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3 suspects apprehended for selling celebrity deepfake porn: police
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Over 82,000 Korean young people unemployed, not searching for job long-term
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Formation of four-way consultative body to discuss quota hike faces tough road
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Deconstructing sushi at Shimizu
At Sushi Shimizu, a single piece of sushi, that first oblong oval of glistening fish over rice, serves as a reminder of the importance of “shari.” Shimizu’s shari -- also known as sushi rice -- is quite warm, slightly saline with the structure of each grain of rice remaining distinct. For co-owner and sushi chef Lee Kwang-yeol, this is no accident. “I want the salt to be noticeable in the shari,” said Lee, 34. “Strongly-seasoned shari works well with oily fish like blue-skinned fish or tuna.” S
Jan. 26, 2018
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[Home Cooking] Crispy guljeon (Korean-style oyster fritters)
Traditionally, guljeon is egg battered and individually pan fried. The golden brown, crispy guljeon in this recipe is made with the typical Korean savory pancake batter, loaded with oysters, and fried to perfection!For the batter, I used buchim garu (Korean ready-made pancake mix) along with a little bit of potato starch to add extra crispiness to the pancakes.This recipe requires minimal vegetables. I used carrot, scallion, and mushrooms. Zucchini, chili pepper, garlic chives, red or orange bel
Jan. 26, 2018
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[Around the Hotels] Packages and promotions
Holiday package at Sheraton Seoul D Cube City HotelFor a relaxing getaway during the holidays Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel is offering a Lunar New Year Package. The package, including a Deluxe Room with an either choice of a breakfast or a dinner buffet for two, is designed for those seeking a peaceful rest during the holidays. Guests will be complimented with a skincare set from beauty brand Dr. Bronner’s and have free access to gym and swimming pool. The holiday package will be offered fro
Jan. 26, 2018
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[Graphic News] Over 33,000 Korean restaurants across the world
The number of Korean restaurants worldwide, serving bibimbap, bulgogi and other Korean dishes, rose to 33,499 across 90 countries last year, according to a report published by the Korean Food Promotion Institute. The number increased 262 percent from 9,253 in 2009. There were 15,985 restaurants in China, 9,238 in Japan and 3,293 in the US. Taiwan, Indonesia, Europe and the Middle East also had a greater number of Korean restaurants last year compared to 2009.
Jan. 25, 2018
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Michelin-starred chef bets on casual Korean dining
Chef Yim Jung-sik burst onto the world culinary scene nine years ago with then a rather new concept of Korean fine dining.In two years, he tapped New York, the heart of haute cuisine, with his restaurant Jungsik and earned a Michelin star the following year. The restaurant has had two Michelin stars since 2014, and his Seoul store was added to the second edition of the Michelin Guide for Seoul 2018 as a two-star eatery.After nearly a decade of dedication to fine dining, Yim recently embarked on
Jan. 20, 2018
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[Around the Hotels] Packages and promotions
Toscana Wine Dinner at JW Marriott Hotel Diners who visit JW Marriott Hotel’s BLT Stake on Wednesday, can experience the Great Toscana Wine Dinner, a set course dinner menu paired with renowned Italian wine. The hotel’s chief sommelier Jeong Ha-bong selected the wines from Toscana’s premium winery Carpineto, which has been selected as the world’s 100 best wines by the prestigious wine magazine Wine Spectator. Six different wines are to offer an exquisite tasting chance to diners. Sommelier Jung
Jan. 19, 2018
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Sitting down for authentic Korean meal before hitting the runway
The first Korean Michelin-starred chef Yim Jung-sik hopes to introduce a new perspective on everyday Korean food with Pyunghwaok, which opened at Incheon Airport’s new terminal Thursday. “Foreign diners will be able to taste real Korean food from the entrance of Korea,” Yim said at Pyunghwaok, which means “peace house” in Korean, on Wednesday, ahead of its official opening. “For me, I can showcase my menu to a more diverse spectrum of people.” The restaurant offers classic food of North and Sout
Jan. 19, 2018
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Try these hot and comforting foods when temperature nose-dives
Need something to fight the brutal cold? Yeah ... us too.It’s time to warm up with soothing comfort food. Nothing beats a bowl of steaming hot chili, soup or stew on frigid days like these.Here, we’re featuring three Test Kitchen recipes to get you through this current cold snap -- one soup, one chili and a tasty roast.Feel free to adjust each recipe to your own taste with seasonings and such.Test Kitchen tips:Use a variety of chili powders for your desired spice level. Check ingredient labels o
Jan. 12, 2018
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[Home Cooking] Gul tteokguk (Oyster rice cake soup)
It’s a Korean tradition to eat this soup made with white oval rice cake to welcome a bright, prosperous new year. Also, it’s a classic comfort food any time of year, especially in cold months! Tteokguk is usually made with beef broth, but try it with oysters for a change. The intense briny flavor of the oysters plays off quite well with the soft, starchy rice cakes.For soups, small oysters work better because chopped up oysters don’t look as appetizing as small intact oysters. Oysters are packed
Jan. 12, 2018
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Around the Hotels
Mediterranean dishes at Grand Hyatt SeoulGrand Hyatt Seoul’s buffet restaurant The Terrace is offering the “Taste of the Mediterranean” promotion. Around 65 dishes prepared in Mediterranean style include flavors from Greece, southern France, Italy and even some Middle Eastern countries. The Taste of the Mediterranean menu, prepared by a guest chef from Greece, aims to offer diners honest flavors, using fresh and local ingredients, with the main staple ingredient of Mediterranean cuisine -- olive
Jan. 12, 2018
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[Graphic News] Foreigners' satisfaction with Korean food lowest in Japan
Foreigners satisfaction with traditional Korean food, known as “hansik” in Korea, was the lowest in the neighboring country of Japan, one poll showed, amid frayed ties between the two countries over a number of diplomatic issues. Japanese people’s awareness of Korean food came in at 32.8 percent, compared to an overall average of 64.1 percent, according to a survey from the Korean Food Promotion Institute. The poll was conducted online, questioning 6,000 foreigners living in 10 major cities abr
Jan. 10, 2018
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[Weekender] Around the hotels
Swellfish dishes at Millennium Seoul HiltonMillennium Seoul Hilton’s Japanese restaurant, Gengi, is offering a promotion of swellfish dishes, which are considered a delicacy in Japanese cuisine. The finest flavors and tender texture of swellfish, or fugu, are brought to life by the hotel’s veteran chefs. Genji’s chefs are offering various swellfish dishes on both the a la carte menu and Kaiseki menu. The dishes will include swellfish sashimi, swellfish in a stone pot, grilled swellfish, deep fri
Jan. 5, 2018
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All-day eats, baked goods and coffee at Caravan
Caravan, an expanding eatery with new roots near Seoul’s Dosan Park, seems to have mastered the art of all-day dining. At its latest outpost, which opened mid-December in Sinsa-dong, diners can tuck into breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert and bar snacks in an airy space with high ceilings, floor-length windows and powder blue and buttery orange-brown seating. Caravan’s crispy pork belly is marinated in beer and honey, braised, garnished with pineapple sage, perched over sauteed potatoes and serv
Jan. 5, 2018
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Brown butter brings nutty flavor to aromatic, spiced gingerbread
By Leah EskinChicago Tribune Ginger, cinnamon, cloves (or pepper) and molasses flavor a classic gingerbread. (Chicago Tribune/TNS)Fall demands that leaves leave. Acquiescing, they fall.After which, they lie in wait. For what remains unclear. Mine looked perfectly happy lazing around in heaps that faded from red and orange to brown and brittle.I liked the crinkle underboot, the flurry that followed the dog, the nutty scent of the season settling. It put me in mind of nut-brown gingerbread, spiced
Jan. 5, 2018
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[Around the Hotels] Promotions and packages
Swellfish dishes at Millennium Seoul HiltonMillennium Seoul Hilton’s Japanese restaurant, Gengi, is offering a promotion of swellfish dishes, which are considered a delicacy in the Japanese cuisine. The finest flavors and tender texture of swellfish, or fugu, are brought to life by the hotel’s veteran chefs. Genji’s chefs are offering various swellfish dishes on both the a la carte menu and Kaiseki menu. The dishes will include swellfish sashimi, swellfish in a stone pot, grilled swellfish, deep
Dec. 29, 2017
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A look inside largest Starbucks store in Korea
Starbucks opened its biggest store in Korea in downtown Seoul, Wednesday, which is designed to do much more than simply serve coffee. Its former largest in the nation was the “Cheonho Rodeo branch” in Gangdong, Seoul.The 1,097 square-meter compound, named “The Jongno branch,” is located across the street from Bosingak, at Jongno Tower, Jongno-gu, one of the oldest districts in Seoul, dotted with traditional attractions. The store is four times larger than the average size of other branches in Ko
Dec. 20, 2017
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Seamless, delicate, fragrant sushi at Kiyose
Sushi Kiyose, one of the newest sushiya to open in Seoul, is much like its name -- a serene space where one can slowly savor the soft, delicate wash of flavor from each piece of sushi with small dishes that also merit the same degree of near-meditative consideration. “I wanted a pristine space where one could come and quietly enjoy sushi, hence the name ‘kiyose,’ which means ‘clear ford,’” explained head chef Lee Sung-jun, 34. Hinoki wood, the same fragrant wood used in temples, palaces and onse
Dec. 15, 2017
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[Around the Hotels] Packages and promotions
Cozy staycation at Millennium Seoul Hilton Millennium Seoul Hilton is offering a cozy staycation package for the winter holidays through Feb. 28 next year. The Winter Escape Package offers accommodation in a deluxe room with a view of the city, a buffet breakfast for two at Cafe 395, two gingerbreads and access to a fitness center and swimming pool. The package starts from 240,000 won and is only available to Korean citizens or foreigners with an alien registration card. There is an additional c
Dec. 8, 2017
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[Weekender] Chicken feet and more -- odd, must-have specialties at Korea’s tented bars
Korea’s pojangmacha, or tented bars, have evolved over the years both in appearance and gastronomical offerings, now more polished and offering a wider array of dishes to go with drinks. But some distinctly Korean specialties, featuring odd ingredients unfamiliar to most foreign visitors and even many Koreans -- from chicken feet and cow innards to cartilage and squirming fish -- remain staple dishes at the tarp-covered watering holes. The food dishes, many of them doused in spicy sauces, are o
Dec. 8, 2017
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[Korean Bapsang] Mu doenjang guk (Radish soybean paste soup)
Korean radish, mu, is sweet and juicy these days! Make some soup with it. While the radish soup (mu guk) made with beef is more common, this doenjang (Korean fermented soybean paste) based radish soup, called mu doenjang guk, is light yet full of flavor.Doenjang guk is most commonly made with anchovy broth, but I used vegetable broth here. It’s vegan! Simply boil some basic aromatic vegetables, such as onion, garlic, scallion, dried kelp (dashima) and dried shiitake mushrooms -- all common ingre
Dec. 2, 2017