Jul 8, 2014 | Writing
SEOUL, South Korea — This sprawling East Asian capital is renowned for its epic commutes, hard-charging work force and money-making ethos. But Seoul’s beloved mayor, Park Won-soon, is determined to soften the city’s aesthetic and transform it into a greener, cooler,...
Jun 16, 2014 | Writing
SEOUL, South Korea — The biggest shock to Dr. Robert Jiao wasn’t Tinkerbell’s size. He had heard of teacup puppies: cute canines bred to grow so small that they can, as the marketing gimmick goes, supposedly fit in a teacup. No, he was aghast that a puppy as young,...
Jun 14, 2014 | Writing
SEOUL, South Korea — The world’s oldest known man, Alexander Imich, born in 1903, died Sunday in New York. The torch will most likely be passed to 111-year-old Sakari Momori, who comes from a country full of elderly people: Japan. The Guinness Book of World Records is...
Jun 10, 2014 | Writing
SEOUL, South Korea — It’s been a while since horse-galloping YouTube celebrity Psy followed up on his first global hit, “Gangnam Style,” and its less famous successor, “Gentleman.” For a while, it appeared the eccentric Korean rapper would fall into the abyss as a...
Jun 10, 2014 | Writing
1. You can watch the sun rise and set from the city’s four peaks You can also gaze upon the coolest, most sprawling neon-lit cityscape you’ll ever see. 2. There’s such a thing as haute-couture hiking (CHELSEA MARIE HICKS/Flickr Commons) You can’t go a month...
Jun 1, 2014 | Writing
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Three months pregnant at the time, Sam Ath doesn’t remember collapsing two months ago at the crowded, muggy garment factory where she works at the southwestern edge of the Cambodian capital. The 30-year-old woke up in a hospital bed, only to be...
