Big Unit visits Naval Academy Randy Johnson signs an autograph and gives some words of encouragement at the Naval Academy on November 19. Baseball pitcher Randall David ‘Randy’ Johnson, better known as the Big Unit, recently visited the Republic of Korea Naval Academy during his trip to Korea. He is scheduled to tour…
Normandy landscapes to be spotlighted in Seoul Paintings that portray the nature and scenery of Normandy, the coastal region of northwestern France, will be brought together in Seoul. The “Landscape Paintings: Monet, Corot, Turner, Boudin, Courbet” exhibition, set to open at the Seoul Arts Center in southern Seoul on November 22, will shed…
Award-winning local liquors: unpasteurized rice beer There is a wider range of Korean liquors than commonly assumed. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has recently given awards to 32 traditional alcoholic beverages including various types of rice beer (makegeolli), medicinal wine (yakju), refined rice beer (cheongju), fruit-based wine (gwashilju)and distilled…
Two tenors leave fans in pleasant agony Classical music lovers are standing at the crossroads where they have to choose which concert to go to, choosing between two great tenors who are about to hold simultaneous concerts here in Seoul. One of the two world-class tenors is Jose Carreras, who will perform at…
