POSTECH professor discusses the need for English lectures In the wake of the tragic suicides of four KAIST students in recent months, some suggested that study in English at KAIST puts undue stress on students, contributes to academic underperformance, creates communication barriers between students and professors, and encouraged the suicides. In the past several weeks, I reflected on my Englis...

The Willing Prisoners to play in Seoul, Guri and Daejeon When expats play with bands here they often visit Busan or Seoul from smaller cities, but The Willing Prisoners’ Guri-based bassist brought his band all the way from New York. Two of the trio, who both work in finance, will be funding a trip to tour Korea and Japan this month, the follow up to their 2009 U.K. tour. The other member is ba...

Seoul Sisters and Hangang Exiles launched the fifth touch rugby season in Seoul with its first ever training clinic at Jamwon Park last Saturday. The growing popularity of the sport in Korea became apparent when a group of Malaysian students joined the more than 60 touch rugby enthusiasts being put through their paces by coaches Marcus Powell and Theresa Tupuola early on Saturday afternoon. Bal...

Markets offer smorgasboard of alternative remedies, unusual sights Spring may bring a welcome burst of warmth and renewal, but it is also a common time for people to fall sick. With the change of season and scourge of yellow dust bringing on colds and sore throats in droves, many expatriates will find themselves making extra trips to the pharmacy. But for expats who favor an alternative approac...

This is a regular feature introducing associations and clubs for expats. This week, Expat Living spoke to Marcus von Engel of In Vino Veritas wine club ― Ed. •Name of Club: In Vino Veritas •Location: Seoul •Number of members: 80. About 50 to 80 members and guests attend each monthly tasting •Started: In 1996. It is Korea’s oldest wine club Who is it for? Professionals ― Koreans and expats ―...

The New Zealand and Australian chambers of commerce in Korea raised 105.5 million won ($97,000) with The Rugby Charity Dinner and auction held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on April 13. The New Zealand Chamber decided to convert a Rugby World Cup promotional event into an opportunity to help rebuild devastated communities on the Pacific Rim. AusCham and The Seoul-Japan Club added their support. New ...

Camarata concert also features Latin-influenced work by Ariel Quintana May might be a morbid month for Camarata Music Company. For the second year in a row Camarata is putting on a requiem. This year, an orchestra will accompany the 55-voice CMC Chorale for Mozart’s Requiem on May 7. There will also be a performance by the CMC Chamber Singers of Argentinean-American composer Ariel Quintana’s “...

Professor dismisses reports of out of control competition at top science college A professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has dismissed claims that competition at the college is out of control, revealing that the then-dean of academic affairs sent a memo to professors last year asking them to bump up the average GPA of freshman. The memo, which was seen by The Korea Her...