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Artists set to surprise subway passengers

Expat LivingAug 30, 2011

Artists have issued an open call to creative people who want to join them for a second day of performance art on the Seoul subway system this Saturday.The first Performance Art in Subway Cars on Aug. 20 involved the work of nine groups and individuals from six countries, including Morocco and Myanma
Camarata choir holds autumn concert

Expat LivingAug 30, 2011

Camarata Music Company is holding its autumn concert Saturday.The concert will feature music ranging from the 16th to the 20th centuries, sung by the CMC Chorale. The program will include a range of musical styles from classical to jazz and pop.The concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. at Chung Dong Firs
Play lets you dine out on restaurant chat

Expat LivingAug 30, 2011

Probationary Theater Company will present “If These Tables Could Talk” from Friday through Sunday at White Box Theater in Seoul.The comic drama is set in a New York restaurant, where the diners’ private conversations are shown in turn. Threading this together are the waitresses who move from table t
Two ramyeon brands face mixed fates

IndustryAug 30, 2011

Two prominent figures in Korea’s instant noodle industry gambled with new products this year, with totally different consequences revealed on Tuesday. Nongshim, the nation’s largest instant noodle maker, announced Tuesday it has decided to stop producing Shin Ramyun Black, whose sales started four m
Talk lifts lid on North Korean comic books

Expat LivingAug 30, 2011

A lecture hosted by the Royal Asiatic Society on Tuesday Sept. 6 promises to put paid to the idea that North Korean literature is dull.Jacco Zwetsloot will introduce the world of North Korean comic books, along with some of his favorite extracts.Published since the early 1980s, Zwetsloot says the ca
Get snapping for Busan photo contest

Expat LivingAug 30, 2011

Entries are open until Oct. 2 for the 2011 Busan Global Center Photo Contest.Photographers entering are asked to submit photos that show the city’s international side under the theme “opening up to differences and striving for harmony.”First prize is 1 million won, followed by second and third prize
Loving literature together with Book.ing in Gangnam

Expat LivingAug 30, 2011

“Sometimes, when you read a book, something inside you accelerates. It changes your thoughts and emotions -- you have a feeling of excitement,” Udo Lee told the small group in the Seoul art space, holding up a copy of Kodwo Eshun’s “More Brilliant Than the Sun.”The German-Korean was preaching to the
Seoul starts Korean-language business consulting for expats

Expat LivingAug 30, 2011

Seoul city government has started to offer business start-up consulting service in Korean for foreigners who feel comfortable speaking Korean.The city has run a business startup class of 100 aspiring foreign entrepreneurs in English since March, but non-English speakers had trouble keeping up with t
Sounds of the underground

Expat LivingAug 30, 2011

Seoul’s subway system is often praised by expats for its ease of use and convenience. American expat Michael Aronson has taken his appreciation for Seoul Metro one step further with a rap video ode that has garnered almost 250,000 views on YouTube. Michael Aronson appears in his serenade to the subw
App shows a Korea without borders

Expat LivingAug 30, 2011

American Mark Skwarek designing augmented reality tool that erases signs of DMZA mobile application developer from the U.S. is working to create a way for people to see what Korea would be like without a border dividing it.Using augmented reality, Mark Skwarek is developing an app for iPhones and An
Tiger set to play at Frys.com Open

GolfAug 30, 2011

Tiger Woods will play the Frys.com Open in California the first week of October, his first time competing in the PGA Tour’s Fall Series as he tries to get his game ready for the Presidents Cup.Tiger Woods has chosen a tournament from the Fall Series that he has never played. (AP-Yonhap News)The Frys
Americans throw down gauntlet in sprint battle

More sportsAug 30, 2011

DAEGU (Yonhap News) -- Advantage, the U.S.That is the score so far in the heated track rivalry between the U.S. and Jamaica at the ongoing World Championships in Athletics. And the battle promises to get even more intense this week.The two split the main attraction in sprint, the 100 meters, with Ja
Medieval plague may be extinct

ScienceAug 30, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The version of plague that caused the Black Death in 14th century Europe may now be extinct, researchers report, but other deadly forms remain in circulation today.The plague that ravaged Europe wiped out nearly a third to two-thirds of the population according to various estimate
Libya troops held civilians as human shields

World NewsAug 30, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- Libyan troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi forced civilians to act as human shields, perching children on tanks to deter NATO attacks, human rights investigators said. It was part of a pattern of rapes, slayings, ``disappearances'' and other war crimes that they said they found.Libyan r
Hammer throw champion not ready to quit

Aug 30, 2011

DAEGU -- Before the finals on Monday, not many expected his victory here at the Daegu World Championships. But despite the odds -- and his age -- Koji Murofushi of Japan on Monday became the oldest champion in the men’s hammer throw.The 36-year-old Japanese champion, who won the 2004 Olympic gold an