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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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Spoken word open mic to run in Busan
Spoken word event Wordz Only will run Saturday at Cafe Radio in Busan.Wordz Only is a monthly open mic event for written and spoken word performers. People are invited to share all kinds of writing, from short stories to rap. The event runs from 8:30-11 p.m. To share your work, arrive by 8:20 p.m. and enter your name. Performers are drawn one at a time until the end of the night, and asked to keep their reading time to between seven and 12 minutes. The event is free, but those attending are aske
March 11, 2014
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Free business counseling in Yeouido
Yeouido Global Business Center will run free business counseling sessions for foreign entrepreneurs on intellectual property and customs clearance this month.On Thursday, the center will take inquiries on how to file trademarks and issues regarding conflicts over rights to trademarks.Another session on March 25 will cover customs clearance issues for imports and exports.Sessions are in English and Korean and last 20-30 minutes. Those wanting a slot should book in advance by emailing sgcbizincuba
March 11, 2014
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Expats to celebrate Holi in Busan
This event is organized by a group called Indians in Korea. However, there are two groups using that name. The organizers of this event should not be confused with the Indians in Korea that began in 2002 and can be found at indiansinkorea.com. -- Ed.Indians in Korea will celebrate Holi at Haeundae Beach in Busan on March 16. Holi is a Hindu spring festival that is most famous for its tradition in which people throw colorful dyes and water at each other. Although a religious festival, it is incre
March 4, 2014
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English college courses not all they seem
As the country began looking to education as a source of potential economic growth recently, Korean universities increasingly adopted English-language instruction to attract more exchange students. But the results have begun to peter out, while foreign students’ complaints about the lectures are mounting. After growing sharply in the years up to 2011, the number of foreign students has begun to fall, according to data from the Ministry of Justice.Adelide Kamanthe from the Korea International Stu
March 4, 2014
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International Women’s Day event to be held in Seoul
International Women’s Day Korea and Seoul International Women’s Association will be holding an event to highlight the difficulties and achievements of women around the world on Saturday.International Women’s Day has been celebrated internationally on March 8 since 1911, with IWDK holding events since its centenary in 2011. This is the first time SIWA will cohost the event.The afternoon will begin with a reception, followed by performances by storyteller Kim Seung-ah, who will narrate “The Golden
March 4, 2014
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Seoul City seeks suggestion makers
Seoul Metropolitan Government is recruiting foreign volunteers to provide suggestions to improve daily life in the capital, covering areas such as multicultural family affairs, legal issues and public policy.Volunteers must be foreign nationals or naturalized citizens who have lived in Seoul for at least a year and have at least an intermediate level of Korean or English.Monitors will be required to submit reports with suggestions on how to improve city life, and will receive 20,000 won for each
March 4, 2014
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Gwangju culture tour to take in Jangseong
Gwangju International Center will run a GIC Culture Tour to Jangseong County in South Jeolla Province on March 22.The tour will stop by Naejangsan National Park for a short walk and to take part in the Maple Water Festival, before a vegetarian lunch.In the afternoon, the group will move on to Pilam Seowon, a Confucian school founded in 1590 that is known for its 17th-century architecture. After looking around the school, they will visit a center to make soap using oil extracted from cypress tree
March 4, 2014
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Free world language and culture classes in Busan
Busan Global Center is running free weekly classes to introduce the languages and cultures of 12 countries. Classes will run once a week for two hours, led by a native speaker of the country being studied. The studied cultures are Filipino, French, Vietnamese, Russian, Thai, Cambodian, Spanish, Italian, Persian, Croatian, Bahasa Indonesia and Mongolian.There will also be a weekly class on Thursday afternoon that will introduce a different culture each week.The classes will run from March 24 unti
March 4, 2014
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Talk To Me In Korean helps expats fit in
Among the wealth of websites and other online resources for learning Korean, Talk To Me In Korean is steadily carving out a niche.Sun Hyun-woo set up TTMIK with two co-workers in 2009 to teach people around the world how to speak Korean.“Today, there are eight full-time workers in the office and we have made huge progress since then, especially since the Korean Wave started (booming) around 2010.” According to Sun, more than 1.5 million people are learning Korean with the help of TTMIK, measured
Feb. 26, 2014
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Filipinos in Korea help Haiyan survivors float
In the days before brick and mortar construction, villagers in the Philippines would help their neighbors by lifting and carrying entire houses from place to place. This tradition, known as bayanihan, is at the heart of the Filipino spirit of cooperation and community. And this spirit, according to Eva Marie Wang, president of the student organization Pinoy Iskolars Sa Korea, made itself obvious in the weeks following Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013, and affe
Feb. 26, 2014
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‘Familiar Story’ for new theater company
Eumin Productions, a professional English-language production company will perform its first musical, “A Familiar Story,” in Seoul this weekend.Danny Hwang, the artistic director, founded Eumin at the beginning of the year, with a crew of 35 people.“We are a family-friendly theatrical company with our own concept of edutainment, combining full-scale fun for old and young with an educational background,” said Hwang. “A Familiar Story” is about young siblings Rion and Sam wishing to hear a bedtime
Feb. 26, 2014
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Life on road takes comic to Korea
Offstage, Glenn Wool is more sedate than his aggressively enthusiastic performance persona would suggest. Looking every inch the Canadian lumberjack in a flannel shirt and cap, it is difficult to believe that he has not lived in his home country for years. In fact, he has not lived in any country for years, and is more familiar with the inside of an airport than the inside of an apartment.Since kicking off his stand-up career in Vancouver in 1995, Wool has been working the international comedy c
Feb. 18, 2014
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Seoul ‘Monologues’ kicks off V-Day events
Seoul Players will host a performance of “The Vagina Monologues” this weekend. It will be the first of several events across the country for V-Day, an annual event to campaign against violence toward women and raise money for related charities.The Seoul troupe performed “The Vagina Monologues” last year, raising $5,000, according to Barri Tsavaris, this year’s producer.Tsavaris added that the attempts to attract Korean audience members had been successful.“Korean audience members were quite posi
Feb. 18, 2014
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Teachers introduce Daegu to Black History Month
A group of English teachers will hold the country’s first Black History Month Festival in Daegu on Saturday.Jet Cessant, one of the organizers, said the festival was being supported by the U.S. Embassy.“Several English teachers pitched the idea (for the festival) to the U.S. Embassy, and they liked the idea so much they decided to sponsor part of the event,” he saidIn Korea, stereotypes about black people still abound, but Cessant believes that this festival will demonstrate that African-America
Feb. 18, 2014
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Draw for a Cause to support migrant women
Jankura Artspace in Seoul is hosting a night of performances and art Saturday in aid of a migrant women’s center.The “Draw for a Cause” event will combine live sketching with musical, spoken word and hula hoop performances.Organizer Mike Stewart, who runs the Jankura Artspace, said he had run similar events before in the studio, but not as fund-raisers. As previous performers had mostly been men, he decided to dedicate a night to female performers.“It turns out there are a lot of women who are i
Feb. 18, 2014
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10 Minute Play Festival to stage expat plays in Daegu
Daegu Theatre Troupe will run the 10 Minute Play Festival on Saturday. The event introduces local and international English-speaking playwrights and actors. Writers sent in original or published scripts, and five plays were chosen.This year the lineup features plays performed by expats in Daegu, the Seoul Players and the Busan English Theatre Association.The plays will be staged at the Woojeon Theatre near Myeongdeok Station at 7 p.m. For more information, visit Daegu Theatre Troupe’s Facebook p
Feb. 18, 2014
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BFIA offers financial support to local communities
The Busan Foundation for International Activities is inviting the foreign communities in Busan to apply for financial support for social projects.Throughout the year, communities are able to apply for financial aid of up to 500,000 won to conduct cultural events.BFIA has already approved financial help for several events, including an Indian celebration of the Holi festival on March 16. Last year, BFIA was able to support 27 expatriate communities in Busan with more than 10 billion won.For more
Feb. 18, 2014
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DIY publishers break out in Korea
The difficulty of finding a voice in a country that doesn’t speak her language is all too familiar to Doria Garms-Sotelo. The aspiring journalist, whose husband is in the U.S. Army, has called Korea home for the past nine years. She has used that time to hone her writing skills and complete a book on a topic that is close to her heart. “I lived in Sri Lanka from 1988 to 1993. It was the bloodiest time of the war there. I just want tell people, and teach them, about Sri Lanka.”And therein lay the
Feb. 11, 2014
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Quirky stage play to woo audience this Valentine’s
A group of expats is presenting the stage play “Almost, Maine” for the first time in Korea starting on Friday.The play, written by John Cariani, premiered in 2004 and is a romantic comedy that deals with love and how people fall in and out of it.“People fall in love and stumble out of it again. (The play) is quirky and awkward and has some kind of magic in it,” said Teala Penner, who heads the project.The different scenes are all intended to take place at the same time: 9 p.m. The setting is in
Feb. 11, 2014
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Photography mag runs ‘Love’ special
Photographers in Korea has run a special issue for February, based on the theme of love.“Since February is the month of ‘Love,’ I wanted to invite more than the usual number of photographers for (the) issue and allow more participation and a special challenge,” said Joe Wabe, the magazine’s design and art director“We wanted to display the meaning of love in various different ways according to each photographer’s concept of it.”The issue features 31 entries on the subject, with themes encompassin
Feb. 11, 2014