Yakgwa, a popular traditional sweet since the Goryeo Kingdom (918-1392), was made so frequently despite using expensive ingredients that a law was even enacted to ban its production. Recently, yakgwa has become trendy again, to the point where a new term, “yak-getting,” has emerged, proving it is truly an irresistible dessert that captures people’s tastes. Try this recipe by Jjilae. Jjilae is a digital creator specializing in traditional Korean desserts. Check out more recipes on the YouTube cha

PARIS (AP) — Defiant in diamonds, Kim Kardashian appeared in a Paris courtroom Tuesday to testify in the trial over the 2016 armed robbery that upended her life. The reality star and business mogul gave emotional, at times harrowing, testimony about the night masked men tied her up at gunpoint and stole more than $6 million in jewelry. Here's what she revealed — and what's still to come. Kardashian said she was starting to doze off in bed in the early hours when she heard stomping on the stairs.

Ukraine has concluded procedures for implementation of a deal with the United States on exploiting minerals, including the operation of an investment fund, the country's first deputy prime minister said on Tuesday. Yulia Svyrydenko gave few details of the latest step in securing approval of the accord, promoted by US President Donald Trump, but it was known that two additional documents were drawn up as part of its implementation. "Another milestone on the path to launching the US-Ukraine Recons

PARIS (AP) — French movie star Gerard Depardieu was convicted Tuesday of sexually assaulting two women on a set and received an 18-month suspended prison sentence in a case that was widely seen as a post-#MeToo test for the country's film industry. The 76-year-old Depardieu, one of the most prominent figures in French cinema for decades, must also pay both accusers a total of 29,040 euros (around $32,350) in fines, and the court ordered that his name be listed in the national sex offender databa

WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Donald Trump's administration is cutting another $450 million in grants to Harvard University a day after the country's top Ivy League school pushed back against government allegations that it’s a hotbed of liberalism and antisemitism. In a letter to Harvard on Tuesday, a federal antisemitism task force said Harvard will lose grants from eight federal agencies in addition to $2.2 billion that was previously frozen by the Trump administration. The letter alleged Har

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who won an election last month vowing to stand up to United States President Donald Trump, unveiled a new cabinet on Tuesday that he said would help urgently define a new relationship with Washington. Carney cut the number of ministers to 29 from the 39 under predecessor Justin Trudeau, but kept some key players in their positions, such as Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and Dominic LeBlanc, who is in charge of US trade. Carney met Trump in Washi

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's Socialist Party scored a large victory in parliamentary elections, securing him his fourth term, official results showed late Tuesday. The Socialist Party won 52.1 percent of the vote on Sunday compared with 34.2 percent for an alliance of opposition parties led by his main rival, Sali Berisha, according to results released by the Central Election Commission. Diaspora votes have yet to be counted, but according to initial results, Rama was also leading there. A

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations’ top humanitarian official blasted Israel on Tuesday for “deliberately and unashamedly” imposing inhumane conditions on Palestinians, including the risk of famine — one of the strongest condemnations by a high-ranking UN official during the war in Gaza. Tom Fletcher, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, briefed the Security Council, describing this work as a “grim undertaking” since Israel began blocking all humanitarian aid

이번 회에는 저희 책 Advanced Vocab에서 소개한 중상급 영단어들을 알려드립니다. 단어의 우리말 뜻을 기억하는 데에 그치지 않고, 난이도 있는 단어를 실제로 활용하는 단계까지 나아가 보기 바랍니다. <고려, 존중, 칭찬, 무시> 1. acclaim [əkléim] 찬사를 보내다 ‘찬사를 보내다’ 혹은 ‘찬사’라는 뜻이며, 특히 critically acclaimed는 ‘평론가들의 호평을 받는’이라는 말이다. The director generally receives critical acclaim for her films, but commercial success continues to elude her. 그 여성 감독은 작품에 대해서는 대개 평론가들의 호평을 받지만 상업적인 성공은 계속 거두지 못하고 있다. ● 비틀스의 <페퍼상사> 앨범은 록음악의 고전으로 칭송 받는다. The Beatles’ album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, i

With just three weeks until South Korea’s presidential election on June 3, the race has officially begun. On Monday, the seven declared candidates launched their campaigns, but early polls show the contest is mainly focused on a two-way battle. A poll released by Hangil Research on Tuesday showed that Lee Jae-myung of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea led with 49.5 percent support. Kim Moon-soo of the conservative People Power Party followed at 38.2 percent. Lee Jun-seok of the minor conserv

Ever since those two mushroom clouds darkened the skies above the fiery hell that was Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world’s two nuclear superpowers somehow found ways to work together -- even in times of intense conflict -- to prevent the world from plunging itself into all out nuclear war. Yet, although we have gone 80 years without another nuclear bomb being detonated as an act of war, the fear of The Bomb remains as menacing as ever. This past week, we have been watching a nightmarish, longest

On June 3, 2025, the Korean people will elect their new president, who will lead the country for five years. Undoubtedly, the future of South Korea will depend on what kind of leader Koreans will choose at that time. In the eyes of some foreign experts, South Korea is now at the crossroads of a capitalist country with a free-market economy and a socialist country where the government controls everything. South Korea is also caught in the crossfire of a trade war between two warring countries. Un

DEPEYIN, Myanmar (AFP) -- A Myanmar junta airstrike hit a school Monday killing 22 people, including 20 children, witnesses said, despite a purported humanitarian ceasefire called to help the Southeast Asian nation recover from a devastating earthquake. The strike hit a school in the village of Oe Htein Kwin -- around 100 kilometres northwest of the epicenter of the March 28 quake -- at about 10 a.m., locals said. United Nations chief Antonio Guterres is "deeply alarmed" by reports of the strike

United States President Donald Trump offered on Monday to join prospective Ukraine-Russia talks in Turkey later this week as European countries pushed to get the Kremlin to accept their demand for a 30-day ceasefire in the war in Ukraine. Trump spoke a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a fresh twist to the stop-start peace talks process, said he would travel to Istanbul where, he said, he would be waiting to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Trump told reporters at the

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) — Dozens trekked to Nepal's Yala glacier for a ceremony Monday to mark its rapid disappearance due to climate change and put a spotlight on global glacial retreat. The Yala glacier, located between 5,170 and 5,750 meters above sea level, is in the Langtang Valley in northern Nepal. Since 1974, the glacier has shrunk in area by 66 percent and retreated 784 meters, according to the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development. Scientists warn it may eventually di