A Korean dish consisting of cooked rice and other ingredients wrapped in a sheet of seaweed and cut into bite-sized slices.” This is the definition of kimbap according to the Oxford English Dictionary ...

From the invention of the phonograph in 1877 to the boom in streaming services today, the music industry has had to ...

Foreign residents take part in a Korean calligraphy contest in Seoul on Oct. 9, 2025, as part of events to celebrate the 579th anniversary of the invention of the Korean alphabet, called Hangeul. King ...

Pumpkins are a harvest symbol and part of our nostalgia for a simpler time. But while the word "pumpkin" has been around for ...

A Norfolk-born linguist has written his first book which shines a light on language, its idiosyncrasies and where it all began.

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Names alternate between masculine and feminine, and the pool was chosen to reflect the diversity of the Atlantic basin by ...

Microsoft stock has barely budged since this summer when it posted impressive earnings and a solid revenue outlook for its flagship Azure cloud business. One Wall Street analyst thinks that’s about to ...

Henry W. Fowler believed he knew how sentences should read—and his judgments have shaped The New Yorker’s style for a century ...

Donald Trump triumphantly returned to the Oval Office on January 20, 2025, with the mission of inaugurating a “new golden age” for the United States. And transforming immigration was always a central ...

Think you know your ABCs? Think again! From the letter J (which showed up centuries late) to the silent K that once loved the sound of its own voice, the English alphabet is packed with quirky ...