The Korea Herald

Seoul seeks multicultural teachers, interpreters

Jan 28, 2015

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 communic...
Book Club a magnet for Korean writers

Jan 20, 2015

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 Cl...
Talk to remember ’forgotten’ figure in Korean history

Jan 20, 2015

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...
Belly dancer’s ‘Shake Shop’ readies for final shows

Jan 20, 2015

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 ...
Seoul mayor to hold meeting with European residents

Jan 20, 2015

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 en...
Giving Back gears up for annual fund-raiser

Jan 20, 2015

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 u...
Teachers headed for final court battle over employment status

Jan 13, 2015

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 a...
Unpuzzled to put community into theater

Jan 13, 2015

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 Bro...
Shakespeare troupe to hold midwinter fund-raiser

Jan 13, 2015

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 performa...
Seoul society plans Burns Night bash

Jan 13, 2015

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 Bur...
Stand Up Seoul to host Shanghai-based comic

Jan 13, 2015

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 ...
Daejeon expats open own art gallery

Jan 6, 2015

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 smal...
‘12 Angry Jurors’ explores drama behind deliberation

Jan 6, 2015

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 “...
Camarata to begin kids’ choir in Feb.

Jan 6, 2015

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 a...
Talk to explore puzzle left by Buddhist mural

Jan 6, 2015

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 ...