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Miami’s Virginia Key transforms from desolate hammock to tropical wilderness
Miami’s Virginia Key transforms from desolate hammock to tropical wilderness

MIAMI ― Just seven years ago, the 17-acre hammock in Historic Virginia Key Beach Park was as desolate as a moonscape, but now it brims with native plants and …

Photo contest to receive submissions in August

The Korea Tourism Organization is holding the 42nd Korea Tourism Photo Contest to select the 100 best photographs of Korea. Anyone can submit film or digital …

Summer nights at Gyeongbokgung
Summer nights at Gyeongbokgung

Gyeongbokgung, a royal palace from the Joseon era (1392-1910) in Seoul, will remain open at night for visitors for 12 days this summer. From July 30 to Aug. 11 …

9/11 museum counts 300,000 visitors since opening

NEW YORK (AP) ― Over 300,000 people have visited the Sept. 11 museum since it opened little more than a month ago, exceeding expectations, officials said …

Beefed-up cheesesteak at the Beastro
Beefed-up cheesesteak at the Beastro

The Beastro’s chilled beet soup with creme fraiche, lemon zest, dehydrated black olives and olive oil (Kim Myung-sub/The Korea Herald) Lunch at the Beastro …

Jjimdak (braised chicken)
Jjimdak (braised chicken)

Jjimdak (braised chicken) (Korean Bapsang) Jjimdak (also called dakjjim) is a braised chicken dish. Andong jjimdak, which originated from the city of Andong, …

[Weekender] Around the Hotels
[Weekender] Around the Hotels

Scallop and king crab promotion at Grand Ambassador SeoulGrand Ambassador Seoul’s international dining restaurant Cafe de Chef is offering special dishes …

Lost in translation?
Lost in translation?

The year 2011 was a great year for Korean literature abroad. Writer Shin Kyung-sook’s “Please Look After Mom,” originally published in Korean in 2009, …

Rowling has spun a web of publishing mystery in a fun hall of mirrors
Rowling has spun a web of publishing mystery in a fun hall of mirrors

J.K. Rowling. (J.K. Rowling Official Site) If J.K. Rowling had as much fun writing “The Silkworm” as I did reading it, she had a blast. As the woman who …

‘Zhivago Affair’: CIA’s literary Cold War
‘Zhivago Affair’: CIA’s literary Cold War

The book came in on two rolls of microfilm ― an unusual way to submit a literary manuscript. Then again, the recipient was not your ordinary publisher: It …

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