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Harris and Trump spar over Kim Jong-un, alliances
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Unseasonably hot weather continues; Seoul hit by latest tropical night on record
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US ups pressure on Korea to join China chip curbs
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N. Korea fires multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward East Sea
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Samsung’s yearly dilemma looms: Exynos vs. Snapdragon
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Yoon to visit Prague next week to forge 'nuclear energy alliance'
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Is NewJeans leaving Hybe?
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Celltrion Remsima SC hits record share in Australia in Q1
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1 in 4 Korean workers extend Chuseok holiday with paid leave: survey
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Life sentence finalized for killer in Sillim rampage
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SIWA gears up for annual charity bazaar
The Seoul International Women’s Association will host its annual SIWA and Diplomatic Community Bazaar on Monday. More than 40 embassies and several clubs, local businesses, sponsors, welfare organizations and SIWA volunteers take part in the bazaar, which has become one of the largest international fund-raising events in Seoul.The bazaar will include dozens of stalls selling craft and traditional goods, as well as food from around the world. People look around last year’s SIWA and Diplomatic Com
Nov. 4, 2015
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Free soccer camp for kids in Seoul
SEB Football Club will host a free soccer camp for kids in Seoul on Saturday.The classes will be in three age groups. The session for ages 5 and 6 will run 10-11 a.m., the class for ages 7-9 till run 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and a class for ages 10-12 will run from 12:30-2 p.m.The coaches say they use a Dutch and German style of coaching with a focus on technical skills. The beginning of the class will be dedicated to working on basic skills and football concepts, and the later part to work on team
Nov. 4, 2015
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Korea Post runs international stamp contest
Korea Post is holding its annual International Postage Stamp Design Contest until Nov. 26.The contest has two categories, a general category and one for those born before 1997. Entrants should submit designs based on one of two themes ― peace and safety. The top two from each category will be made into stamps for general sale, while a total of 25 winners will share prizes worth about 19 million won ($17,000).Designs should be 15 centimeters by 20 centimeters in either portrait or landscape and s
Nov. 4, 2015
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Melbourne Cup lunch to support education fund
The Australia New Zealand Association, Korea will hold its annual Melbourne Cup Charity Luncheon on Tuesday in aid of education for a local children’s home.The event will include a four-course meal at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul, alongside live coverage of Australia’s most famous horse race.“It’s called the race that stops the nation and literally most people in Australia do stop to watch this three- or four-minute horse race, so we’re a part of that,” said ANZA welfare coordinator Cathy McQ
Oct. 28, 2015
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Abstract exhibition to kick off series of expat art shows
Expat artist Michael Corra will hold a solo exhibition in Seoul from Nov. 4, kicking off a series of shows by expat artists at the venue.The show, titled “At Angles With Each Other,” features abstract images that incorporate a variety of media, including wood, fabric and concrete. Corra works and reworks these materials to create awkward and thought-provoking arrangements in which they form interesting visual relationships with each other. “I Can’t Understand the Lyrics but I Love This Song” by
Oct. 28, 2015
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Indians in Korea to celebrate Diwali festival with a ‘bang’
IndiansInKorea will hold an event next month to mark the Indian festival of Diwali.The Diwali Dhamaka will run at the Suwon campus of Sungkyunkwan University as part of IIK’s annual celebrations.Diwali, the festival of lights, is the biggest holiday in India, and it is celebrated by many of the country’s faiths. It falls on Nov. 11 this year. The “Wedding Fiesta” performance from last year’s IndiansInKorea Diwali celebrations. IIKThe Dhamaka from the event’s name translates literally as “bang,”
Oct. 28, 2015
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Gwangju tour to explore roots of region’s Buddhism
Gwangju International Center will be running its GIC Culture Tour to Yeonggwang, South Jeolla Province, for an overnight temple stay this month.The first stop on the tour will be Beopsong-po, the arrival point of the Indian monk Marananta who travelled through China before bringing Buddhism to the Baekje Kingdom in A.D. 384. There is a shrine with a statue of the monk, a small museum and several examples of Indian architecture here to commemorate this. Lunch will feature the local specialty, gul
Oct. 28, 2015
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Seoul Global Center offers expat start-up support
Seoul Global Center is opening another round of support for start-ups run by expats in the city.The center will again run its free Business Start-up School next month, and is accepting applications from foreign start-ups for incubation offices for the first half of next year.The Business Start-up School will run Nov. 16-27 at the center’s main building near Jongak Station. The course consists of evening classes covering 10 subjects useful to would-be entrepreneurs, including information on busin
Oct. 28, 2015
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Cities gear up for multicultural festivals
Vietnamese participants perform a traditional dance at last year’s GIC Day. (GIC)Major cities across Korea will be hosting multicultural festivals this weekend, as annual events in Seoul, Busan and Gwangju coincide. The festivals are an opportunity for foreign community groups to show off their food and culture, while residents can enjoy cultural performances, try new food for the first time and find out what the local support centers for foreign residents offer. Busan The Global Gathering will
Oct. 14, 2015
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Camarata to host fall fund-raiser next week
The Camarata Chamber Singers (CMC)Nonprofit music organization Camarata Music Company will be holding its annual fall fund-raiser next week to help fund its activities.Held in partnership with the Korea Business Leaders Alliance, the “Fall into Music” event will feature performances from the Camarata Chamber Singers, an auditioned choir of 27 singers, a performance from gayageum player Jocelyn Clark and the Camarata Jazz Duo.“It’s one of our largest events of the year. It goes a long way to help
Oct. 14, 2015
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HBC Fest celebrates 10 years of rock
More than 120 music acts will converge on Itaewon next week, as HBC Fest marks the 10th anniversary of its fall festival.The festival, which started with a few venues along the main street of Haebangchon, just north of Noksapyeong Station, has grown to 18 venues in the area and in adjacent Gyeongnidan.But aside from growing in size, organizer Lance Reegan-Diehl said the festival still had the atmosphere it started with. The LRD Band, led by HBC Fest organizer Lance Reegan-Diehl (right), will be
Oct. 7, 2015
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Talk to explore Buddhism in Joseon era
Korean studies professor Boudewijn Walraven will give a talk on Buddhism in the Joseon era next week, hosted by the Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch.Walraven will argue that it is oversimplistic to take the common view that when the Joseon rulers took over in 1392 Buddhism was so oppressed that it was forced to look for support among the less educated and less Confucian-influenced parts of society. He will describe how this view obscures shifts in the balance between Buddhism, Confucianism an
Oct. 7, 2015
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(b)racket returns with group exhibition
Daegu Art magazine (b)racket opened its annual group exhibition on Saturday, with the participation of 30 artists from six countries.The (b)racket International Exhibition includes work by artists from Korea as well as South Africa, Canada, the U.S., U.K. and Honduras, in a variety of genres from sculpture and painting to photography.“The Archaeologist” by Amy Smith and Tony Clavelli“This exhibition, like the magazine, was started for the purpose of giving artists a platform to display their wor
Oct. 7, 2015
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Seoul Shakespeare troupe to host Autumn Party
Seoul Shakespeare Company will be holding its Autumn Party on Saturday to help raise money for its next production.The party will feature bands including the Jeni Wai Band, the Raging Semis, and the Kimchi Cowboys.The money will help pay for the troupe’s production of “Much Ado about Nothing” next spring.SSC is also planning a series of actor’s workshops on scenes and monologues to start Nov. 1 and a “Shakespeariments” one-off workshop on Nov. 8.Short performances of Shakespeare scenes will be p
Oct. 7, 2015
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YEOL lecture to explain Buddhist sculpture
The YEOL Society for Korean Cultural Heritage will host a talk on Korean Buddhist sculpture in Seoul on Monday.The talk will be given by Kim Lena, a professor emerita of Hongik University specializing in Buddhist imagery.Making comparisons to Buddhist depictions from India, China and Japan, Kim will talk about how Korean sculpture was influenced by Tang China and later Liao and Sung China, before Tibetan influences made their mark in the late Goryeo period.She will then talk about how, after the
Sept. 30, 2015
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Expat mag joins Ulsan music fest with concert
Expat-run art magazine Angle will take part in Ulsan’s Cheoyong Festival with its biggest-ever music show.The Ulsan-based online magazine will present seven acts in a showcase of what the southern part of the country has to offer as part of the international music festival.Magazine founder Philip Brett said that the show came about after a coordinator for the festival visited Big Day South, a showcase event organized by the magazine in April featuring artists and performers from across the south
Sept. 30, 2015
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Gwangju center runs tour to Gochang, Seonunsa
Gwangju International Center will be running a tour to Gochang, North Jeolla Province, this month that covers the gamut of Korean history, from prehistoric times to the Joseon era.The first stop will be at Seonunsa Temple, a seventh-century temple nestled in its own provincial park, famous for its camellia flowers.After lunch, which will be grilled eels and eel stew, the tour will look at the Gochang Dolmen Site, which is registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The area is famous for its c
Sept. 30, 2015
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Busan expats invited to Korean speech contest
Busan Foundation of International Activities is accepting entrants for its annual Korean speech contest for foreign nationals in November.The event, which the center says it holds to encourage the city’s foreign residents to learn Korean, will feature contests for the best speech on any topic and for the best group skit by 2-5 people. The contest itself will be held from 3-5 p.m. at Lotte Mall in Gwangbok on Nov. 06.Applications can be made by submitting a form, available from bfia.or.kr, by Oct
Sept. 30, 2015
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English teachers gear up for international conference
Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages will hold its annual international conference next week, drawing speakers from across the world. The conference hosted by KOTESOL, a professional organization for teachers of English, will provide hundreds of lectures, workshops and presentations for teachers who want to improve their skills. This year’s focus will be on the switch from information-based to inquiry-based teaching, according to KOTESOL International Conference chair Carl Du
Sept. 30, 2015
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Expat rockers eye new fans at Zandari Festa
Expat artists will be looking to make the most of Seoul showcase festival Zandari Festa, which returns Oct. 2-4 with 259 acts.Similar to SXSW in the U.S., the festival takes over a raft of venues across the Hongdae area, for a multi-stage music festival, giving established acts and up-and-coming bands the chance to win new fans.Among those playing is Max Reynolds, who performed at Zandari twice before taking the plunge and moving to Seoul this year.Reynolds was playing in a small-town punk band
Sept. 23, 2015
