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The Seongbuk Global Village Center held a Latin American festival last Saturday. The event was attended by embassy officials and ambassadors, including Brazilian Minister-Counselor Sergio Luis Lebedeff Rocha (far left), head of the center Hans-Alexander Kneider (third from left), Mexico's charge d'affaires Luz Elena Barios Rivas (fifth from left) and German ambassador Rolf Mafael and his wife (far right).Provided by Seongbuk Global Village Center

The Seongbuk Global Village Center held the 2013 Latin American Festival last Saturday at Seongbuk Stream Fountain Square in Seongbuk District, northeastern Seoul, offering a glimpse into the authentic food, music and other cultural aspects of Latin American countries...More

Kimchi, one of Korea's healthy fermented foods (Korean Fermented Foods and Science), is a common side dish in Korea that is served in every Korean meal. Being a side dish that is present in meals all year round, Korea has developed the Kimchi refrigerator to possess innovative and superior technology that allows the preservation of Kimchi's taste and freshness.

To better grasp the unique technology behind the Kimchi refrigerator, it is important to understand the fermentation process of the Kimchi and the best conditions for storing it. The fermentation of Kimchi starts as soon as the Kimchi is made. The speed at which Kimchi ferments depends on a variety of factors such as the temperature, exposure to air, types of spices used and more...More

Though the month of June has only just arrived, the sweltering heat wave that visits Korea every summer has already begun with temperatures in recent days reaching up to 30 degrees Celsius. Since the early start of summer this year, "scorching summer heat" is becoming one of the most frequent phrases in daily weather forecasts, a trend that normally comes out in July or August. The Korea Meteorological Administration said that it is expected to cool down a bit on June 12 with some rainfall, but that the heat wave will continue on from June 13...More

In "Horror Stories 2" we're treated to a small collection of horror movies. They don't really have anything to do with each other, thematically or otherwise. There's not much point getting attached to any of the characters, since relatively few of them survive beyond their original thirty-minute runtimes. And even the ones that do we never see them again. So, all that's left is to judge this movie as the sum of its parts.

The first story, The Cliff, brings horror to a rather mundane level as two friends run into trouble on a mountain. The prominent use of a Snickers bar is troublesome...More

Going into "The Queen's Classroom", a re-make of the popular Japanese dorama, Joo no Kyoshitsu, I really wasn't sure what to expect, but I had high hopes. The cast boasts of seasoned child actors who are led by acting powerhouse, Ko Hyeon-jeong as the world's strictest, scariest teacher, Ma Yeo-jin.

Ma Yeo-jin, queen of the classroom, is a cross between Matilda's Trunchbull and Roald Dahl's witches. I half expected Yeo-jin to pull off her wig and expose a bald head. She believes in the school of hard knocks: you get what you earn and if you don't, suck it up.

On the first day of school, she gives privileges based upon test scores...More