsung still owes her 53 billion won Are the once-best-and-strongest partners in the local art scene turning their backs on each other or starting yet another scheme together? ...
Ulysses celebration blooms in Seoul

BooksJun 8, 2011

Bloomsday, a commemoration to celebrate the life of Irish writer James Joyce that also relives events from his novel Ulysses, is to be held in Seoul. “The evening will be a convivial mix of drama, r...
Is Internet sex cheating? Many say yes

CultureJun 8, 2011

Jon Austin’s wife, Amy, had a blunt assessment for her husband as the Minneapolis couple watched Rep. Anthony Weiner’s stunning confessions on television this week. “You’d be dead,” she told him. R...
U.S. hospital puts healing power of art to work

TheaterJun 8, 2011

KANSAS CITY, Missouri ― When you push through the revolving doors of an inner-city hospital, you don’t expect modernist sculptures in Popsicle colors between the glass doors. But at Truman Medical C...
Chicago school fights to save orchestra amid cuts

MusicJun 6, 2011

CHICAGO (AP) ― The violin isn’t pretty, but its scratched frame has been well-loved by the girl who cradles it now, and those who played it before her. Her mother calls it her daughter’s “soul mate.”...
Napoleon’s English lessons sell for 90,000 euros

PeopleJun 6, 2011

PARIS (AFP) ― Napoleon’s first English lessons while he was banished to exile on the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena fetched more than 93,000 euros at an auction in France Sunday, several times...