The Korea Herald

In New York, cooking classes demystify Korean cuisine

NEW YORK (Yonhap News) ― On a recent Saturday evening, Youngsun Lee, culinary instructor and executive chef of the popular Kimchi Taco Truck, welcomed 12 curious students to “The Korean Plate” cooking class at the Institute of Culinary Education in Manhattan.Lee started the class by introducing a few basic Korean ingredients, including gochujang (red pepper paste), doenjang (fermented bean paste) and dried anchovies. Along the way, he shared anecdotes about the various ingredients and dishes fro

Oct. 24, 2011

In New York, cooking classes demystify Korean cuisine

Turkey quake death toll rising

More than 200 dead while rescuers keep digging for survivors ERCIS, Turkey (AP) -- A survivor of the 7.2-magnitude quake that has killed at least 239 people in eastern Turkey was pulled from the rubble with three other people on Monday after he managed to call for help on his cell phone. Dozens

Oct. 24, 2011

‘Kabul would back Pakistan in war with U.S.’

KABUL (AP) ― Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said if the United States and Pakistan ever went to war, his country would back Islamabad, drawing a sharp rebuke Sunday from Afghan lawmakers who claimed the country’s top officials were adopting hypocritical positions.The scenario is exceedingly unlikely and appears to be less a serious statement of policy than an Afghan overture to Pakistan, just days after Karzai and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Islamabad must do more to c

Oct. 24, 2011

‘Kabul would back Pakistan in war with U.S.’

Libya begins forming interim government

U.S., Britain urge against reprisals, call for plural democracyBENGHAZI (AFP) -- Libya‘s new leaders began Monday the tough task of forging an interim government uniting the nation’s disparate political forces after 42 years of Moamer Gadhafi‘s iron-fisted rule, promising a system of Islamic sharia law.“Today, we begin preparing for a new phase... the phase after the liberation, the phase that we will plan and work hard for the future of Libya,” said Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice chairman of the Natio

Oct. 24, 2011

French forces join fight against Somali militants

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) ― Kenya on Sunday said that France’s navy bombed a town in Somalia near a stronghold of al-Shabab, the first confirmation that a Western military force is involved in the latest push against the Islamist militia.Thousands of people, meanwhile, fled a camp for the displaced near Somalia’s capital on Sunday, fearing an imminent clash between African Union peacekeepers and the al-Qaida-linked militants who are trying to demonstrate their strength amid an assault on two front

Oct. 24, 2011

Moderates stall rise of Swiss nationalists

BERN (AP) ― Swiss voters backed moderate forces in their general election in which nationalists failed in their effort to break through the 30 percent barrier with a campaign heavy on anti-immigrant sentiment.The nationalist Swiss People’s Party, or SVP, was projected to take 25.9 percent of the vote for the lower house, a drop of 3 percent from four years ago, according to public television station SF’s latest projections early Monday morning.On the left, the Greens also sustained a surprising

Oct. 24, 2011

Panetta praises China on Taiwan arms reaction

BALI, Indonesia (AP) ― In unusual praise for China, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday that Beijing deserved credit for its relatively mild response to Washington’s announcement last month of a $5.8 billion arms sale to Taiwan.He suggested it could create new momentum toward improved U.S.-China ties.China has reacted to past American arms sales to Taiwan by reducing or freezing contacts with the Pentagon. China regards Taiwan as part of its territory and sees U.S. arms sales as unde

Oct. 24, 2011

Torch cams to give masses views from Lady Liberty

NEW YORK (AP) — Lady Liberty is getting high-tech gifts for her 125th birthday: webcams on her torch that will let viewers gaze out at New York Harbor and read the tablet in her hands or see visitors on the grounds of the island below in real time.The five torch cams are to be switched on Frid

Oct. 24, 2011

Torch cams to give masses views from Lady Liberty

Sarkozy 'sick' of Cameron's EU interference: reports

LONDON (AFP) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy launched a scathing attack on British Prime Minister David Cameron at Sunday's EU summit, saying he was "sick of him telling us what to do," Britain's press reported. Left to right, front row, Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission,

Oct. 24, 2011

Sarkozy 'sick' of Cameron's EU interference: reports

7.2 quake in Turkey kills 138, collapses buildings

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) _ Cries of panic and horror filled the air as a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey, killing at least 138 people as buildings pancaked and crumpled into rubble. The death toll was expected to rise as rescuers sifted through the rubble and reached outlying villages.Tens

Oct. 23, 2011

Pole who spirited Jewish woman from Auschwitz dies

WARSAW (AP) ― The young Catholic man spirited his Jewish girlfriend out of Auschwitz in 1944, saving her life. Yet it took 39 years for them to see each other again.Jerzy Bielecki, a German-speaking Polish inmate at the same Nazi death camp, lived to age 90 and died peacefully in his sleep Thursday

Oct. 23, 2011

Pole who spirited Jewish woman from Auschwitz dies

Wheldon remembered as a ‘champion of our sport’

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) ― Of all the indelible moments from Dan Wheldon’s public memorial service ― fellow IndyCar drivers Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan serving as pallbearers, his father carrying his racing helmet and country music star Wynonna Judd singing two gripping songs ―

Oct. 23, 2011

Wheldon remembered as a ‘champion of our sport’

Biography sheds light on Jobs’ life

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Steve Jobs had a disdain for people who put profits first. In an upcoming authorized biography of the late Apple CEO, he calls the crop of executives brought in to run Apple after his ouster in 1985 “corrupt people” with “corrupt values” who cared only about making money.Jobs wa

Oct. 23, 2011

Tunisia gears up for historic vote

TUNIS (AFP) ― Tunisian voters weighed their choices Saturday on the eve of the Arab Spring’s historic first election nine months after the toppling of strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. “I am so happy to be voting tomorrow, to be able for the first time to exercise my choice,” Neda Kouki, 37, told A

Oct. 23, 2011

Turkey: 49 Kurdish rebels killed in fighting

ANKARA (AP) ― Turkish troops have killed at least 49 Kurdish rebels in a valley near the Iraqi border, the military said Saturday, as hundreds of troops also pursued Kurdish fighters within northern Iraq.The rebels were killed in offensives in the past two days in the Kazan Valley region, near the t

Oct. 23, 2011

Death of Saudi crown prince brings conservative to fore

RIYADH (AP) ― Saudi Arabia’s ruling monarchy moved into a critical period of realignment Saturday after the death of the heir to the throne opened the way for a new crown prince: most likely a tough-talking interior minister who has led crackdowns on Islamic militants but also has shown favor to ult

Oct. 23, 2011

Death of Saudi crown prince brings conservative to fore

285 Indian girls shed ‘unwanted’ names

MUMBAI (AP) ― More than 200 Indian girls whose names mean “unwanted” in Hindi have chosen new names for a fresh start in life.A central Indian district held a renaming ceremony Saturday that it hopes will give the girls new dignity and help fight widespread gender discrimination that gives India a s

Oct. 23, 2011

Clinton seeks role for Afghanistan’s neighbors

TASHKENT (AP) ― The U.S. secretary of state on Saturday urged Afghanistan’s Central Asian neighbors to play a role in securing and rebuilding the country as American forces withdraw over the next three years.Hillary Rodham Clinton also pressed authorities in the region about improving their record o

Oct. 23, 2011

German doctor convicted in 1982 teen death

Andre Bamberski, father of Kalinka Bamberski, who died mysteriously in 1982, talks to journalists outside court in Paris. (AFP)PARIS (AP) — A Paris criminal court on Saturday convicted a retired German doctor in the 1982 death of his 15-year-old stepdaughter in a decades-long cross-border batt

Oct. 23, 2011

German doctor convicted in 1982 teen death

Pole who spirited Jewish woman from Auschwitz dies

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- The young Catholic man spirited his Jewish girlfriend out of Auschwitz in 1944, saving her life. Yet it took 39 years for them to see each other again.Jerzy Bielecki, a German-speaking Polish inmate at the same Nazi death camp, lived to age 90 and died peacefully in his sleep

Oct. 23, 2011