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Sample temple food during gala week

A poster for the 4th annual Fine Dining Gala WeekSince they were established as accommodations during the 2002 World Cup Games jointly hosted by Korea and Japan, temple stay programs have grown steadily in popularity.Both Koreans and foreigners stay at temples throughout the nation to seek inner peace, healing and experience simple Korean temple cuisine.The Hotel Lotte will showcase such temple food at a gala dinner to be held on the last day of the 4th Fine Dining Gala Week, scheduled for May 1-7.Monk Seonjae, a master of Korean temple food, will oversee the preparation of the food and explain the concepts behind the cuisine to guests. The gala dinner on the last day of the festival week will feature the epitome of temple food.Consisting of healthy dishes including mugwort and bean porridge, sweet potato jelly, grilled fatsia shoot and pumpkin leaf, shepherd’s purse dumplings, and shiitake mushroom noodles, the gala dinner will feature nine savory dishes and a dessert.The seasonal food will feature rare ingredients of the season. Special beverages will also accompany each cour

Apr 18, 2013By Kim Ji-soo
Sample temple food during gala week

Study backs 'hobbit' island dwarfism theory

A diminutive species of human whose remains were found on the Indonesian island of Flores could have shrunk as a result of island dwarfism as it adapted to its environment.A study of the remains of the creature, nicknamed the "hobbit", shows that it is possible for it to have been a dwarf version of an early human species.The hobbit co-existed with our species until 12,000 years ago.The research has been published in the Royal Society's Proceedings B Journal.Since its discovery in 2003, researchers have struggled to explain the origins of these meter-high, tiny-brained people, known scientifically as Homo floresiensis.One popular theory is that the hobbit evolved from a relatively large brained and large bodied human that was prevalent in East Asia, known as Homo erectus. The theory is that after Homo erectus moved to Flores; it began to shrink in size over the generations by a process known as island dwarfism, which has been seen to occur in other species.Critics though argue that it would be impossible for erectus's brain to shrink so much in relation to its body.Alternative theori

Apr 18, 2013
Study backs 'hobbit' island dwarfism theory

North Korea loaded nuclear warhead on missile

The U.S. recovered the front section of the rocket used in North Korea’s satellite launch in December, which gave away the status of the regime's nuclear-arms program. When North Korean engineers launched a satellite into space December 12, it seemed like business as usual, with the familiar cycle of condemnations from the West and statements of defiance from the Hermit Kingdom. But that launch also led many U.S. intelligence analysts to assess that Pyongyang possessed the ability to miniaturize the components necessary to yield a nuclear explosion for a crude warhead that would sit atop a ballistic missile.After the North Korean launch, U.S. Navy ships managed to recover the front section of the rocket used in it, according to three U.S. officials who work closely on North Korean proliferation. That part of the rocket in turn provided useful clues about North Korean warhead design, should the next payload be a warhead rather than a satellite.The same basic engineering and science needed to launch a satellite into space is also used in the multistage rockets known as inter

Apr 17, 2013
North Korea loaded nuclear warhead on missile

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Korea Times staff jump in front of Yonsei University in Seoul, Tuesday morning, after distributing copies of the English newspaper to passersby and students. The Korea Times launched a “Let’s read an English newspaper” campaign to increase its readership. From left are marketing manager Lee Bum-hoo, reporters Park Jin-hai, Park Ji-won, Baek Byung-yeul and Nam Hyun-woo, Managing Editor Oh Young-jin and reporter Lee Kyung-min.                                                                         / Korea Times photo by Yoon Sung-won

Apr 16, 2013
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