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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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ROK Ultimate gears up for spring season
ROK Ultimate is taking applications to join in its spring season in April and May.The league caters to all levels ― including beginners ― of Korean and expat players of ultimate, a competitive team sport played using a Frisbee.ROK-U has been running ultimate tournaments in Korea since 2009.Applicants are assigned to teams according to ability, experience and location. The season runs five weekends of matches from April 12 to May 31, and league fees are 88,000 won ($80).Fees cover the costs of ov
Jan. 28, 2015
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Seoul seeks multicultural teachers, interpreters
Seoul Global Center is seeking people to work as translators and teachers of multicultural classes at schools.The interpreters provide language assistance on living in the city and to help communicate the city government’s multicultural policies.The Neighbors from Afar Program, run by Seoul Metropolitan Government, invites people from various countries into middle and elementary schools to give 90-minute lessons about the cultures of their home countries.Both types of position are paid. About 15
Jan. 28, 2015
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Book Club a magnet for Korean writers
When it started out as a simple reading club, Barry Welsh had no idea that his book club would become a forum for Korea’s most famous authors.But 3 1/2 years since it started out, the Seoul Book Club has hosted not only expat writers but literary luminaries including Kim Yong-ha, Hwang Sok-yong and Gong Ji-young.The book club meets again on Saturday, this time for a discussion with Ko Un, one of Korea’s best-known poets and an occasional tip for the Nobel Prize in literature.He will be discussin
Jan. 20, 2015
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Talk to remember ’forgotten’ figure in Korean history
There is one enemy of the state whom Seoul has not paid enough attention to according to a former senior adviser to the head of South Korean national security. Ra Jong-yil, a former ambassador and a professor at Hanyang University, will be giving a lecture for the Korean branch of the Royal Asiatic Society on Kang Min-cheol. Kang, who Ra calls a “forgotten terrorist,” was one of three North Koreans sent in 1983 to assassinate then-South Korean President Chun Do-hwan in Myanmar ― a plot that fail
Jan. 20, 2015
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Belly dancer’s ‘Shake Shop’ readies for final shows
Belly dancer Eshe Yildiz is set to hold the 19th “Shake Shop” club night in Hongdae on Saturday. Eshe founded the monthly event in 2013 and also dances with the Eshe and Navah troupe. She says she feels blessed to have had the opportunity to meet everyone who has been involved.“I can’t believe all of the talented Seoul indie bands we’ve been able to work together with. It’s been such a fun and amazing experience to collaborate with so many amazing acts,” she said. Shake Shop 19, which runs at Fr
Jan. 20, 2015
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Seoul mayor to hold meeting with European residents
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon will host a meeting with European nationals living in the city at the Seoul Global Center in late February. Over 375,000 foreign nationals were living in Seoul as of the end of September, making up more than 3.7 percent of the city’s population. The Seoul Metropolitan Government has released a survey for expats through which it hopes to set the agenda for the public meeting. The survey, which can be found here or via Korea4Expats.com asks participants to state their pur
Jan. 20, 2015
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Giving Back gears up for annual fund-raiser
English-teaching charity Giving Back is running its annual fund-raiser in Itaewon next week.The Jan. 31 event will feature live bands and a raffle, and the money raised will help fund classes for underprivileged children run by the group’s Korean and expat volunteers.Barry Smith, who volunteers for the charity and is married to Giving Back founder Yvette Jeong-hwa Park, said that the group had grown over the years and now has five classes in Seoul and one in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province. The Yangju
Jan. 20, 2015
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Teachers headed for final court battle over employment status
The original version of this article published on Jan. 13, 2015, stated incorrectly that the teachers' law firm was Kangnam Labor Law, when it was I&S Law Firm. The 18 teachers originally described as having joined the suit had not done so, and were in fact filing separately against the firm. — Ed.Dozens of teachers who worked at Chungdahm Learning academies are preparing for a final court battle over pay and conditions, after the company appealed a ruling recognizing them as employees, rather t
Jan. 13, 2015
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Unpuzzled to put community into theater
A group of expats and Koreans will look to involve more Koreans in expat drama with a community theater project in Gwangju.Unpuzzled Theatre Company, set up by British acting graduates Victoria Brown and Jamie Oliver-Jones, was set up in 2013 and has worked in Thailand and Korea, mostly on projects linked to English education. But they are looking to use their expertise for a final project in the wider community before leaving Korea in April.The organizers hope to create short 10-minute pieces a
Jan. 13, 2015
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Shakespeare troupe to hold midwinter fund-raiser
Seoul Shakespeare Company will hold its annual Mid-Winter Party this Saturday to raise funds for its upcoming production of “Titus Andronicus.”Entertainment will start with musical theater performances by members of Seoul Shakespeare Company, followed by a comedy performance by Seoul City Improv.This will be followed by performances from bands the Raging Semis, the jeni Wai Band, Colin Phils, the Reach Arounds and Kite Flying Robot.“In our past Mid-Winter Parties, we’ve generally had bands and s
Jan. 13, 2015
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Seoul society plans Burns Night bash
The St. Andrew’s Society of Seoul is holding a Burns Supper on Jan. 24.The event is timed to coincide with Burns Night on Jan. 25, when Scots traditionally celebrate their national poet, Robert Burns. The black tie event will be held from 7 p.m. at the Namsan Room of the Grand Hyatt Hotel, with traditional Scottish food and literary entertainment.Tickets are 120,000 won ($110), or 1.1 million won for a table of 10. For booking or more information, contact st.andrew.seoul@gmail.com or visit stand
Jan. 13, 2015
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Stand Up Seoul to host Shanghai-based comic
Stand Up Seoul is eschewing its monthly comedy challenge for January to host Shanghai-based comic Drew Fralick this Friday. Fralick performs regularly as part of the Kung Fu Komedy club, a stand-up comedy group based in Shanghai, and has worked in the U.S. and around Asia. Also performing will be Stand Up Seoul comics Kay Kim, Rudy Tyburczy and Rob Fioretta.The show will also be taking suggestions for its February comedy challenge, an erotic fan fiction night ahead of Valentine’s Day.The show op
Jan. 13, 2015
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Daejeon expats open own art gallery
A new gallery has opened in Daejeon, run by a local group of expat artists.The Daejeon Artists’ Collective has been running exhibitions since 2011, but made the plunge late last year to open a small gallery near the city’s Junggu Office Metro Station. The DAC held a group exhibition there in December, and has begun this year’s series of solo exhibitions with a collection of mandala paintings by Rika Scholtz.DAC member Rosalie Knaack explained that the paintings were based on the mandala painting
Jan. 6, 2015
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‘12 Angry Jurors’ explores drama behind deliberation
A scene from a rehearsal of “12 Angry Jurors.” (Jenna Apollonia)The cold weather has done nothing to cool off tempers in the south, as Busan English Theater Association will stage a production of “12 Angry Jurors” his weekend.The play was originally a TV production but was most famously produced as the film “12 Angry Men” in 1957. BETA production director Michael Uchrin said he wanted to stage it after seeing the movie. “It wasn’t so much focused on the court proceedings as it was on the people
Jan. 6, 2015
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Camarata to begin kids’ choir in Feb.
The Camarata Music Company is setting up a new children’s choir, which will begin rehearsals next month.Introductory meetings to give more information to parents about the choir, open to children aged 7-14, will be held in Seoul on Jan. 17 and 24.CMC director and conductor Ryan Goessl said the choir would focus on giving kids the opportunity to learn and enjoy music.“Basically it is going to be something fun for the kids that will be advantageous for them and hopefully we can teach them about go
Jan. 6, 2015
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Talk to explore puzzle left by Buddhist mural
The Royal Asiatic Society’s Korea Branch will host a talk on Jan. 13 on the mysteries surrounding a Buddhist painting, the Amitabha Buddha triad mural at Muwi-sa in South Jeolla Province.The mural was painted during the early Joseon era in 1476, despite Joseon’s suppression of Buddhism. It is also a continuation of the Amitabha Buddha “welcoming descent” genre popular during the Goryeo Dyanasty, but the surviving Goryeo paintings of this genre are small scrolls for use at believers’ deathbeds or
Jan. 6, 2015
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Filmmakers’ group holds networking meeting Sunday
What’s Next Entertainment Group is holding the first monthly Global Filmmaking Network meeting of the year in Seoul on Sunday. The event aims to bring Korean and expat filmmakers together by providing education and opportunities for growth. It will also function as a very early meet-and-greet for people thinking about joining the international 48 Hour Film Project in October. Kevin Lambert from the Korea Indie and Expat Film Festival will talk at the event about programming for festivals.The top
Jan. 6, 2015
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Free classes offered on written test for driver’s license
Yeoksam Global Village Center is hosting free preparation classes for the written test for a Korean driver’s license.The classes are free of charge for foreign residents and class covers traffic laws and systems included in the written test. Instructions and materials will be given in English and Korean from 4-6 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays until Jan. 29. Those interested can attend one or more classes.To register a place, email yeoksam@sba.seoul.kr with your name, gender, nationality and mobi
Jan. 6, 2015
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Queer in Korea: Reconciling identities
To say it’s hard being LGBTQ in Korea is an understatement. English teaching ads that state “no homosexuals.” The risk of losing your job if you’re open about your sexual identity. Indirect and direct homophobia. Even the move last month by the Seoul government to include the statement that “Every Seoul citizen has a right not to be discriminated against based on sexual orientation (or) sexual identity” in the Charter of Human Rights for Citizens was met with protest and the charter has since be
Dec. 16, 2014
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Santacon to converge on Busan
After scores of Santas swarmed in Seoul last weekend, Busan will get its own Santacon this Saturday.Santacon is an international event where cheerful people dress up as Santa and other beloved Christmas-themed characters and get together for some Christmas cheer. Busan’s third annual event will gather for caroling, food, drinks and raffles benefiting a local charity.The event will start with dinner at Sharkys at 5 p.m. and move on to a new bar every hour from 7 p.m.Raffle prize draws will be mad
Dec. 16, 2014