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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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[Kim So-hyun] The quiet taxi driver from Paris
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Gwangju cooking contest for multicultural families
Gwangju Bukgu Youth Center is hosting a cooking competition for multicultural families on Oct. 20.The top prize is 300,000 won ($279), with several other prizes ranging from 30,000 to 200,000 won.The families should consist of a child over 5 years old and one or both parents. Entry is free and the festival will provide up to 40,000 won for ingredients.To enter the competition, submit a completed application form by Oct. 12 at the center, by fax or mail. The application form can be downloaded fro
Oct. 8, 2013
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Series to introduce contemporary Korean culture
The Korea Foundation Cultural Center is running a free weekly lecture series on Korea’s contemporary culture and arts from Oct. 12 to Nov. 16. The series consists of lectures and trips to galleries and cultural sites in Seoul, led by scholars and specialists in Korea, aiming to provide a broad overview of Korea’s contemporary culture and arts.The first lecture, “Understanding of Modern & Contemporary Art” will be followed on Oct. 19 with a field trip to galleries in Seoul. The next lecture, on a
Oct. 8, 2013
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International students gather for sports, culture festival
Hundreds of students gathered at the University of Seoul on Saturday for the annual International Students’ Cultural and Sports Festival.The festival, organized by Korea International Students’ Support Association and Grand Korea Leisure, saw students from universities across the country compete in soccer, basketball, dodgeball and cricket.The soccer tournament was won by the Camasko Lions, competing in the festival for the second year. The team edged out former champion and last year’s runner-u
Oct. 1, 2013
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Gwangju play hopes to push people’s buttons
Gwangju Performance Project will be putting on Christopher Durang’s “Why Torture is Wrong and the People who Love Them” on Oct. 19-20.Durang has a history of writing controversial works, according to producer Travis Major, and this black comedy explores some of the darkest areas of society, including nationalism, terrorism and gun violence.“The play challenges the audience because it forces you to do two things at once,” said Major. “It forces you to laugh at the jokes but also think about how h
Oct. 1, 2013
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Kenyan expats mourn victims of mall attack
Kenyans living in South Korea gathered at the Bethany Methodist Church in Seoul on Saturday to mourn the 72 people killed in the Westgate shopping center terrorist attack in Nairobi.About three dozen people gathered at the church to honor the victims of the attack, many from countries in Europe and Asia, and to support one another here, said Christine Kathurima-Lee, vice chair of the Kenyan Community in Korea, a Seoul-based expatriate group.The KCK organized the prayer meeting. An estimated 400
Oct. 1, 2013
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N.Z. photographer retraces steps of Hamel, Winchester
When Simon Winchester wrote his travelogue “Korea ― A Walk through the Land of Miracles” in 1988, he was retracing the steps of Hendrick Hamel, a Dutchman who became one of the first Westerners in Korea when he was shipwrecked on Jejudo Island in the 1600s.Now that path has been trodden again, this time by New Zealand photographer Blair Kitchener, who has made a photo booklet of his journey, called “Korea from the Road.”The route starts on Jejudo Island and winds up the western side of the penin
Sept. 24, 2013
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10-minute play fest returns to Seoul
Seoul Players will be holding its third annual 10-Minute Play Festival starting Friday, with 16 plays by expats and overseas writers.Eight 10-minute-long plays will be performed on Friday and Saturday at Spazio Luce in Itaewon, with the audience voting for the best four on both days.Those eight will go through to the final the following Saturday, when the audience will choose the winning play.The plays were chosen in early summer after about eight months of receiving submissions. Seoul Players t
Sept. 24, 2013
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Softball tournament to run in Gyeongju
A local expat is running a softball tournament in Gyeongju on Oct. 26 and 27.The tournament will use a knock-out format for eight teams, with seven innings per game. Teams will have 10 players on the field, with at least two women, and up to 12 hitters.Teams that lose in the first round will go through to a separate knockout stage in a repechage format, meaning all teams will play three games each.Organizer Stephen Craig plays in the Daegu Softball League, which involves teams from cities in the
Sept. 24, 2013
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Expat volunteer group to hold trivia night
Expat-led volunteer group PLUR will hold a trivia night on Oct. 5 to raise funds.The event will raise money for the group’s ongoing “...Your Seoul” projects, which involve helping the homeless and hungry, teaching underprivileged children and looking after abandoned animals.Organizer Linda Lam said that the funds would be used to pay for new textbooks and for basic equipment such as boots and aprons for the “Feed Your Seoul” project, which provides food to the hungry on Fridays and Saturdays.It
Sept. 24, 2013
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Author to give RASKB talk on North Korea’s Juche
Brian Myers, author of “The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters,” will give a talk on North Korean propaganda hosted by the Royal Asiatic Society’s Korea Branch on Sept. 24.Myers has argued that North Korea’s central “Juche” philosophy lacks substance and, rather than forming a North Korean brand of communism, acts as a fig leaf for a race-based nationalism inherited from Japanese colonial times.In his talk “Red Herring: North Korea’s Juche Myth,” Myers will introd
Sept. 17, 2013
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Wine club to visit Anseong vineyard
The Korea Wine Connoisseurs Club of Korea is running a trip to the Kenneth Kim Vineyard in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, on Sept. 28.The tour will begin with a session on pairing wines with Korean cuisine, followed by a barrel tasting at the winery and a “grape stomping” contest, the winner of which will take home a bottle of vintage wines. This will be followed by a folk dance presentation and, if time permits, a visit to the Muscat grape vineyards.The vineyard was set up in 2001 by Kim, after th
Sept. 17, 2013
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Donations help bring stricken American teacher home
Sean Jones, an American English teacher in Goyang who was hospitalized with a severe autoimmune disease in May, has returned to the United States thanks to fund-raising efforts to pay his hospital bill.Jones had developed encephalitis NMDA, a rare brain disease, and was undergoing treatment in Korea. However, when the hospital stopped treatment, citing cost, his family sought to transfer him to the U.S.But the hospital would not allow Jones to leave until his $50,000 medical bill was paid. “It
Sept. 17, 2013
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KOTESOL to hold international conference
Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages will hold its annual international conference on Oct. 12 and 13.KOTESOL expects 1,400 teachers to join the conference at Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul to discuss issues in English education, and hear from some of the field’s top figures. There will be 140 presenters from Korea and elsewhere giving 225 presentations and workshops, as well as 40 educational displays and 60 promotional sessions.The conference’s plenary speakers will b
Sept. 17, 2013
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Filmmakers gear up for two-day blitz
The 48 Hour Film Project launched in Seoul on Saturday, giving prospective filmmakers the chance to size up this year’s competition and meet potential collaborators.The Seoul project is part of an international competition that takes place in 120 cities worldwide, in which teams get two days to make a short film.The best film in each city is sent to Filmapalooza, the official awards event for the global project, at which the best 10 films are chosen for a screening at the Cannes Film Festival. C
Sept. 10, 2013
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Tour to give a taste of shamanistic dance
A day trip is being held to give people the chance to experience Korean culture, food and shamanistic dance on Sept. 28. Hosted by Korean food consultancy Zenkimchi International and food communications company Plan EL, the tour will travel from Seoul to Cheongpyeong Lake in Gyeonggi Province and cross by ferry to a traditional hanok home. There, they will be given a full Korean lunch of local, seasonal food, and take in a “neokjeon” performance by Buddhist monk Hyein, who is also a shamanistic
Sept. 10, 2013
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Gwangju center tour to visit Sunchang
Gwangju International Center will be running a GIC Culture Tour to Sunchang on Sept. 28. The North Jeolla Province county is famous for its gochujang, and the tour will include a visit to the Sunchang Red Pepper Paste Village where participants can make their own, as well as get a chance to make other snacks such as tteok and popped rice.Following that, the group will have a lunch of “dak baeksuk,” or boiled chicken, before heading to Gangcheonsan Mountain County Park, which has a fortress, temp
Sept. 10, 2013
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ChewSock Film Festival aims to brighten holidays for expats
Art 9 Cinema in Seoul’s Seocho-gu is holding a special film festival aimed at expats over the Chuseok holidays.The ChewSock Film Festival will show nine feature films and a selection of short films on Sept. 18 and again on Sept. 19. The films are selected as the best Korean films of the past year, and will be shown with English subtitles.Festival organizers said they wanted to provide something entertaining for foreigners to do over the holidays when Koreans are spending time with their families
Sept. 10, 2013
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Filipino group to host culture-themed race
Filipino Scholars Organization in Korea (PIKO) will host a “Running Man” style competition for young Korean and expat Seoulites next month. “Tara Na: Finding the Philippines in Seoul” is a race connecting four locations in Seoul on Oct. 6.Teams of three are required to stop at each site and do different tasks related to Philippine culture. The first to complete the course will receive prizes worth 300,000 won ($270), with second and third prizes of 250,000 won and 200,000 won, respectively.“Inst
Sept. 10, 2013
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RASKB holds lecture on shamanist paintings
The Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch is restarting its regular lectures in Seoul on Sept. 10 with a talk on shamanistic paintings.Boudewijn Walraven, who is editor of the Sugkyun Journal of East Asian Studies and the author of “The Songs of the Shaman: The Ritual Chants of the Korean Mudang,” will talk about the folk paintings used at Korean shamanistic shrines.He will explain how the paintings each have their own character and the relationships that shamans have with them. The talk runs in th
Sept. 3, 2013
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‘Black and White’ event to launch 48 Hour Film Project
The 48 Hour Film Project Seoul is launching this year’s competition with a “black and white” party in Itaewon on Saturday.The festival is a competition to be held later this fall, where filmmakers, actors and others form teams and compete to produce the best film within 48 hours of being given a basic brief. Organizers will announce the locations and other details of this year’s competition at the event, as well as the dates and venues of the networking sessions, and where those looking to get i
Sept. 3, 2013