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Seoul book club to host romantic illustrator Puuung

Seoul Book and Culture Club will be holding an author event with Korean illustrator Puuung, who recently released the book “Love Is.” Puung’s “Love Is” illustrations, showing a couple in an idyllic ...

May 25, 2016
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[Theater review] ‘Much Ado’ holds nothing back

As a tale of lovestruck Italian nobles, some may mistake “Much Ado About Nothing” for one of the bard’s lighter plays -- but remember things are not always as they seem. Seoul Shakespeare Company’s a...

May 25, 2016
Expat Living
HBC Fest live music event to return this weekend

HBC fest will return to the Haebangchon area of Itaewon this weekend, 10 years since its first outing in 2006. The festival will see the area’s bars, restaurants and pubs open their doors to bands, ...

May 25, 2016
Expat Living
Gwangju International Center offers tour to Suncheon

The Gwangju International Center is running a GIC Tour to Suncheon on May 28. The tour will stop at Soggwangsa Temple, which was built in the 11th century and is one of the three jewel temples of Ko...

May 19, 2016
Expat Living
Seoul Shakespeare Company to stage ‘Much Ado About Nothing’

Seoul Shakespeare Company will be staging the bard’s comedy “Much Ado About Nothing” from this weekend. The play, a blend of silly humor with ideas about honor, shame and politics, is a turnaround f...

May 18, 2016
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Artists examine ‘home’ in refugee-focused exhibition

From lips sewn shut to lonely roads, the imagery in the exhibition “A Place Called Home” is stark. Busan artists group Exotic Beasts will be holding the exhibition, themed on “home,” to highlight re...

May 18, 2016
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Washington, Seoul choirs stage joint concert

The Washington State University Madrigal singers and Concert Choir held a choral exchange concert Sunday with local music group Camarata Music Company. The U.S. Choir is in Korea as part of a perfor...

May 18, 2016
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Kiwi Chamber runs events for New Zealand Wine Festival

The New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Korea will host two New Zealand Wine Festival events in Seoul and Busan in May and June. The festivals will offer enthusiasts a chance to enjoy over 80 premium...

May 18, 2016
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Talk to examine power games in Korean party politics

The Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch will host a talk by Stanford Ph.D. candidate Jacob Reidhead on the political machinations in Korea. His talk will cover his research into the games, gambits an...

May 18, 2016
Expat Living
May university festivals list up (16~22)

(The Korea Herald) The month of May is a time for university festivals. While these festivals are mainly student-organized, with unique games and cultural performances of all sorts, there are also ...

May 16, 2016
Expat Living
19th Korean speech contest took place on Thursday

The 19th Korean speech contest took place on Thursday at Kyunghee University’s Crown Concert Hall in Seoul, with the best prize going to Uzbekistan student Rakhimboboev Bakhtiyor. According to the I...

May 12, 2016
Expat Living
Largest rose festival to open in Ulsan

The 10th rose festival at Ulsan Grand Park will open next Friday. According to the Ulsan city government, it is the largest festival of its kind, with more than 263 kinds of roses that will be arran...

May 12, 2016
Expat Living
‘Big Data’ audio drama probes Web's weak point

Serial drama to bring together expat, international talent for global audience A new audio drama is set to start this month, bringing a host of expat actors together with international performers in...

May 11, 2016
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British ball to honor Queen’s 90th birthday

The British Chamber of Commerce in Korea is holding the Queen’s Birthday Ball next month in conjunction with the British Association of Seoul (BASS), to celebrate the monarch’s 90th birthday. The BC...

May 11, 2016
Expat Living
Free TOPIK preparation classes offered in Seoul

The Seoul Global Center will run a set of free preparation classes for the Test of Proficiency in Korean ahead of the next exam on July 17. The classes are open to all foreign residents and run from...

May 11, 2016
Expat Living

The Korea Herald by Herald Corporation

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Date of registration : 2015.04.28
Publisher. Editor : Kwon Chung-won
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