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INTERVIEW Korean-born competitive eater delves into her mysterious US adoption story

Mary Bowers, a Korean adoptee to the United States, recently competed in the Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York, representing Korea.

Detention facilities for undocumented migrants are substandard: rights body

The conditions of detention facilities for undocumented foreign nationals, along with the methods used to manage them, have been found to violate human rights, a report showed on Wednesday.

'Gulp': Doosan's Curator Workshop exhibition features 3 artists from Korea, France

RESTAURANT OF THE WEEK It's always Beer O'Clock in this Sinchon pub

One of the consistently best things about Sinchon for the last 15 years is Beer O'Clock, a foreign-owned sports pub that opened in 2009.

Seoul to begin taking applications for hiring Filipino caregivers

The government will take applications from Seoul citizens who want to receive caregiving services provided by Filipinos, as 100 workers are expected to arrive here in September, according to the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Tuesday.

Area south of Itaewon becomes ghost town as Hannam New Town project pushes forward

The curtains are set to close around a large neighborhood south of central Seoul's Itaewon, the first phase of the Hannam New Town redevelopment project.

In search of Korea's virally popular tissue bread

Sometime in early July, a friend from my hometown shared a video introducing "tissue bread," a mini-loaf of bread in which each of the slices is tissue-thick — that someone had found in Korea.

RAS Korea congratulates essay contest winners

The Fifth Annual Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) Korea Essay Contest was met with great enthusiasm from students across the nation. After a challenging choice among dozens of submissions, the winners were presented with their awards at the RAS Korea office in downtown Seoul on Saturday.

RESTAURANT OF THE WEEK 8Mile offers a little Detroit in Daejeon

Depending on your age, Detroit may have different pop cultural associations: Tamla Motown, Robocop or Emimem. But in the past decade or so, it’s Detroit-style pizza that has been flying the flag for the city, gradually catching up with its New York and Chicago rivals, and even making its way as far afield as South Korea. It’s a rectangular, pan-baked pie with a thick crust and loaded with toppings, and was created in 1946 by Gus Guerra. It was — true to Detroit’s roots in the automotive industry — originally baked in a tray used for auto parts.

Pyeongtaek-based Mexican artist opens first exhibition

Raul Ugalde Leon is a Mexican painter, silversmith, scuba diving instructor and chef who has lived in Korea for over eight years. Starting this week, the multitalented artist is having his first Korea solo exhibition, titled “Recreation in the far east,” at Art & Adventure, a gallery in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province. The exhibition opens Tuesday with an opening reception at 6 p.m. and runs until July 16.