Actress returns in a new type of role in ‘Moby Dick’ Actress Kim Min-hee has returned in a new type of role in the movie “Moby Dick,” set for release on June 9. Kim, who debuted in 1999 with the drama “School 2,” now hopes to broaden the work of her 12-year acting career by playing a wider variety of characters. Her previous roles have been pretty, bubbly characters in romantic comedies. In he...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― The iconic black and red jacket worn by Michael Jackson in his “Thriller” video is to go under the hammer at a two-day Music Icons Exhibition in Beverly Hills. The jacket is among 600 items that will go on sale at Julien’s Auction Gallery, including memorabilia from musicians such as The Beatles, Madonna and Lady Gaga, Frank Sinatra, Elvis and Justin Bieber on June 25 and 26....

After the success of March's fermentation celebration, a group of expats are holding a second event on June 18. Twenty amateur fermentation lovers are ready to dish out samples, including homebrewed beer, goat cheese, pickles, salsa, apple cider, kimchi and kombucha. After the March event pushed venue Craftworks Taphouse and Bistro past capacity, this version will be spread out across 17 restau...

Seoul Warriors American Football kicked off its second preseason with an exhibition game during the “Subway Open Bowl” meeting at the Korea National University sports ground last Sunday. The exhibition game was played alongside the final to the eight-team college tournament between Sungkyunkwan University and Hanyang University. K-Pop girl group f(x) performed during the half-time show. Accord...

Parents teaching their kids at home say results are good but kids sometimes need more company For expatriates with children to raise, living in Korea brings new educational concerns. If they can find somewhere for their children to live, sending them to their native countries is an option. If they can afford it, the parents may try an international school. And if they feel their child is suffic...

PARIS (AFP) ― Napoleon’s first English lessons while he was banished to exile on the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena fetched more than 93,000 euros at an auction in France Sunday, several times more than they had been valued. Three lots of text in English and French, as well as drawings, by the fallen emperor had been valued 7,000 to 9,500 euros, said the Osenat auction house. “Qu’es qui?...

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Blockbuster titles and powerhouse consoles will rule as videogame makers from around the world meet in Los Angeles next week for the premier Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Hotly anticipated games will build on established franchises with slick play mechanics, film-like graphics and increasing sensitivity to how much people love playing online with friends or on-the-go ...

Shin Joo-yeon, winner of the third season of “Project Runway Korea,” won 100 million won ($92,000) and the chance to have her designs featured in the Korean edition of “Bazaar.” The 26-year-old’s stellar performance is particularly notable given that she has a modest background compared with other contenders. The Korean version of the American show, starring established Korean designers and hos...

Film looks into unsavory ties between TVs, restaurants Director Kim Jae-hwan exposes the unflattering truth behind major TV food shows in a new film. His documentary “True Taste Show,” which received an audience-award at the 12th Jeonju International Film Festival, reveals TV food shows taking money to feature certain restaurants. Named after the satirical movie “The Truman Show,” the “True Tas...

Country aims to increase accommodation in Manila by 50 percent in 3 years The Philippines’ recent policy to spur competition among international airlines will lead to a general reduction of tourism costs there, the country’s tourism secretary said. “Our new President (Benigno Aquino III) introduced an ‘open skies’ policy to promote competition among airlines by allowing more airlines to come in...

On the day of Floating Island’s international debut, 200 protest fur fashion show at the latest Seoul landmark With only a small bridge in between, two totally different worlds unfolded in the Banpo area in southern Seoul on Thursday night. On the Floating Island on the Han River, the venue of FENDI’s fashion show, about 1,000 guests chatted pleasantly over cocktails. Just a few hundred meters ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) --Two members of a famed acrobatic family commemorated patriarch Karl Wallenda on Saturday by completing the stunt that killed him, walking between two towers of a seaside hotel on a wire 100 feet (31 meters) above the ground, without a net. Nik Wallenda said he had planned to walk by himself across a 300-foot-long (91-meter-long) wire, but his mother convinced him to ...