Charging for kimchi is like charging for ketchup, according to The Atlantic Wire. That's a pretty bold statement. But, higher costs for cabbage and the ensuing "kimchi crisis" have led many restaurants to throw a price tag on the side dish, because it's become so expensive ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Kimchi shortage leads to bizarre Korean behavior
Charging for kimchi is like charging for ketchup, according to The Atlantic Wire. That's a pretty bold statement. But, higher costs for cabbage and the ensuing "kimchi crisis" have led many restaurants to throw a price tag on the side dish, because it's become so expensive ...Photo of the Day (10.2.2010)
Puppets! Who doesn't love a good puppet show? These guys look like they could get into some serious trouble, and I for one would like to witness it. Gadling favorite LadyExpat captured these colorful characters in Korea, at the 39th Annual Dance Mask Festival.
Have any ...Which country loves to work? See who doesn't take vacation time
A friend of mine asked me a few days ago when I last went on vacation – a real one. I struggled to remember the last time I went on a trip and didn't write or, before that, keep up with what was going on at the office. After stopping and focusing, I remembered a ...List of World Heritage sites continues to grow
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, also known as UNESCO, has added more sites, including several cultural locations, to its ever expanding World Heritage list. The additions were made this past weekend when the organization concluded the ...Airport efficiency: the world's winners
Do you get frustrated when you walk into an airport? Even before you get there? On good days, it's a painful experience, with long lines, the security gauntlet and procedures (which may or may not be appropriate) that are guaranteed to annoy. It should come as no surprise ...Best destinations for gadget geeks
Chances are, the laptop you're reading this article on was not made here in the U.S. It's a well-known fact that most of the world's consumer gadgetry, from mobile phones to laptops to gaming consoles, is created abroad, in places ranging from Japan to Europe and beyond. ...Korean woman becomes first to climb all 8000 meter peaks
44 year-old Korean climber Oh Eun-Sun put her name in the record books last week, and joined very elite mountaineering company in the process. On Tuesday, she reached the summit of Annapurna, the 10th highest mountain in the world at 26,545 feet, and in doing so, became the ...DMZ water coming to a Korean grocery store near you
With all the bottled water you'll find on grocery store shelves these days, any new player absolutely has to have a gimmick. There are just too many brands on the market. So, a company really does need to go the extra mile to stand out. That's probably why "DMZ 2km" is ...U.S. lifts ban on travelers with HIV or AIDS
For the past 22 years, if you had HIV or AIDS and weren't American, you couldn't enter the U.S.
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/travel_places/U_S_Lifts_Ban_on_Travelers_with_HIV_or_Aids'; That changed today as President Obama lifted the ban. Since the Obama administration ...Not your normal Asian adventure vacation
We travel for many reasons. Maybe it's to relax, learn something new or see friends and family. And then there are the so-called "adventure travelers" – sorry guys, you just don't know the meaning of the expression. Keep your kayaks and your climbing gear in the ...Cheap eats on the streets of Seoul
Street food may seem like a strange local feature to promote, but in Seoul's case, I get it. During my year in Korea, I ate more from the street than I did from those places with tables ... restaurants, they're called. Seoul's street food is fantastic, and I'm glad the ...Visitors from outside the U.S. down 9 percent, spending a lot less
Visits from outside the United States continued their slide in August. The U.S. Department of Commerce reports that 5.4 million people visited the United States from other countries in August this year. Unfortunately, that's a drop of 9 percent from August 2008. And, ...Five reasons why I love Korea's Incheon International Airport
This long layover is my third at Incheon International Airport, and I couldn't be happier about it. On my first trip, I emerged bleary-eyed after a 10-hour flight, desperate for a bathroom and bottle of water. Wandering through the sleek white halls, I spotted a sign with an ...A taste of Seoul, Korea: Three nights
Korean food is hot! "Spicy" is probably the most prominent flavor in Korean cooking, but it's also a sign of the increasing popularity of Korean cuisine. Everywhere you turn these days, it seems like someone is talking about Korean food, from New York's superstar chef David ...Photo of the Day (11-4-09)
A close-up view of a building's features is one way to show it off its beauty This Buddhist temple's door is a perfect example. LadyExpat, who took this photo in Daejeon, South Korea, moved in for an intimate look so that the textures and nuances of the blue paint, the ...The best stinkin' food in Asia
We humans have mostly evolved a distaste for eating foul-smelling things, like dog poop, Drano, or anything Dad tries to cook. This is a beneficial instinct, as bad-smelling things are often quite toxic. (Sorry, Dad.) But the rules are a little different in Asia, where the ...South by Southeast: Welcome to Seoul
Seoul is not in Southeast Asia. But for a budget traveler like myself headed on to Southeast Asia, this South Korean capital has provided a perfect introduction to my trip. First-time Asian visitors "headed Southeast" often start in Tokyo, the neon Asian mega-capital of ...Travel from the rest of the world to the U.S. falls ... again
Travel fell again in 2009, according to U.S. Department of Commerce data, as a weak economy put pressure on both personal and corporate travel budgets.
Only 3.6 million people arrived from other countries, marking a decline of 11 percent from June 2008 to June 2009. For ...List of World Heritage Sites grows by 13
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee just wrapped up its 33rd annual conference in Seville, Spain, where they added 13 new sites to their list of amazing locations around the globe, and made the unusual move of ...Foal Eagle protests divert air traffic around North Korea
Korean Air and Asiana Airlines are followed by Air Canada and Singapore Airlines in routing flights around North Korean airspace. The change comes as a result of North Korean warnings that it "cannot guarantee the safety of South Korean passenger jets" if the United States ...
