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Wed, November 20, 2019 | 06:03

The Collective presents 'Dinner with Friends'

The Collective presents 'Dinner with Friends'

Expat theater group The Collective keeps flipping scripts and is back to stage its unique take on Donald Margulies' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, "Dinner with Friends." Ray Salcedo, co-founder of The Collective, returns as director for this year's main stage, coming off their successful run of “Romeo and Juliet” last fall.

2019-11-19 19:20

[Korea Encounters] Former refugee recalls kindness in 1970s Korea

[Korea Encounters] Former refugee recalls kindness in 1970s Korea

On April 26, 1975, as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on Saigon, William Nguyen received a letter that changed his life. The letter, from his sister in Australia, contained a photo of her Korean husband together with Mr. Cho, a high-ranking official at the Korean Embassy in Saigon. She urged William to find Mr. Cho and seek his help in gaining passage aboard one of two ta...

2019-11-19 17:31

Ex-Peace Corps volunteers revisit Korea

Ex-Peace Corps volunteers revisit Korea

Last month, 29 former Peace Corps Volunteers (PCV) and their family members returned to Korea to revisit the country they helped along on some of the more difficult parts of its development. The Korea Foundation (KF) welcomed the Americans back from Oct. 12 to 19, for an event that gave them a chance for a reunion and also let them check in on the locations across the country...

2019-11-19 00:17

Multiculture Museum seeks to change perception of multiculturalism in Korea

Multiculture Museum seeks to change perception of multiculturalism in Korea

Unlike its original meaning, Koreans have mainly perceived multiculturalism as the culture of people from developing countries who come here for international marriage. A desire to change this perception was the catalyst for Kim Yun-tae, a vocal music major, to establish the Multiculture Museum in 2007.

Kang Seung-woo | 2019-11-15 19:15

Foreign Community events this week

Foreign Community events this week

Seoul Players 10 Minute Play Festival, Hong Kong photo exhibition

2019-11-14 15:46

[Holiday in North Korea] Calculating North Korean age

[Holiday in North Korea] Calculating North Korean age

There've been too many commentaries and sensationalistic photo essays produced from tourist trips to North Korea. The people with anything interesting to say usually aren't willing to share it publicly, if they have any hope of ever visiting the isolated country again. I fall somewhere in between both groups, having visited in August 2010 and September 2018, and I've been cau...

2019-11-12 19:25

SIWA charity bazaar to support local charities

SIWA charity bazaar to support local charities

On Nov. 18, the Seoul International Women's Association (SIWA), a multicultural organization, will host its 57th annual Diplomatic Community Bazaar, with 43 embassies, 20 vendors of local enterprises, 10 charities and other international clubs scheduled to participate.

2019-11-12 17:31

Banjo player releases music video set in Gamcheon

Banjo player releases music video set in Gamcheon

The banjo, although not native to Korea, has been combined to great effect in a recent music video recorded in Busan's hilly Gamcheon Culture Village. The banjo, considered a “hillbilly” instrument in U.S. culture, couldn't be more alien to Korea, but somehow the music and the visuals come together.

2019-11-12 17:28

American pastor hosts multicultural fest again this year

American pastor hosts multicultural fest again this year

A Korean-American pastor in Seoul is hosting for the second time a large-scale multicultural festival at his church in Gangseo District, eastern Seoul.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2019-11-11 17:27

Vietnamese punk band to tour Seoul, Busan

Vietnamese punk band to tour Seoul, Busan

In what might be a first, a Vietnamese hardcore punk band is coming to Korea this weekend for two shows. The band name is the Vietnamese word for quail balut, a popular street food, when spelled properly. But without the little accents on the vowels, as would be printed in this newspaper, Cut Lon has cruder meanings.

2019-11-05 17:53

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