If anyone ever wondered where The Korea Herald is, the physical location of it is in Huam-dong, Yongsan-gu in Seoul, South Korea, on the first floor of a five-story building of the Herald Corporation. The building is discernible by its red bricks and a giant H logo on the upper facade. From it, winding alleyways snake through hills to Haebangchon and Itaewon, a district of international elements in the center of the capital city.But The Korea Herald, the nation’s largest English-language newspap

Photos showing North Korean women and the various roles they take up in the northern half of the peninsula were released online by Agence France-Presse Friday. AFP has its own webpage called Faces of North Korea where it updates photos taken by photographer Ed Jones who captures life inside Pyongyang. (AFP)Instructor Kim Ju-yang, 20, holds a North Korean-made assault rifle at the Meari shooting range in Pyongyang on July 29. At the Meari shooting range, customers can try out a number of North Ko

A survey indicated Wednesday that Seoul is perceived by outsiders as a city vibrant with nightlife and suitable for youth.The Seoul Tourism Organization ran a survey for the month of June on respondents’ impressions of Seoul, targeting over 9,000 foreigners both living in the country and traveling. In the survey, 77 percent of foreign respondents answered the question on when in the period of their life they wished to visit Seoul, as “when young.” The figure, broken down, was 76 percent for trav

McDelivery motorcycle riders took to McDonald’s Korean headquarters in Jongno, Seoul, Monday, to protest the company’s dress code that binds delivery staff to wearing jeans even in sweltering heat. Helming the movement has been Park Jeong-hoon, 32, who has been protesting against McDonald’s since late July. “In this weather, walking up and down countless steps in jeans is stifling,” Park said. Park works 7 1/2 hours a day and delivers to 25 homes in that time. With each delivery, he earns

The resort island of Boracay is to reopen to visitors in October, the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources said Thursday.Boracay, one of the Philippines’ major tourism destinations, has been closed since April 26, as part of the local government’s efforts for the environmental rehabilitation of the island.Secretary Roy Cimatu of the DENR said that visitors will be able to enjoy a “Better Boracay” when the resort island opens again on Oct. 26.Boracay (Philippine Department o

Indoor surfing at Flow House SeoulIf traveling all the way to a beach does not fit your schedule, there is the option of indoor surfing at Flow House Seoul in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. Practice balancing on a board at this establishment, which touts itself as a transplanted California beach. Training sessions are available at 350,000 won ($315) per hour for a group of eight to 11. For a group of four, an hour’s flow riding starts at 40,000 won per head without lesson. Flow House Seoul opens dai

“We met through surfing last year,” a young Korean couple holding on to surfboards said on a sunny day at Hajodae Beach in Yangyang, Gangwon Province. The two had their faces covered in thick sunblock, their bright smiles matching.“We liked surfing so much that we eventually quit our jobs and went down to Jeju Island together to live there for a month surfing,” 27-year-old Um Kyu-ri said, holding hands with her boyfriend Woo Im-kyun, also 27 and a kindred spirit.Surfing is the latest trending su

A woman was spotted carefully drying the year’s precious harvest of chili peppers at a traditional Hanok village in Hamyang-gun, South Gyeongsang Province, on Thursday.Vegetable harvest in Korea this summer has suffered due to 21 days of hot weather, resulting in a fall in supply and a rise in the prices of vegetables.On Wednesday, Korea saw a record high of 41 degrees Celsius in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province. Staff of the national weather agency personally traveled to the region to verify the unp

 진행자: 임정요, Paul Kerry1. Stereotyping personalities -- by blood type기사요약: 혈액형으로 성격을 진단하는 한국 문화에 대한 주말 특집 위켄더 기사.아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638[1] When getting to know someone in South Korea, there is a good chance that at one point or another, you will be asked, “What’s your blood type?”To outsiders, blood type may mean nothing more than information needed to find a match for a blood transfusi

지난 28일 해외 언론에 충격을 부른 한 젊은 여성의 ‘실험’은 돼지의 동물권을 보호하기 위한 시도로 보인다.　네덜란드의 그웬 폰더 즈완 (Gwen van der Zwan)은 “어째서 돼지피는 되고 내 피는 안되는가”라며 자신의 피를 뽑아 순대를 만들어 먹었다. 　정확히 말하면 순대라기보단 ‘블러드 소시지’다. 블러드 소시지란 보통 돼지의 피를 섞어 만든 소시지다. 　즈완은 요리 과정을 사진으로 기록하고 이후 네덜란드 매체에 글을 기고했다. 　즈완의 글은 “내 피에도 돼지피와 같은 철분, 비타민, 미네랄이 있다. 어째서 돼지나 소를 죽여 피를 먹는 것은 괜찮고 내 피를 먹는 것은 안되나”라는 자문형식이다. 즈완은 “내 피를 사용하면 다치는 건 나뿐이다”고 주장한다.　즈완은 블러드소시지를 만들어 본 경험이 풍부한 친구가 조리를 도와줬고, 완성된 소시지를 친구와 둘이서 나누어 먹었다고 썼다. 피를 뽑는 데엔 온라인으로 주문한 헌혈팩과 바늘을 사용했다. 수리남풍의 블러드소시지를 만들려 렌

Temperatures nationwide will soar above 35 degrees Celsius on Tuesday at the hottest time of the day.The city of Daegu, comically referred to as Dae-frica for its hot weather, will notch 38 C at the hottest time of the day. Seoul will mark 37 C.  (Yonhap)At 5 a.m., Seoul recorded 27.5 C, Incheon 26.5 C, Suwon 26.3 C, Chunhceon 25.7 C, Gangneung 27.5 C, Cheongju 27.4 C, Daejeon 26.3 C, Jeonju 26.5 C, Gwangju 26.7 C, Jeju 27.8 C, Daegu 27.3 C, Busan 26.8 C, Ulsan 27.3 C and Changwon 25.4 C.No rain

Friday’s weather in Korea will reach a daytime high of 38 degrees Celsius, extending the record for the hottest day of the year so far.Koreans often refer to Friday nights out as “bulgeum,” meaning fire Friday or burning Friday, but this time the expression rings true in a more literal sense.(Yonhap)The weather agency forecast that even the coolest region in Korea will have a daily high of 32 C. Daegu is forecast to reach 38 C and Gumi, Pohang and Andong 37 C. Night time temperatures will hover

Shinsegae opened its second city center duty-free store in Seoul at Express Bus Terminal in Gangnam on Wednesday.The new five-story shopping space seeks to attract young and rich foreign tourists interested in Korean cosmetics and fashion. Thirty-six percent of the 13,570-square-meter space has been allotted to Korean brands.Inside the store, there is a space called Studio S where social media influencers can use microphones and lights for live broadcasting and filming. On the store’s launch day

Eve Cup, the third menstrual cup to gain the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety’s approval for sales in Korea, was heatedly received on Monday when it launched on social crowdfunding platform Tumblbug.The only campaign to begin at half past noon on the day, the launch of Eve Cup crashed the Tumblbug site due to excessive traffic. Once back online, Eve Cup reached its target of 10 million won ($8,900) within 25 minutes and twice the target amount within six hours. 　As of noon, Tuesday, more than 88

Students at Uijeongbu High School in Gyeonggi Province dressed up for their yearbook photo shoot Monday, keeping their wacky tradition of creating eye-catching graduation photos. Uijeongbu High is an all-boys school that has made headlines both at home and abroad for its unconventional graduation pictures. The class of 2018 chose to dress up as Hog Rider of the mobile game “Clash of Clans,” a demon clown from the horror movie “It,” Sanrio’s lazy egg character Gudetama, South Korean Skeleton Olym

The 2018 Daegu Chimac Festival will run from Wednesday to July 22 in Daegu, North Gyeongsang Province. The festival's name is based on a compound word of chicken and beer in Korean that reflects Koreans’ enthusiasm for pairing fried chicken with beer. Daegu started the festival in 2013 with a crowd of 270,000. The number of attendees steadily grew in the following years, and topped 1 million in 2016 and 2017.Photo from 2017 Daegu Chimac Festival (DaeguChimacFestival)This year’s event is set to t

A man from Uzbekistan was robbed while waiting for an express bus to Incheon Airport from Gwangju to return home, last month.On Wednesday, Gwangju Seobu Police said they booked a 59-year-old Korean man surnamed Shim. He is being charged for stealing the bag of the 25-year-old foreign laborer at around 4 a.m. on June 12 in the waiting room at the U-Square Gwangju Bus Terminal.The Uzbek man had been asleep on a bench with his bag placed at his head. The bag contained about 1.8 million won ($1,600)

식약처는 지난 6일 생리컵 ‘이브컵(EVE cup)’을 국내에서 허가한다고 밝혔다. 정식으로 국내 판매 허가를 받은 세 번째 월경컵의 등장이다.　생리컵은 질 내부에 삽입해 생리혈을 받아 내는 반영구적 생리용품으로, 의약외품에 해당한다. 지난해 일회용 생리대 파동 이후 생리컵은 안전하면서도 경제적인 대안으로 각광받았으나, 해외직구를 통해서만 접할 수 있다는 점에서 크게 대중화되지 못했다. 이후 지난해 말 미국에서 제조한 월경컵 ‘페미사이클’(Femmycycle)이 최초로 식약처의 국내 판매 허가를 얻었고, 한국의 이지앤모가 이 페미사이클을 판매 중에 있다. 두번째로 승인을 받은 제품은 한국회사 엔티온의 ‘위드컵’이다.　브랜드(EVE)가 출시한 이브컵은 세번째로 정식 허가를 받은 제품이다. 이브컵은 FDA에 등록된 의약외품으로, 국내에서는 유일하게 동물실험을 하지 않아 PETA의 ‘Cruelty free & Vegan’ 인증을 받았다. 　　 세 가지 사이즈로 디자인된 이브컵 (사진=EV

중국 후난성의 연례 고추축제가 지난 9일 막을 올렸다. 올해 행사는 오는 8월 말까지 계속 된다.　　축제의 하이라이트는 단연 매일 10명의 지원자가 참가하는 고추 먹기 대회다. 　[관련 영문기사 바로가기]　바로 고추를 띄워놓은 풀장에 들어가 각자 주어진 50개의 타바스코 고추를 최단시간 안에 다 먹는, 말만 들어도 혓바닥이 얼얼해지는 대회다. 　(사진=AFP-연합뉴스)(사진=AFP-연합뉴스)　타바스코 고추는 매운맛을 측정하는 스코빌 지수에서 30,000~50,000 스코빌 유닛을 기록한다. 이는 청양고추의 10,000 스코빌 유닛을 훨씬 웃도는 매운 정도다. 　　AFP 통신에 따르면 축제 개막일 날 대회의 우승자는 후난성에 사는 소년 탕 슈아이후이 (Tang Shuaihui)였다. 탕 군은 경기 시작 사인이 떨어지기 무섭게 1분 8초 만에 타바스코 고추 50개를 전부 먹어치웠다고 한다.　　임정요 코리아헤럴드 기자 (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)　

An annual chili pepper festival, complete with a chili-eating contest, kicked off Monday in Hunan province, southern China.To get an idea of how big Hunan is on chilies, perhaps a Chinese saying offers the best insight: “Guizhou people like spiciness, Sichuan people don’t fear spiciness, Hunan people fear there’s no spiciness.”Living up to its reputation, Hunan has prepared a scorching challenge of eating 50 Tabasco chili peppers. Ten people can sign up for the challenge every day until the end