Aiming skyward: Glamorous image of cabin crew keeps jobs out of reach The first hopefuls arrived at Qatar Airways’ latest Seoul recruitment event at 2 a.m. Well before the 9 a.m. start time, lines of immaculately dressed women and the occasional man snaked through the foyer of Seoul’s Grand Hilton hotel, waiting up to seven hours just to hand over their resumes. “Many girls are dying to become...

Shin Bark-jae, chairman of NXP Semiconductors Korea, has received a top award from the Korean government in recognition of his contribution to the development of Korean sports, company officials said Friday. Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choe Kwang-shik presented the award at a ceremony at Lotte Hotel in Seoul on Oct.14. Shin won the Cheongryong Order of Sports Merit, the highest sport...

After making ballet more popular in Korea, Choi takes it to the world stage NAPLES ― On the night Korea National Ballet premiered “Prince Hodong” in Italy, the birthplace of ballet, Choi Tae-ji, director of KNB, burst into tears, overjoyed. She was probably even more nervous during the show than the prima ballerina, she told The Korea Herald after successfully holding the two-day show at San Ca...

Foreign travelers boost local retail, hotel industry around shopping district On a bustling street in Myeong-dong, 21-year-old Japanese college student Yuki Kinoshita was looking for a “gomtang” place to try out the milky-white Korean beef broth. “My map says it is here. But it’s gone,” Kinoshita told The Korea Herald showing her map, written in Japanese. The place she was looking for, with her...

Members of English-language book clubs enjoy foreign culture, friendship, while honing the language It’s a Tuesday morning in southern Seoul, and four middle-aged women are sitting in a cafe over their morning coffee. Filling the space with chats and giggles, the gathering seems nothing more than a simple get-together of close friends. But their table, which is covered with English books and ne...

WINTER HAVEN, Florida ― This is what a theme park built for children looks like: Kids are driving slow one-seater toy cars while their parents watch from the sidelines. They are steering boats, turning water cannons on each other, playing with Lego toys while their parents hold their place in line for a ride. The roller coasters are not too high, not too fast. There are no teens necking in dark c...

Banks tackles sex offenders Lost Memory of Skin By Russell Banks (Ecco) One of America’s finest writers has written a novel about sex offenders, and he’s done so in such a powerful and insightful way that “Lost Memory of Skin” should be required reading for anyone interested in fixing the country’s broken criminal justice system. Banks, inspired by a real-life colony of offenders set up unde...

“Christmas With the First Ladies” is an attractive addition to the plethora of books on the history of the White House. Drawing on the materials from presidential libraries, Coleen Christian Burke has delved into history to put a human face on presidential Christmases as presented by our presidents and their wives. It starts in 1961 with the administration of John F. Kennedy, when Jacqueline Ke...

Ann Christophersen, co-owner of Women and Children First bookstore in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood, turned to Linda Bubon, her longtime business partner, and scowled at the table that had been set up on a riser at the back of their store. The actress Jane Lynch was due in a few minutes. She was there to sign copies of her new memoir, “Happy Accidents.” This was Sunday afternoon, and sever...