Korean touches are being introduced to dishes at major restaurants located in the Big Apple, according to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries.Jean Georges, who has three Michelin stars, started to provide fusion Korean food like pepper paste & butter steak and kimchi hotdogs at his New York restaurants Perry St. and Mercer Kitchen.Georges, who also owns 20 restaurants aroun

Food July 22, 2011

Two college students were arrested for growing, selling, and consuming marijuana, according to Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.The accused, known only by their surnames Seo and Jang, had sold some 300 grams of home grown marijuana in college campuses.Having green cards at the United States and Argentina respectively, the two Koreans smuggled seeds from America and had been cultivating them at the

Social Affairs July 22, 2011

A man crashed into mother’s house with a light aircraft after making a phone call that he would “drop by.”Konrad Schmidt, a 47 year-old engineer from Switzerland, had attempted a suicide attack with his rented Diamond Aircraft DA42 in his town, located north of Zurich last Saturday.Luckily, the 68 year-old mother survived from the crash because she was in the basement when the incident occurred.Sh

World News July 21, 2011

A wallet has been returned to its owner one week after being lost -- with a winning lottery ticket still inside. The winner is said to have bought 10 pension-type lottery tickets, handing them out to friends and keeping just one.After getting drunk, however, he lost his bag with the wallet inside. Luckily, he was able to get the belongings back a week after the announcement of the winner.The winne

Podcast July 21, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Scientists have found a new contributor to male infertility, a protein that is supposed to coat sperm to help them swim to an egg, unless that coating goes missing.About 20 percent of men may harbor gene mutations that leave their sperm coat-free and thus lower their fertility, an international research team reported Wednesday.Today's reproductive tests cannot spot the problem, s

Technology July 21, 2011

SHANGHAI (AP)—Wracked by injuries that curtailed his playing time in the NBA, Yao Ming called it quits on his basketball career Wednesday during a packed news conference in his hometown. The Houston Rockets center and No. 1 draft pick in the 2002 NBA draft confirmed weeks of speculation about his retirement by opening with a simple statement: “I will formally end my career.”He promised, though, th

More Sports July 21, 2011

Industry July 20, 2011

A man in Gwangju was charged with stealing his wife’s car from their apartment parking lot, the police said Tuesday. The man identified by his surname Oh was in deep debt and decided to put his wife’s car up as collateral for a 12 million won ($11,000) loan. Oh’s wife noticed a week later that her car -- worth 35 million won --was missing. Once she reported the missing automobile, police spotted h

Social Affairs July 19, 2011

LOS ANGELES, July 18, 2011 (AFP) - Hollywood stars Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis have accepted YouTube invitations from two US marines, one serving in Afghanistan, to accompany them to military balls.And singer-turned-actor Timberlake and "Black Swan" star Kunis are having fun with the invitations by a male and female Marine, which went viral on the video-sharing site last week."Marines have a

Performance July 19, 2011

This year’s summer high school proms in Europe sparkled with a touch of China, thanks to a growing trend of Western teenagers going in for Middle Kingdom fashion bargains.An increasing number of dresses made in China adorned the dance floors of high schools worldwide this year as clothing wholesalers in the East market their Oscar-style dresses online at a fraction of the normal cost. With parents

Arts & Design July 18, 2011