LIFESTYLE: CULTURE

“So, what does this say?” my dad asks with childlike wonder. He points to the Korean words alongside a flower tree in the painting. I instinctively slap my forehead, muttering Dad, please, under my breath.

When we’re asked whether we are from the South or the North, South Koreans (we) are very shocked by the ignorance – isn’t it common knowledge that it is almost impossible for North Koreans to leave their country?

I was inspired to write this narrative after attending a student leadership workshop. This story is entirely fictional, but there is no doubt that children working in developing countries face similar problems everyday. I hope this story will inspire you to think differently of the materials you own that are made through

Every five years, Beijing welcomes over two thousand Communist party leaders for the five-yearly National People's Congress. Major national issues are discussed, laws are passed and new leaders are brought up through the ranks.

On June 29, 2007, The Westminster Rose Center in Westminster, CA played host to the first-ever Charity Cirque fundraiser to benefit The American Academy of Pediatrics Chapter 4 "Project Vietnam" and The Boys and Girls Club of Westminster.

Laura Kina invites the viewer to come inside the stories she weaves within her paintings. As the viewer, we are unaware of what we may be getting ourselves into.

If you look closely at Beijing National Stadium, known as the “bird’s nest” because of its bands of steel stretching to resemble twigs and branches, you will see brightly colored hardhats moving atop, around and through the venue at breakneck speed.

The extension to various parts of the world is generally known as globalization. Not only is it rampantly applicable to the present age, but globalization dates as far back as the first millennium BC. Asia, as a culture, has contributed much (and is continuously doing so) to the global village in terms of food,

Shopping, Eating and Culture Vulturing Our Way Through China Before the 2008 Olympics