Members of Seoul Giving Club hand out Halloween gifts Saturday. Seoul Giving Club put grins on the faces of unsuspecting passers-by with a handout of ghoulish Halloween gifts this Saturday. The selfless group dressed in costumes to give away festive gifts and candy to people walking near Seoul’s Cheongyecheon from 4 p.m. The group of hind-hearted friends donated a small amount of cash before b...

Dong Kwang Won orphanage (in red) plays against Lycee de Francais Seoul at Suwon World Cup Stadium on Oct. 22. (EKF) An International Youth Football Championship has helped bring European children and Korean orphans closer together through soccer. The tournament organized by the Europe-Korea Foundation was held at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Gyeonggi-do. The tournament was started in 2005 and h...

A cat sterilized by the Cat TNR program (KAPS) An animal protection group is looking for people to take a 10-day challenge to help end the stray cat problem in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang Province. Volunteers have been catching cats roaming the Yeungnam University area of the city and taking them to be spayed or neutered by the Korean Animal Protection Society. It costs 50,000 won to neuter a m...

Participants at last year’s Making Miles charity run in Daejeon. (Shawn Hudson) A 10k and a 5k race are to be held in Daejeon to raise funds to help sufferers of MS in Korea. The runs will be held along the banks of the Gapcheon River from 1 p.m. on Saturday Nov. 5 with around 150 runners expected to take part. Runners will be charged a 25,000 won entry fee to go toward the Miles for MS charit...

A U.K. animal welfare expert has called for more action to protect pets and farm animals in Korea. Paul Littlefair, head of external affairs for British charity the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, has been visiting Korea since 1999 and said he has seen many positive changes in the past 12 years. But the RSPCA representative, a graduate in Chinese language with many years...

A charity dog costume contest will be held in Seoul on Oct. 30. The event to benefit Korean animal charities will run from 1-6 p.m. at Roofers bar in Itaewon. The event for Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth will see pooches decked-out in costumes take part in talent shows to win prizes. Owners are invited to dress up too at the Halloween-themed event. Entry to the contest is a suggested do...

Two fund-raisers to support cancer sufferers have made almost 4.5 million won in one day. First, a Cancer Sucks event at White Box Theatre in Seoul on Saturday afternoon raised almost 2 million won for the Korean Cancer Society. Participants paid 10,000 won each to dress up and dance to record a music video. “Overall, it was a fabulous event,” said organizer Mitzi Kaufman. “A huge thank you is...

“Punish the Responsible” by former ‘comfort woman’ Kang Duk-gyeong Artists from here and abroad are to display works inspired by the House of Sharing in December. The Multi-Media Art Exhibition will center on themes of sexual slavery, human trafficking, and violence towards women. The “Liberating Herstories” exhibition will also feature paintings by former “comfort women,” who have used art as...