Learning out of class

One million liters of water, 1,200 chickens, 13,345 eggs, and 4,239 rolls of toilet paper. This is how much an average person consumes during his 78.5 years on Earth, according to “Lifetime Numbers Made by a Person,” an infographics project by Yook Ho-joon. Yook’s work is part of a Sejong Center exhibition titled “BINGO - The Story of Life and Arts from Cuban Refrigerators,” a rare opportunity to enjoy Cuban contemporary art as well as Korean artists’ paintings and installations. While the 15 Ko

CultureJuly 26, 2013

Calendar

 Pop Music“2013 Ansan Valley Rock Festival”: As Korea’s biggest rock festival, the Valley Rock Festival presents one of the best lineups of big musicians from Korea and abroad such as this year’s headliners The Cure, NiN, Skrillex, the Foals, the XX, My Bloody Valentine, Idiotape, Peppertones and many others. This year’s festival has moved from Jisan Resort to the Daebu Sea Breeze Theme Park. The three-day festival will be held from July 26 to 28. Ticket prices are 120,000 won for a one-day pass

CultureJuly 26, 2013

Box Office: The Terror Live, Snowpiercer, The Wolverine

The Terror LiveCrime. Directed by Kim Byung-woo.Opening Aug. 1Due to an unsavory incident, star anchor Yoon Young-Hwa (Ha Jung-Woo) is pulled from the TV news and is now hosting a radio show. One day during his live show, Yoon receives a phone call threatening to blow up a bridge in Seoul. At first, he takes it as a joke and tells the terrorist to proceed, but soon he realizes that the threat is real. Realizing this could be his one chance to get back to being a newscaster, Yoon broadcasts the p

FilmJuly 26, 2013

Eyelike: Feel the energy in Xia Junsu‘s sophomore album

Feel the energy in Xia Junsu‘s sophomore album Xia“Incredible”(LOEN Entertainment)Former TVXQ member Xia Junsu’s sophomore solo album “Incredible” is an energetic 12-track record that includes a mix of genres and styles including dance, ballad, neo-soul, R&B and hip-hop. Before the album was even released it created a buzz with the announcement that Puff Daddy’s step-son Quincy Brown would be featuring on the title-track on the album. Indeed, the album does live up to the hype, beginning strong

PerformanceJuly 26, 2013

Young women reach profanity parity with ‘The To Do List’

Screen comedy has taken a decided turn towards the blue in recent years, driven by such runaway raunchy hits as “The Hangover” and “Tropic Thunder.” You can trace the trend back to “Wedding Crashers” or even “There’s Something About Mary,” and the mainstreaming of comic crude has only picked up steam of late.But it’s taken a while for female-centered comedies to catch up in the cursing and crudity.“And it’s about time,” cracks Kristen Wiig, whose “Bridesmaids” (2011) first offered up equal time

FilmJuly 26, 2013

Paradise found

Boracay was named the best island in the world by Travel+Leisure Magazine in 2012. The small island in the Philippines’ Visayas archipelago boasts clean beaches, tropical palm trees and crystal clear waters. The 4-kilometer stretch of White Beach makes for some of Boracay’s most iconic photos. Its powdery fine sand and warm climate make it a perfect destination for honeymooners, families and friends. Bulabog Beach features large waves and strong winds year round, making it a hot spot for windsur

TravelJuly 26, 2013

Around the hotels

JW Marriott Hotel Seoul serves summer ‘tonic’ dishesThe hotel’s authentic Chinese restaurant Man Ho is serving a variety of traditional East Asian “tonic” dishes, delicious healthy food made with premium fresh seafood ingredients such as eel, bass and five-spice abalone through Aug. 31. The restaurant presents two course menus: Menu A includes chicken salad, shark’s fin and vegetable soup, sea cucumber and broccoli, and bean and oxtail stew at 135,000 won, while Menu B consisting of mero soup, f

FoodJuly 26, 2013

Oi sobagi (stuffed cucumber kimchi)

Oi sobagi is stuffed cucumber kimchi. It is best made in the summer time when cucumbers are in season. Always look for cucumbers that are firm and slender. For the kimchi, the cucumbers are first salted in boiling hot salted water before being stuffed with the filling. Don’t worry, the hot water won’t cook the cucumbers. This is the method traditionally used for Korean pickled cucumbers, called oiji, to keep the cucumbers crisp and crunchy for a long time. Hope you get a chance to make this quic

FoodJuly 26, 2013

Bohemian Italian in Itaewon

The name, Instant Funk, should be a dead giveaway: This is clearly not an Italian restaurant in the traditional sense. And from the minimal box-like structure of the nearly all-glass space, down to the colorful mix of chairs and tables, it is evident this new eatery is going to be anything but boring.  Situated a good stroll from Noksapyeong Station in foodie-friendly Itaewon, Instant Funk brought its no-holds-barred grub to the masses this May. “We wanted to make food that was laid-back, that y

FoodJuly 26, 2013

Fatboy Slim, Porter Robinson to headline Global Gathering

The Global Gathering dance and electronica music event welcomes the scene’s most recognizable names every year. The first-round lineup of this year’s Korea concert, themed “Dance, Right Now,” will feature rave music superstar Fatboy Slim and American DJ and producer Porter Robinson. Fatboy Slim, aka Norman Cook, is a British DJ, rapper and music producer who has been a pioneer in the EDM scene since the ’80s. Cook first made a name for himself in the U.K. as the bassist for the rock band The Hou

PerformanceJuly 26, 2013

Sex research pioneer Virginia Johnson dies

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Virginia Johnson, who with her ex-husband and research partner William Masters blazed new trails in the study of human sexuality, has died at the age of 88, U.S. media reported.Saint Louis Public Radio said Thursday her death was confirmed by her son Scott Johnson and by a retirement home in the Missouri city where she lived. The cause of death was not disclosed.Born in the Midwestern state into a family with Mormon roots, Johnson met Masters, an obstetrician-gynecologist 10 y

PeopleJuly 26, 2013

Park 41st-most followed leader on Twitter; Obama tops list

President Park Geun-hye (@GH_PARK) is the 41st-most followed world leader on Twitter. According to “Twiplomacy,” a study of world leaders on Twitter, released by Burson-Marsteller, a U.S.-based public relations firm, Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama (@BarackObama) is the most followed world leader on Twitter with more than 33.5 million followers as of July 1.  @BarackObama is the fourth-most popular account in the Twitterverse, just behind Lady Gaga. Pope Francis is the second-most followed

PeopleJuly 26, 2013