Riding the bullet trains, storming Lotte Department Store, swallowing slugs--all rank as first-rate memories from a recent whirlwind trip around Korea. But it was Jann Huizenga's solo foray into Hursh
A weekend retreat at a Buddhist monastery teaches Eileen Meehan that real happiness resides in going beyond our selfish desires and finding out "what lies beyond".
South Korea has been in the news recently with regards to the war in Iraq, with one of her citizens being kidnapped and killed. Conor Purcell observes the reaction.