A Connecticut man attempting to have his 98-year-old mother evicted from her home said he wants her out of the house for her own good. Peter Kantorowski, 71, eldest son of Mary Kantorowski, said he wants his mother out of the Fairfield home she has occupied since 1953 because "she would be better off living with people her own age," the Connecticut Post reported Friday. A trial to determine whe...

Jeju Air will open on April 5 a new route connecting Incheon and Ho Chi Minh City. The new daily flight to Ho Chi Minh will depart Incheon International Airport at 8:05 p.m. and arrive in Ho Chi Minh City at 11:20 p.m., local time. The return flight will depart Ho Chi Minh City at 0:20 a.m. and land at Incheon International Airport at 7:25 a.m. The roundtrip airfare starts at 340,000 won, fuel su...

Lotte Hotel Jeju offers the 2012 Weekday Package through March 8, for those looking for an economical getaway to Jeju Island on weekdays. In addition to the basic offer of a one-night stay in a lake-view room at Lotte Hotel Jeju and breakfast for two, guests can also choose from six additional privileges, each worth 20,120 won. The six privileges include up-grading to a Deluxe Ocean Room with a ...

The Lobby Lounge at the InterContinental Seoul COEX offers a spring-themed strawberry dessert buffet until April 22. The lounge is running a strawberry cocktail promotion that offers strawberry-based juices, soft drinks, smoothies, and cocktails. The dessert buffet is held from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It costs 28,000 won which includes the variety of strawberry dessert...

The Chinese Restaurant at Grand Hyatt Seoul presents a variety of Chinese dumpling and noodle delicacies created by the chefs from Grand Hyatt Beijing from Feb. 16-28. The chefs from the award-winning restaurant Noble Court at Grand Hyatt Beijing introduce 17 varieties of Chinese dumplings and noodles. The a la carte dim sum selections range from 7,500 won to 25,000 won, exclusive of tax and ser...

A U.S. man faces trial Wednesday on accusations that he forced his young grandsons to hike for kilometers in the Grand Canyon without food or water in brutal August heat. Christopher Alan Carlson’s grandsons, who were 12, 9 and 8 at the time, told investigators that Carlson hit, pushed, choked, and squeezed them and forced their fingers down their throats to make them vomit during trips into the...

Korea Tourism Organization and Kyobo Bookstore on Wednesday jointly kicked off a promotional event on English-language tourism books on Korea. The books are available at a discounted price at the bookstore’s online store (www.kyobobook.co.kr). Gifts are offered at the offline bookstore in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, with each purchase of the books. KTO also announced that it will introduce the ...

Asian cuisine restaurant Asian Live at the InterContinental Seoul COEX in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul, is offering an Organic Wine Gala Dinner for Valentine’s Day. The dinner is based on healthy hansik (Korean traditional cuisine), prepared by chef Kim Byeong-eun who was in charge of the meals during the ASEM and G20 meetings. Guests can enjoy a delicious full-course gala dinner accompanied by...

Finair is offering tickets to major European cities at about 600,000 won as a February promotional event. Flights to Amsterdam, Paris, London, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Zurich and Prague cost 600,000 won until Feb. 29 and trips to other European cities are priced at 700,000 won, excluding tax. Departure should be before April 15 and the return date should be no later than May 15. The length of require...

JW Marriott Seoul’s Bar Rouge in Banpo-dong, southern Seoul, has invited molecular cocktail expert Antonio Lai as a guest bartender from Feb. 8 to 11 to present his famous molecular cocktails. Having worked in various areas of food and beverage for 14 years in Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore, Germany, Italy and the United States, he first encountered molecular cocktails while training as a cocktai...

American Airlines recently completed a radical makeover of its lobby at Los Angeles International Airport, a project that eliminated the counters that separate ticket agents from long lines of passengers. In place of counters, American Airlines installed banks of self-serve kiosks, a total of 36 machines, where passengers can check in, get boarding passes and pay for on-board extras. Although A...

BUCHAREST, Romania -- On Sunday morning in Bucharest, I knew just what I wanted to do: I wanted to go to church. I also wanted to go down to the Old City, visit a few museums and buy a warm pretzel from a sidewalk stand. But mostly I wanted to go to church. Bucharest is studded with nearly 300 exquisite churches, some dating to the 1500s. During Communist times, Nicolae Ceausescu tore some of th...