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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Lee Jong-sup resigns as envoy to Australia
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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Yellow dust engulfs S. Korea, advisory alert issued
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Kia EV9 wins world car of year
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Korea misses out on global bond index boost
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‘Movies in 10’ presents bitesize blockbusters
The Back to the Future movie trilogy revolves around Marty McFly’s adventures traveling back and forth between the future and the present using the DeLorean time machine. Now a comedy event is performing time-related feats of its own, packing those three movies into a 10-minute reenactment.“Movies in 10,” which is being held in a collaboration with Seoul Players and Stand-up Seoul, will take place Friday at the Rocky Mountain Tavern in Itaewon.Seven performers will reenact a range of movies, inc
April 1, 2015
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Mesh print exhibition blends style, fun
For those who find Kakao characters too cute, an upcoming exhibition by Daegu’s Mesh Printing features the friends in somewhat less savory situations, alongside other work.Jess Hinshaw and Christopher Cote, the men behind Mesh Printing, have been working together for almost three years, producing artwork as well as logos and designs for local companies. KakaoTalk characters in debauched pop art depictions are among the posters on display in Mesh Printing’s upcoming exhibition. (Mesh Printing)Th
April 1, 2015
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Daegu Story Slam open to advice
The Daegu Story Slam will get its eighth run this month.The story slams are a live retelling of true tales, with each night’s stories based on a theme, with this week’s being “So I took their advice …” Stories should be told without the benefit of notes or memorization and should be true accounts, rather than works of fiction or poetry.The evening follows an open mic format, with storytellers’ names put into a bucket at the beginning of the night and randomly drawn out to perform.The story slam
April 1, 2015
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Gwangju V-Day show to help women’s causes
Performances of “A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer” will be held this weekend in Gwangju to aid women’s causes. “A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer” is one of the standard performances for V-Day, a global movement to campaign against violence against women and girls and raise money for related causes.Proceeds from the Gwangju show will go to Our House, Korea Women’s Hot Line and Gwangju Settler Women Support Center.The shows will be held at Yunbaram Theater on Saturday at 3 p.m.
April 1, 2015
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Yongsan runs photo contest for expats
The Yongsan district in Seoul is holding a photo competition for foreign residents this month.The photos must reflect one of three categories ― showing the attractive side of Seoul, the international aspects of Yongsan or residents’ personal experiences in the city.Winners will receive cash prizes, with 300,000 won ($270) going to first place and second and third prizes of 200,000 won and 100,000 won.Entrants must be foreign nationals living in Korea and may enter up to three photographs each.Th
April 1, 2015
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Ladies’ Night to rock in support of feminist group
Korean and expat bands will be rocking out in aid of women’s causes at Ladies Night next week.Ten acts, including Guten Birds, Baekma and Oops Nice will be playing at the concert, which will support feminist community Disruptive Voices.The first concert was held in January in support of Hollaback, an organization that campaigns against street harassment.“It got started basically in response to what I had suddenly become aware of as a major problem facing a great many of my female friends in and
April 1, 2015
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Seoul Global Center runs volunteer programs
Seoul Global Center is inviting volunteers to participate in several programs in late March and April. The programs are mostly on weekends and include work helping the elderly, cultural workshops for children, assistance with performances and translation during counseling for foreign workers.Volunteers are required to have attended a volunteer orientation program at the center, but those who have not can join the activities provided that they attend an orientation session in June.For more inform
March 26, 2015
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Camarata holds auditions for ‘Pirates of Penzance’
The Camarata Music Company is seeking performers for its upcoming operetta and musical “The Pirates of Penzance.”This Gilbert and Sullivan comedy centers around Frederick, who accidentally becomes an apprentice pirate, after his request to train as a pilot is misheard. Auditions will be held on Saturday, Sunday and April 4, and roles are available for all ages.Those planning to try for a part are asked to prepare one song, preferably from classical music or musical theater. There will also be so
March 26, 2015
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‘Truth about Love’ opens doors for theater in Gwangju
Gwangju is to get a dose of a new kind of drama Saturday with a Korean-expat joint community theater project, “The Truth about Love.”The project was run by Unpuzzled Theater, which was set up by Jamie Oliver Jones and Tori Brown, who trained together in community theater in the U.K.The project had set out to include Koreans and expats as an inclusive community project to bring together a cast to collaboratively develop the show from scratch. The show is split up into several short performances.
March 26, 2015
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Film explores stories from Jeju massacre
Jane Jin Kaisen, a visual artist who was adopted from Korea to Denmark, bases her art on questions around memory, history and migration. It is within this framework that she tackled one of the biggest massacres in modern Korean history ― the Jeju uprising on April 3, 1948. Kaisen’s film, “Reiterations of Dissent,” opens with Hyun Ki-young recounting his memories of the event. He was just 7 years old when it started. He remembers seeing crows dancing in the wind, when one dropped something from t
March 26, 2015
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Former Seoul teacher shines with ‘Gilded’ trilogy
Many expats in Korea think they have a novel in them. Some even go on to write and publish them. Few, however, manage to get a whole trilogy published. But Christina Farley has done just that with “Gilded,” a trilogy of young adult fantasy novels.“It’s one of those dreams come true for me,” Farley said. “Sometimes I pinch myself.”But it was something she only really dared to dream of once she began working in Korea. Christina Farley (Liga Photography)She used to often write as a child and submit
March 18, 2015
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Ethiopians rally to raise money for ailing student
An Ethiopian student and father of two in Busan is in need of help to pay for an urgent liver transplant. Lemma Teshome Tufa, a nanotechnology Ph.D. student at Pusan National University and a descendent of a Korean War veteran, has been hospitalized since Feb. 15 after a chronic condition worsened to the point that he needed emergency care. Lemma says he is not in pain, but is constantly tired. He was admitted to the hospital with severe internal bleeding and is recovering from it, but doctors s
March 18, 2015
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Talk to discuss forestation in North, South Korea
The Royal Asiatic Society Korea branch will host a talk on Korea’s successes and challenges in forestation on Tuesday.Victor Teplyakov, a professor of forest governance and nature conservation at Seoul National University, will discuss South Korea’s massive reforestation campaign under Park Chung-hee, seen as one of the most successful such efforts in the world, and the challenges facing South Korea’s forests today. Drawing on a recent visit to North Korea, he will also assess the state of defor
March 18, 2015
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Seoul Global Center offers start-up classes
Seoul Global Center will run its business start-up school for foreign entrepreneurs from March 30.Classes will cover issues related to starting and running a business in Seoul, such as writing a business plan, financing and tax, employment and intellectual property issues. The course will be in English and involve evening classes that run weekdays from 7-9 p.m. until April 10.Those who complete the course will receive a certificate of completion signed by the mayor and 25 points toward an OASIS
March 18, 2015
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Busan foundation to support multicultural events
The Busan Foundation for International Activities is offering financial support for foreign community events in the city.The foundation plans to provide at least 29 different expat-affiliated organizations with a maximum of 500,000 won to help them stage their events. The annual program supports nonprofit events to offer opportunities for foreign residents and to give Busanites the chance to take part in multicultural events.Last year’s recipients included Busan International Women’s Association
March 18, 2015
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Holi fest to brighten up Busan beach
Busan’s Haeundae Beach is set to get an early splash of color this month as thousands of revelers descend on the city in celebration of the Indian festival of Holi.The Holi celebrations at Haeundae have been running for five years, with a varied crowd of about 1,500 participants last year. Holi is a traditional Indian festival marking the end of winter and is celebrated by throwing colored powders and dyes on each other. The official date this year was March 8 but the Busan event organizers have
March 11, 2015
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‘Almost, Maine’ creates microcosm of romance
Daegu Theater Troup seeks to win the hearts of local theatergoers as it kicks of the year with a performance of “Almost, Maine.”The play by John Cariani is made of nine short plays that look at different aspects of love, all based in the fictional town in the title.“We wanted to start the 2015 season off with an all-inclusive play. There are a lot of talented actors in Daegu, and many more that are newly arrived,” said Victoria Anderson, one of the play’s directors. “‘Almost, Maine’ was a perfec
March 11, 2015
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Seoul cultural center offers music classes
Seoul Global Cultural Center is offering the chance to learn “samulnori,” a type of music for a traditional percussion quartet, in free weekly lessons.The lessons will run from 3-5 p.m. from March 26 to May 14, ahead of a performance on May 20 at the National Folk Museum of Korea.Lessons will be at the center, but there will be an orientation at the folk museum on March 19. Participants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.For more information, visit www.seoulculturalcenter.com.(
March 11, 2015
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Gwangju center to run tour to Haenam
Gwangju International Center will be running a GIC culture tour to Haenam on the south coast this month.The area is famous for dinosaur fossils and in particular for fossilized footprints, and the first stop on the tour will be to Uhangri Dinosaur Museum.The group will stop for a “chicken course” lunch featuring fresh sushi, grilled marinated chicken, boiled chicken and chicken porridge, followed by a visit to the house of Yun Seon-do, a Joseon-era scholar and master of the “sijo” form of classi
March 11, 2015
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Young adult author to hold Itaewon book reading
Young adult author Christina Farley will hold a book signing and reading in Itaewon this weekend.Farley, who lived and worked in Seoul for eight years, is the author of the “Gilded” series of fantasy novels, based on a Korean-American teenager who moves to Seoul.She will be reading from “Gilded” and “Silvern,” the first two books in the series, at the event. A third book is set to be released in September. Those who buy a book will be entered into a prize giveaway with the chance to win a kindle
March 11, 2015