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South Korea

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Designers of Planned Twin Towers Look-Alike in Seoul 'Regret Deeply' Resemblance

    A Dutch architecture firm has designed a building in Seoul that has offended some because of its uncomfortable resemblance to the World Trade Center in a cloud of dust and smoke: MVRDV​ The project, called "The Cloud," is the work of MVRDV, a firm in Rotterdam. It's intended to be luxury hi ... More >>

  • Film

    November 30, 2011

    The Yellow Sea

    A Dutch architecture firm has designed a building in Seoul that has offended some because of its uncomfortable resemblance to the World Trade Center in a cloud of dust and smoke: MVRDV​ The project, called "The Cloud," is the work of MVRDV, a firm in Rotterdam. It's intended to be luxury hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Movers & Shakers: More Foreign Transplants and One New York Export

    photo by Liz BarclayGoing to Miami.​It's that time of year again, when the food media begin to obsess and chitter over the restaurants set to open in the fall. Among the forthcoming newcomers is more than a handful of foreign transplants, restaurants from other countries that hope to translate ... More >>

  • Film

    August 17, 2011

    Escaping North Korea, But Not Hard Times in The Journals of Musan

    photo by Liz BarclayGoing to Miami.​It's that time of year again, when the food media begin to obsess and chitter over the restaurants set to open in the fall. Among the forthcoming newcomers is more than a handful of foreign transplants, restaurants from other countries that hope to translate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday

    Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal is wallowing in the memory of one savored in the recent past. Today's fond reminiscences ...

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Fantasy Job Title of the Day: Hamburger Developer

    pointnshoot/Flickr​If ever a job title could be said to sum up the aspirations of 99 percent of the people we know, it's that of Hamburger Developer. And for one charmed, carnivorous individual, that job will be a reality: SPC Group, the South Korea-based company whose holdings include Paris B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Korean Attack Firefight Madness: The Bullet Point Roundup of North and South Korea's Giant, Scary Game of Battleship

    ​If you have any siblings -- or know anyone with siblings -- you probably know that as children, fights can erupt between the two as tensions are basically lifelong. And you are probably aware of the cliche when a parent walks in a ravaged room with two bleeding, hair-pulled, bite-marked child ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    More on Korea's Kimchi Shortage; Latin Food is All the Rage

    ​The U.S.'s findings about the dangers of BPA have so far been inconclusive. But in Canada, it's official: Bisphenol A is toxic. [Time] Kimchi has become so expensive in Korea that some restaurants in Seoul no longer offer it free as a banchan before the meal. [NY Times] According to Men's H ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 15, 2010

    The Housemaid

    ​The U.S.'s findings about the dangers of BPA have so far been inconclusive. But in Canada, it's official: Bisphenol A is toxic. [Time] Kimchi has become so expensive in Korea that some restaurants in Seoul no longer offer it free as a banchan before the meal. [NY Times] According to Men's H ... More >>

  • Film

    September 8, 2010

    Dark Days of the Korean War Recounted in Chosin

    ​The U.S.'s findings about the dangers of BPA have so far been inconclusive. But in Canada, it's official: Bisphenol A is toxic. [Time] Kimchi has become so expensive in Korea that some restaurants in Seoul no longer offer it free as a banchan before the meal. [NY Times] According to Men's H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Sad Things for Lonely People: Resort for Men With Virtual Girlfriends

    via CNet​It's always good to get away for a much-needed vacay with your honey, even when your honey is not actually a real, live, human person, right? No judgments! At least, not at Atami, a Japanese hot springs resort themed on Konami's Nintendo DS dating simulation game Love Plus, which also ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Typhoid Outbreak Linked to Smoothies; More on Foraging Chefs

    ​A rare outbreak of typhoid fever has been linked to smoothies made with frozen mamey fruit pulp made by Goya. [AP] Molecular chefs in Scandinavia and elsewhere focus on terroir and local ingredients, often gathered by teams of foragers, rather than flavors made in a lab. [Wall Street Journal ... More >>

  • Film

    June 22, 2010

    Seven of the Best from the NY Asian Film Fest

    ​A rare outbreak of typhoid fever has been linked to smoothies made with frozen mamey fruit pulp made by Goya. [AP] Molecular chefs in Scandinavia and elsewhere focus on terroir and local ingredients, often gathered by teams of foragers, rather than flavors made in a lab. [Wall Street Journal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    Last Call for Bar Cars on Metro-North; Bill Gates Launches a Food Fund

    ​The bar car on the Metro-North may be going the way of the in-flight meal. A new fleet of cars will soon replace the 1970s-era models, but budget constraints may force the railroad to forgo a fresh set of bar cars. [NY Times] Kobe beef lovers, beware: Japan has suspended beef exports for thr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Today in Things Rihanna Has Stuck Knives Into

    Image via The Rap-Up​Well, a birthday cake for one. M.I.A.'s heart for another. The former act of swordsmanship came on a tour stop in Korea, where she celebrated turning 22 (almost, anyway; the official date is February 20) at the InterContinental Hotel in Seoul. The latter came with her new ... More >>

  • Film

    December 29, 2009

    Hectic Humor Undercuts The Chaser's Gloomy Worldview

    Image via The Rap-Up​Well, a birthday cake for one. M.I.A.'s heart for another. The former act of swordsmanship came on a tour stop in Korea, where she celebrated turning 22 (almost, anyway; the official date is February 20) at the InterContinental Hotel in Seoul. The latter came with her new ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 10, 2009

    The Housemaid

    Image via The Rap-Up​Well, a birthday cake for one. M.I.A.'s heart for another. The former act of swordsmanship came on a tour stop in Korea, where she celebrated turning 22 (almost, anyway; the official date is February 20) at the InterContinental Hotel in Seoul. The latter came with her new ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 19, 2008

    STARRY NIGHT

    Rolling out the red carpet for Korea

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2007

    Ghooooouuuullll!!!

    Rolling out the red carpet for Korea

  • News

    April 18, 2006

    The 21st-Century Peep Show

    Big Brother's got you under surveillance. But so does little sister.

  • Music

    January 17, 2006

    Music

    Big Brother's got you under surveillance. But so does little sister.

  • Screens

    November 29, 2005

    Remote Patrol

    Big Brother's got you under surveillance. But so does little sister.

  • Film

    August 9, 2005

    'Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'

    Big Brother's got you under surveillance. But so does little sister.

  • NYC Life

    June 21, 2005

    Diversity, Equality

    Jackson heights was very exclusive. Not only did it exclude Jews ...

  • Dance

    March 1, 2005

    Spreading the Balanchine Gospel

    Jackson heights was very exclusive. Not only did it exclude Jews ...

  • Film

    November 9, 2004

    O Brother, Where Art Thou?: A New Look at the Old South Korea

    Jackson heights was very exclusive. Not only did it exclude Jews ...

  • Film

    November 2, 2004

    A Korean New Wave Copes With the Burden of History

    Jackson heights was very exclusive. Not only did it exclude Jews ...

  • Books

    October 26, 2004

    Soul to Seoul

    Margaret Drabble remixes tragedy, thinks outside the box

  • NYC Life

    August 31, 2004

    Listings

    Margaret Drabble remixes tragedy, thinks outside the box

  • Dining

    June 22, 2004

    Scrape and Eat

    From blood to blog in Northern Boulevard's Koreatown

  • NYC Life

    April 13, 2004

    Seoul Food: The Korean Vodka Soju Replenishes the Spirit

    From blood to blog in Northern Boulevard's Koreatown

  • News

    November 18, 2003

    Fine Young Communists

    Uncle Sam Is Losing the War for Students in South Korea

  • Film

    October 28, 2003

    Reunification Blues

    Two halves do not make a whole: a Korean director charts his nation's psychic divisions

  • Dance

    October 14, 2003

    Dance

    Two halves do not make a whole: a Korean director charts his nation's psychic divisions

  • NYC Life

    September 2, 2003

    Listings

    Two halves do not make a whole: a Korean director charts his nation's psychic divisions

  • Film

    August 12, 2003

    Korea Directions

    Yesterday's Asian Cinematic Renaissance Works Out Its Kinks (and Rape Fantasies)

  • News

    August 12, 2003

    Puncturing a Regime With Balloons

    Activists to Float Free Radios Into Captive North Korea

  • News

    June 3, 2003

    China Sentences Times Freelance Photographer

    Activists to Float Free Radios Into Captive North Korea

  • News

    March 18, 2003

    Left Behind

    'New York Times' Freelancer Languishes in Chinese Jail

  • NYC Life

    February 18, 2003

    Listings

    'New York Times' Freelancer Languishes in Chinese Jail

  • News

    December 31, 2002

    Nation

    'New York Times' Freelancer Languishes in Chinese Jail

  • Home

    August 20, 2002

    Money for Nothin'

    And The Perks For Free

  • Film

    August 13, 2002

    Leaps of Bliss

    And The Perks For Free

  • Home

    June 4, 2002

    I'm Gonna Git You Soccer

    And The Perks For Free

  • Film

    August 14, 2001

    Blood Feuds

    And The Perks For Free

  • Books

    July 3, 2001

    Seoul Survivor

    And The Perks For Free

  • News

    June 26, 2001

    Rite for the Wronged

    Symbolic Tribunal Tries U.S. for Crimes in Korea

  • NYC Life

    February 13, 2001

    Listings

    Symbolic Tribunal Tries U.S. for Crimes in Korea

  • Film

    July 18, 2000

    This Is Hardcore

    Symbolic Tribunal Tries U.S. for Crimes in Korea

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