Exhibition“Christian Marclay: What You See Is What You Hear”: Three of U.S. artist Christian Marclay’s labor-intensive media works are on display at Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art’s Black Box in Hannam-dong, central Seoul. It is the museum’s first “Black Box Project” which aims to introduce world-renowned media artists to the Korean public. The exhibition runs through Feb. 13 at Leeum, Samsung Museu

The Be All And End All (U.K.)Opened Jan. 6Comedy. Directed by Bruce Webb. Fifteen-year-old schoolboys Robbie and Ziggy are best friends living in Liverpool, England. One day, on the way back from summer camp, Robbie faints and is hospitalized. Soon he gets diagnosed with a fatal heart disease. Robbie has one last wish, which he asks his best friend Ziggy to help him fulfill ― to lose his virginity

Modern Middle EastTablet & PenEdited by Reza Aslan(W.W. Norton, $35)The West’s perception of the Middle East as mysterious, exotic and savage has changed little since the days of Napoleon more than 200 years ago.The new anthology “Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes From the Modern Middle East,” edited by University of California, Riverside creative writing professor Reza Aslan, aims “to provide a d

Lotte Hotel JejuThe hotel offers “Private Villa Suite Package” through the end of February. The package includes a one night stay in a luxurious private villa suite, breakfast in room for two persons, a mist from the U.S. spa cosmetics brand EI Solutions (worth 130,000 won), blueberry cheesecake, fruits, four tickets to the ice rink, and two welcome drink vouchers to be enjoyed at the romantic Pun

Jeju United’s Koo Ja-cheol appears set to fill in for injured Park Chu-youngNational football team manger Cho Kwang-rae remains confident that Korea can win the Asian Cup title despite missing his best striker.Although losing Park Chu-young of AS Monaco was a big blow, Cho seems to have found an alternative in Tuesday’s friendly ― his answer is Jeju United midfielder Koo Ja-cheol. On Tuesday, Cho’

Ryu Joong-il, the new manager of the Samsung Lions in the Korea Baseball Organization, set his goal high for his first season as a bench boss.“The goal is to win the Korean Series,” Ryu said at a press conference Wednesday here, about 330 kilometers southeast of Seoul. It was Ryu’s his first public appearance since being named the manager last week.“I want to play an entertaining, aggressive brand

KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) ― Anthony Kim wants 2011 to be a season that changes his career.He hopes it might be enough to change his reputation, too.One of the most dynamic young talents in golf? That’s what people were saying two years ago, when Kim blew away the field with a record score at Quail Hollow, then shot 65 in the final round at Congressional to win the AT&T National. It made him the younges

The head of the 2018 Winter Olympics bidding committee for South Korea’s PyeongChang has been named among 25 figures expected to wield the most influence on Olympic-related developments in 2011.Around the Rings (www.aroundtherings.com), a U.S. website specializing in Olympic-related news, ranked Cho Yang-ho, chairman of the PyeongChang bid efforts, No. 7 on its annual list of the “Golden 25.” Sinc

Thai inflation accelerated in December for the first time in five months, adding to the case for the central bank to raise borrowing costs further. An index of consumer prices rose 3 percent from a year earlier after climbing 2.8 percent in November, the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday. That matched the median estimate of 12 economists in a Bloomberg News survey. Thailand joined China and Taiwan

Asian confederation to re-elect delegates on ThursdayFIFA vice president Chung Mong-joon arrived in Qatar on Tuesday to make a last pitch for his re-election campaign ahead of the Asian Football Confederation’s meeting in Doha.The 46-member Asian confederation is to convene Thursday, one day before the opening of the 2011 Asian Cup, to re-elect their FIFA delegates.The AFC has four seats on the 24

TOKYO (AFP) ― Six people choked to death and five others were in a serious condition after eating traditional glutinous “mochi” rice cakes to celebrate the New Year in Tokyo, fire department officials said Monday.The victims, in their 70s or older, died of suffocation over the weekend after eating the New Year delicacy, the fire department said.During the New Year period, one of Japan’s biggest ho

New Year’s brings new aspirations and hopes to the Korean national football team as young talent vies for the Asian Cup, starting Friday in Qatar. Manager Cho Kwang-rae named six players from the U23 team, including 20-year-old Ji Dong-won and 19-year-old Son Heung-min, for his 23-man squad for Asia’s biggest football tournament. The manager hailed his young talent after watching the team’s 1-0 vi

Tata Motors Ltd.’s sales of the Nano, the world’s cheapest car, rebounded in December from a record low after the automaker more than doubled warranty lengths and offered easier financing terms. Sales rose to 5,784 from 509 in November, according to a statement from the Mumbai-based automaker Saturday. The December tally, a 60 percent increase from a year earlier, was below the 9,000 monthly sales

LONDON (AP) ― Manchester United moved level on points with Chelsea at the top of the Premier League on Saturday when the defending champions lost 1-0 at Birmingham.While Patrice Evra and Javier Hernandez continued United’s unbeaten start with a goal each in a 2-0 win over Wigan, Chelsea conceded a 17th-minute goal to Lee Bowyer to lose consecutive league matches for the first time since the end of the 2005-06 season.Arsenal threw away a two-goal lead and a chance to take sole possession of top s