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Media startup CEO challenges newspaper industry

At a time when traditional media companies are struggling to create revenue and produce quality content at the same time, there's a startup that's doing both _ Publy. The media startup, which was established two years ago and officially began operations last year, is rapidly gaining a reputation and ferociously expanding _ both in the number of projects it initiates as well a...

Books | 2017-06-27 16:35

DAILY FORTUNE - JUNE 29, 2017

Fortune Telling | 2017-06-28 17:45

Kimchi makers face daunting mission for globalization: removing spicy odor

While the Korean government and citizens may take pride in kimchi and wish to globalize the traditional Korean side dish, it will not happen unless its unique spicy odor is removed, according to experts. Scientists at the World Institute of Kimchi near Gwangju are trying to develop kimchi’s good bacteria (especially the lactic acid that gives kimchi its probiotic qualities) a...

Food | 2017-06-27 09:10

Activists demand closing of Seoul dog meat market

Following the closure of most dog meat shops at Moran Market in Seongnam, animal rights activists are now targeting one of the largest dog meat markets in Seoul. According to the Dongdaemun-gu Office, one of the six dog meat sellers at Gyeongdong Market in central Seoul closed his business last month after officials convinced him to so do. This came after animal rights activi...

Trend | 2017-06-26 15:55

Nap cafes flourish in sleep-deprived Korea

Kim Min-chul, an office worker with three years at his job, frequently skips his lunch and goes to a nearby “nap cafe.” With continued days of working overtime and drinking, he says a nap cafe is the place to recover quickly from his stress and fatigue. “I visited the place out of curiosity then I’ve become a regular since,” he said. “Having a half-hour sleep in the coziness ...

Trend | 2017-06-25 17:49

How design can improve relationships

"Millennials are afraid of relationships. They say they avoid making phone calls when placing orders for food, because they're nervous about saying the address," said Song Kil-young, vice president of Daumsoft, a big data analysis company, during a speech at a pre-forum for Seoul Design Week on June 22. "Millennials are used to texting. They don't want to go through the hassl...

Trend | 2017-06-25 16:51

New culture minister vows no more blacklist in publishing industry

Newly appointed Culture Minister Do Jong-hwan vowed to prevent future recurrence of the blacklisting of artists critical of the government. The minister had a meeting with professionals in the publishing industry at Changbi Publishers’ headquarters in Seoul on Thursday. At the meeting the poet-turned-politician said, “Whenever I meet with people in the publishing industry who...

Books | 2017-06-23 18:10

Park Hyatt Seoul's new chef tucks into Korean cuisine

Park Hyatt Seoul’s new executive chef, Federico Heinzmann is doing what other chefs at international hotel chains rarely do: researching Korean cuisine and finding stories in them to tell. His first experiment was a five-day temple food promotion in May, for which he invited Ven. Sunjae to his kitchen to help him prepare temple food for guests. Ven. Sunjae and her team prepar...

Hotel & Travel | 2017-06-22 16:27

Catholic abbey makes Waegwan worth a stop

For non-Catholics, Waegwan in North Gyeongsang Province is a place with little significance. The small town near Daegu was once a town for the Japanese during the colonization (1910-1945). Since Korea’s liberation, the town has become a home to U.S. military base. It hardly made the news until last year, when the town was considered a potential destination for the Terminal Hi...

Hotel & Travel | 2017-06-22 17:31

'Look at these hands'

DAMYANG, South Jeolla Province _ "Yi son-eul boso," said Lee Hwa-ja, a third-generation restaurateur of Shin Sikdang in Damyang, South Jeolla Province. She spread out her hands telling the reporter to look at them. It was towards the end of the interview that she suddenly blurted those four words ("look at these hands") while explaining how arduous the work was at the restaur...

Food | 2017-06-19 16:29

Celebrating Choonwon's poetry at 100th year of 'Mujeong'

Famous novelist Choonwon Lee Kwang-soo became the father of modern Korean literature at the turn of the 20th century. “Mujeong,”first published as a seriesin a daily newspaper in 1917, was not only his first novel but also the first in modern Korean literature. In celebration of the centennial year since the publication of “Mujeong,” George Mason University is hosting the Cen...

Books | 2017-06-16 15:48

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