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Tomato battle drenches Spanish town in red

Aug 31, 2012

BUNOL, Spain (AFP) ― Tens of thousands of revelers hurled 120 tons of squashed tomatoes at each other Wednesday, drenching the streets in red in a gigantic Spanish food fight known as the Tomatina. A sea of more than 40,000 alcohol-soaked men and women packed into the Plaza Mayor square of Bunol, eastern Spain, many with their shirts off and wearing swimming goggles to keep out the stinging juic...
Swedish pioneer launches networking site for top 1% users

Aug 29, 2012

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Swedish social media entrepreneur Erik Wachtmeister on Monday announced the launch of a new social networking site targeting the “top one percent” of Internet users, called Best of All Worlds. The site, which helps users find events and contacts, counted 20,000 members even before its launch. Wachtmeister, 57, created one of the world‘s first social networking sites, aSmallWor...
Parents reject China‘s classrooms for home schooling

Aug 29, 2012

BEIJING (AFP) - Giving up his successful career as the head of a medical research firm to spend his days at home reading from children‘s story books was a tough choice for Chinese father Zhang Qiaofeng. But Zhang, one of a small but growing number of Chinese parents who are turning their backs on the country’s rigidly exam-oriented state-run school system, felt he had no choice. “China‘s educat...
UNESCO urges Libya to stop destruction of Sufi sites

Aug 29, 2012

PARIS (AFP) ― U.N. cultural body UNESCO on Tuesday called on Libya to immediately cease the destruction of Sufi holy sites after Islamist hardliners wrecked shrines across the country. UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova expressed “grave concern” at the destruction of Sufi sites in Zliten, Misrata and Tripoli and urged perpetrators to “cease the destruction immediately.” “I am deeply concerned...
Buddhist sect to suspend corrupt monks from duty

Aug 29, 2012

South Korea’s largest Buddhist sect has set up new rules that would suspend duty of high-ranking monks if they broke any laws, the sect said Wednesday after illegal gambling by its monks sparked a scandal in religious circles. The Jogye Order said the new rules aim to prevent illegalities by individual monks from tainting the image of the sect. The sect formerly had no rules to bar senior monks...
Notting Hill Carnival reaches bombastic climax

Aug 28, 2012

LONDON (AFP) ― Revellers filled the streets of west London as the Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s biggest street festival, reached its climax on Monday with its famous Caribbean-inspired parade. A multi-ethnic throng milled between the stalls and thumping sound systems, drinking, dancing, and tasting jerk chicken as the smells of open-cooked food wafted through the air. Cloudy weather did not d...
Berlin to mark 100 years since Nefertiti find

Aug 28, 2012

BERLIN (AFP) - Berlin‘s Egyptian Museum said Monday it will celebrate the centenary of the discovery of the 3,400-year-old fabled bust of Egypt’s Queen Nefertiti amid an ongoing feud with Cairo over its ownership. The museum said it would open an exhibition on December 6 honouring the famous sculpture and other jewels of the Amarna period in its collection on the German capital‘s Museum Island. ...
World’s oldest boat remains found in Korea

Aug 27, 2012

An 8,000-year-old wooden boat, believed to be the oldest of its kind ever discovered in the world, has been unearthed in Uljin, 330 kilometers southeast of Seoul, a local research institute said Monday. The remains of the fishing boat and a wooden oar, believed to be from the early Neolithic era, were unexpectedly found by researchers while they were going through an array of artifacts recovered...
K-pop fans turn to traditional Korean culture

Aug 26, 2012

Young French travelers learn about historic Korean culture through Templestay program The following is the first in a 10-part series on templestays and temple food, which are 1,700-year-old cultural assets of Korea. ― Ed. GANGHWA ISLAND, Incheon ― Westerners drawn to Korea by K-pop are discovering there is more to the country. “I love BIG BANG and 2NEI. I think their music is great as well as ...
Amateur botches ‘restoration’ of Christ painting

Aug 23, 2012

MADRID (AFP) ― An elderly woman’s catastrophic attempt to “restore” a century-old oil painting of Christ in a Spanish church has provoked popular uproar, and amusement. The well-intentioned but ham-fisted amateur artist, in her 80s, took it upon herself to fill in the patches and paint over the original work, which depicted Christ crowned with thorns, his sorrowful gaze lifted to heaven. Her wo...
9th-century wall collapses at Rome tourist site

Aug 23, 2012

ROME (AP) ― Part of an early 19th-century wall near a panoramic terrace overlooking an ancient square in Rome has collapsed. No one was injured when about 9 meters of the Pincio wall fell over above Piazza del Popolo before dawn on Wednesday. Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno inspected the damage and promised the wall would be repaired in two weeks. City culture officials blamed a winter of heavy rain...
World heritage experts, activists to gather for Seoul forum

Aug 23, 2012

World heritage experts and activists from non-governmental organizations in the Asia-Pacific region will gather in Seoul next week to discuss how to better preserve the region‘s world heritage, the South Korean government said Thursday. The forum, the first of its kind, will be held from Aug. 27 to 30, the Cultural Heritage Administration said. About 40 world heritage administrators, experts an...
Mexico religious cult refuses to allow teachers in

Aug 23, 2012

Adherents of a religious sect in western Mexico are physically blocking school teachers from entering their walled community, setting up one of the most high-profile confrontations between religious and civil authorities in Mexico since the 1930s. Local officials in the western state of Michoacan said Wednesday it may be time to call in a large-scale police operation to enforce the right to scho...
Sae-A Trading sponsors medical mission in Haiti

Aug 22, 2012

Sae-A Trading Company, an apparel manufacturer and exporter, recently sponsored a medical team to provide free medical services in Haiti. The team of 20 medical professionals from Chonnam University Hospital treated residents of Caracol and Terrier Rouge in northern Haiti from Aug. 12-21, the company said. The medical mission was a long-time effort by Sae-A Trading Company to help the country s...
Kiehl’s lip balm found to contain mercury

Aug 22, 2012

The Korea Consumer Agency said Wednesday it had detected a higher-than-safe levels of mercury in the lip balm products of the global cosmetic brand Kiehl’s. According to the consumer watchdog group, they found the lip balm exceeded the limit of one part per million of mercury after testing the Kiehl’s Lip Balm #1 SPF 4 Mint with lot number 18G100. The KCA also said they collected samples of the...

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