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[Travel bits] Round up of travel news from around the world
[Travel bits] Round up of travel news from around the world

Jeju Hueree Apricot Flower Festival Jeju Hueree Maehwa (apricot flower) Festival is taking place at Hueree National Living Park until March 1. The festival …

Home Cooking: Chwinamul bokkeum (Sauteed aster scaber)
Home Cooking: Chwinamul bokkeum (Sauteed aster scaber)

 In the winter, dried vegetables are a staple in Korean kitchens. Chwinamul (aster scaber) is a popular choice. It is a wild vegetable, with a bitter taste …

Major Russian museum sends rarely loaned portraits to London

MOSCOW (AP) _ The staff of Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery is packing up some of Russia’s finest paintings to send to London for a landmark exhibition, …

Myanmar backpedals on ban on Bagan temple climbing

YANGON (AFP) – Myanmar has backpedalled on a ban on climbing temples at the tourist hot spot of Bagan, following fears visitors would no longer be able …

Multigenerational family saga of redemption
Multigenerational family saga of redemption

“A Doubter’s Almanac” By Ethan Canin Random House (576 pages, $28) Ethan Canin’s new multigenerational family saga is about the agony of the select few …

Brisk thriller set in exotic locales
Brisk thriller set in exotic locales

“The Travelers” By Chris Pavone Crown (448 pages, $26) Edgar winner Chris Pavone has built a career on involving stories about people with deep secrets. …

Debut novel depicts an unforgettable ‘Mind’
Debut novel depicts an unforgettable ‘Mind’

“Piece of Mind: A Novel” By Michelle Adelman Norton (304 pages, $25.95) “I was brain injured before it was trendy.” That’s the arresting first …

Mental health more important than ‘saving face’
Mental health more important than ‘saving face’

With a high level of stigma, low public awareness and poor provisions of treatment, mental health is a tricky area for Koreans and foreign residents alike, but …

Filmmaker examines factory life of ’70s and ’80s
Filmmaker examines factory life of ’70s and ’80s

What’s in a word? Quite a lot for Nils Clauss, a video artist and documentary filmmaker who has used terms coined during Korea’s industrial rise to study …

SIWA honors charity bazaar contributors
SIWA honors charity bazaar contributors

The Seoul International Women’s Association honored key participants in its 2015 charity bazaar at a morning coffee social at the Conrad Hotel in Seoul on …

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