North Korea has opened its first “authentic” Italian restaurant on the orders of its leader, Kim Jong-Il, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper said Saturday.

The Chosun Sinbo, often seen as a mouthpiece for North Korea’s communist regime, said the restaurant had proved to be a major hit after it opened in the capital Pyongyang in December.

“I’ve learned through TV and books that pizza and spaghetti are among the world’s famous dishes, but this is the first time that I’ve tasted it,” Jung Un-Suk, 42, told the newspaper, which is published in Japan.

Designer Wonsik Chae from south korea has created “lighting bag”, a light which imitates (you can’t drink it) the form of a tea bag !

If you put the Lighting Bag in a cup of chemical intermediate, the tea bag will burst into flames, and then the cup is lighting.

“Consisting of a cup filled with a chemical intermediate and a bag containing fluorescent molecules the light works through a catalyst of this chemical reaction.”

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Wildly popular Korean pop singer Rain has launched his own fashion line, called Six to Five. He introduced the collection with a fashion show in Ilsan, which was attended by celebrities and fans alike.

“Six to Five means that we are aiming to reach the sixth sense from our original five senses. I also wanted to use numbers to make it easier to find and comfortable to approach”, he said.

“I think it’s a bit unreasonable to call myself a designer. I never learned the trade professionally, but I did try to analyze the clothes I enjoy wearing and feel comfortable in. I volunteered as a designer, thinking the public may understand my views,” he said.

Bang and Olufsen is well known for producing high end products like telephones and other electronic devices. The Danish company is all set to launch its cordless phone- the ‘BeoCom 2′, in Korea soon.

Crafted from a single piece of aluminium, it sits naturally in the hand, while its gentle curve matches the shape of the human face.

Coming in six different colors including white, blue, yellow, grey, black and natural aluminum, the BeoCom 2 is available for 1,790,000 wons ($1,350)

Samsung Electronics and Giorgio Armani have partnered to release the first 46 – and 52-inch full HD TV Armani / PAVV TV in the Korean market.

Providing both Armani’s elegant design and Samsung’s cutting edge technology, the Armani/PAVV TV was first unveiled at I Saloni 2008, Milan international furniture show.

The Armani / TV PAVV supports DNIePro (Digital Natural Image engine +) chipset, WiseLink, InfoLink and 120Hz Auto Plus Motion technologies.

The luxury LCD TV will come in 46 inch for 6,990,000 Korean won ($7,000) and 52 inch for 8,690,000 Korean won ($8,750).

In 2005 a South Korean businessman paid 70 million Korean won ($75,000) for a 1926 bottle from The Macallan’s “Fine and Rare” range. “The actual purchase took place at the liquor retail store, Interbang, in the upmarket Gangnam area of Seoul,” according to a statement from Macallan.

The bottle spent 60 years in wood barrel and was bottled in 1986.