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Bowling for orphansMar 7, 2012A bowling day will be held for charity in Daegu on March 10. People are gathering to bowl at an alley near the city’s Seomun Market in aid of Korean orphans. A minimum 10,000 won donation is reques...
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Koreans help mountain kids in NepalFeb 29, 2012A group of South Korean volunteers has traveled to Nepal to help people living in remote mountain communities there. It was the first trip to Nepal for all five volunteers, who paid for their own tr... -
Time to cook for orphanage booksFeb 29, 2012An international cooking contest is being held to help raise money to donate English books to a Korean orphanage. The culinary competition in Chuncheon will be held on March 10. The event to run fro...
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Play reading celebrating women in SeoulFeb 29, 2012A play reading on March 3 to celebrate International Women’s Day is set to raise cash for a women’s charity. Contemporary plays about women’s lives around the world will be read from 8-9:30 p.m. at ...
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Gangnam ambassadors’ services soughtFeb 29, 2012Foreigners who love Korea and Gangnam life are being sought to act as an honorary publicity ambassadors for Seoul’s Gangnam area. The voluntary publicity staff are being recruited to promote the area...
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CLASH for KUMFA attracts top actsFeb 29, 2012Some of the Hongdae music scene’s most-loved acts are to play at night to promote cultural diversity and raise money for single moms in Korea. CLASH aims to unite the Korean and expat communities fo... -
North Korean-American given humanitarian awardFeb 29, 2012Southern California Sister Cities president Frank Tripicchio (right) gives an award to Sam Han for his humanitarian work. (Southern California Sister Cities) A North Korean orphan turned American bu... -
Warming help for some of Seoul’s poorest peopleFeb 29, 2012Mannam volunteers prepare to distribute coals to residents in Guryong shantytown. People living in a Seoul shantytown are a little warmer this winter thanks to 4,000 coal briquettes delivered to the... -
Time to sing into springFeb 22, 2012Camarata Music Company will host its first annual fundraiser “Sing Into Spring” on March 2. CMC is a non-profit organization that provides performance opportunities to international musicians living...
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Volunteers to help skaters SaturdayFeb 22, 2012A roller derby in Korea is seeking to recruit more volunteers to help with its events. The ROKD Republic of Korea Roller Derby is looking to “scrimmage” a couple of times a month, having secured priv...
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Feb 22, 2012It started with disabled people wanting to take the subway. After a wheelchair-bound man fell to his death on a Seoul subway stairwell in 2001, Park Kyung-seok started campaigning. Other disabled peo... -
Korea’s disabled demand better dealFeb 22, 2012For the 2.5 million people registered as disabled in Korea, daily life can be a constant struggle. Employment is hard to find when you are in a wheelchair, education levels among disabled people are... -
Youth instructors sought in SeoulFeb 15, 2012Overseas instructors are being sought to teach a multicultural education program to Korean kids. The Seoul Youth Center for Cultural Exchange is seeking volunteers to help on its 2012 Deep-rooted Wor... -
Myanmar refugees’ nights campaign in SeoulFeb 15, 2012People from Myanmar and human rights activists have held a pro-democracy demonstration in front of the country’s embassy in Seoul. The protestors gathered in front of the Myanmar Embassy on Feb. 12 ...
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Volunteers to visit disabled peopleFeb 15, 2012Two female volunteers laugh with an Angel House resident on a previous visit. (Kirsty Taylor/The Korea Herald) A volunteer group is set to make a trip to help disabled people at their home on March ...
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