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2020-08-25 11:31

[RAS Korea] Cheongju: a historical and cultural gem

[RAS Korea] Cheongju: a historical and cultural gem

Traveling south from Seoul on the Gyeongbu Expressway (Expressway 1, the main autoroute to Busan), cars and buses whiz past a couple of exits for Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. The route does not pass through this beautiful provincial capital. Instead, it is several kilometers to the west, heading straight for Daejeon. The same is true for the KTX; the train line has n...

2020-08-18 17:44

Dark Side of Seoul releases comic book

Dark Side of Seoul releases comic book

The Dark Side of Seoul, a tour operator providing “ghost walks” featuring the macabre side of Korean history, has branched out with the release of a comic book, offering three stories based on folklore. The stories were scripted by Shawn Morrissey, a heritage interpreter from Canada who works as one of the guides for Dark Side of Seoul, with art done by Tim Bauer.

2020-08-18 17:43

Foreign residents go domestic to satisfy summer travel needs

Foreign residents go domestic to satisfy summer travel needs

Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines are just a few of the popular vacation destinations visited by Korea's foreign residents every year. But with the pandemic and related travel restrictions having grounded summer plans abroad, some people have already embraced exploring Korea - destinations both near and far from Seoul.

2020-08-11 13:23

[Cityscapes] Aquatic dangers in subterranean Seoul

[Cityscapes] Aquatic dangers in subterranean Seoul

As the nation is facing heavy downpour, eyes are turned to river levels and water infrastructure. Although disaster tourism seems distasteful to me, I've returned to some of my usual underworld entrances to see how Seoul handles rain at critical levels. Some of the tunnel entrances are flooded, while others are not, sometimes even in the same tunnels but upstream. It's always...

2020-08-11 00:28

Mudslide: New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Korea mourns death of former official

Mudslide: New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Korea mourns death of former official

The New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Korea is mourning the deaths of Anna Song, 36, its former official, and two other members of her family - all Kiwi citizens - after a mudslide triggered by heavy rain engulfed their vacation cottage near Seoul. According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Song, a former director and treasurer of the chamber, was found dead Monda...

Jung Min-ho | 2020-08-06 13:17

Casualties, damage snowballing amid downpours

'Heukhyeong,' 'jjangkkae' among pejorative terms listed by human rights body

'Heukhyeong,' 'jjangkkae' among pejorative terms listed by human rights body

“Heukhyeong,” which means “black brother” in Korean, and “jjangkkae,” a demeaning term some Koreans use to refer to Chinese people, are among the pejorative expressions listed by the human rights body. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) said Tuesday that it distributed an education guide to 12,000 schools and other public institutions across the country as ...

Jung Min-ho | 2020-08-05 13:48

Kazakh man honored for saving 10 people from blaze

Kazakh man honored for saving 10 people from blaze

A Kazakh man, 28, an undocumented migrant who risked his life to rescue 10 people from a burning building in March, has received an award for his heroic deeds. Kim Jin-ha, head of the Yangyang County Office in Gangwon Province, presented the award to Yuldashev Aliakbar, better known as “Ali” among Koreans, for outstanding bravery. The ceremony was held at Kim's office after t...

Jung Min-ho | 2020-08-04 15:59

'World Domination 2' features 4 ska bands, 4 countries

'World Domination 2' features 4 ska bands, 4 countries

Four bands representing four countries have come together to release a four-song compilation album on the Korean label World Domination, Inc. (WDI). This is volume 2 of the “World Domination” series, this time spotlighting ska-punk bands from Korea, Malaysia, the U.S. and the U.K.

2020-08-04 14:27

[Korea Encounters] Experiencing beer halls and makgeolli houses in late 1960s

[Korea Encounters] Experiencing beer halls and makgeolli houses in late 1960s

In late 1969, Korea Times columnist and future novelist Ahn Jung-hyo wrote an article about makgeolli houses narrated by a drunken local who had bumped into a foreign tourist, told him to “Throw that damned tourist map away” and offered to show the tourist a “real place”: Octopus House.

2020-08-04 14:19

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