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Fri, February 26, 2021 | 02:19
Comedians reigniting Seoul's stand-up scene
Comedians reigniting Seoul's stand-up scene
Move aside, LA, New York and London ― Stand Up Seoul hopes to make Korea the next global hub for stand-up comedy.With members from America, Russia, New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, Indonesia, India, China and more, the one thing that unites this global network of foreign and local comics is their love for English-language stand-up comedy.
2020-12-08 00:23
RAS Korea begins presidential succession
RAS Korea begins presidential succession
Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) Korea is undergoing a generation change, as Brother Anthony of Taize steps aside after 10 years as president of the 120-year-old organization. Starting next year, Steven L. Shields, currently vice president, will fill his shoes.
2020-12-01 20:34
[Friends of Korea] Finding 'home' in a leprosy settlement
[Friends of Korea] Finding 'home' in a leprosy settlement
As a 21-year-old African American fresh out of college with a sociology degree, dreaming of faraway places and exotic cultures, I decided that it was time to see the world and to right all the wrongs in life.?To that end, I joined the Peace Corps more than a year later, and in March 1979 I was directed to the tiny leprosy settlement of So Ah Village in modern-day Jinju, South...
2020-12-01 20:30
Foreign residents experience discrimination amid COVID-19
Foreign residents experience discrimination amid COVID-19
Dominic Phua, 30, a Chinese-Singaporean office worker in Seoul, feels hesitant about riding a taxi after being kicked out for the second time in September, after the driver noticed he was a foreigner. “The same had happened to me once in March during the early stages of the pandemic. Both times they suddenly asked me to get out of the car midway, treating me like a coronaviru...
2020-11-27 17:04
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2020-11-24 21:05
Police urged to offer better interpretation services for foreigners
Police urged to offer better interpretation services for foreigners
Korea's national human rights agency has urged law enforcement authorities to provide better interpretation services for non-Koreans in legal procedures even if they can speak some Korean, after a case in which a Moroccan went through a police investigation here without an interpreter.
2020-11-23 17:14
SIWA moves annual bazaar online
SIWA moves annual bazaar online
To reconnect with its members and communities in response to canceled in-person charities and fundraising events - including its annual Charity Gala - the Seoul International Women's Association (SIWA) has launched its 58th annual Diplomatic Community Bazaar on Nov. 8, running to Nov. 30.
2020-11-21 14:02
Alcohol traditions to be destroyed for new parking lot
Alcohol traditions to be destroyed for new parking lot
This month, one of Korea's oldest factories for producing nuruk - the fermentation starter required to make traditional Korean alcoholic beverages such as makgeolli - will be destroyed to make way for a small parking lot.
2020-11-21 13:29
Thai resident's farming business brings diverse flavors to Korea
Thai resident's farming business brings diverse flavors to Korea
The life of Thai resident An Yu-jeong shows how one woman's craving for food from back home can lead to a business venture that creates awareness in Korea of a diverse range of Thai vegetables.
Yi Whan-woo | 2020-11-18 15:02
Pandemic punks play loud in Mullae-dong
Pandemic punks play loud in Mullae-dong
GBN Live House is hoping to continue its live schedule with a hardcore punk show this weekend, featuring a couple of interesting new names. This will be the third show for Polluter, a hardcore band made up of several veterans of Korea's punk scene, with the addition of “A” on drums, a Canadian who arrived here earlier this year after living and playing in Beijing.
2020-11-17 18:00
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