The Korea Herald

Ewha launches volunteer corps

Jul 11, 2012

Students, doctors and professors at Ewha Womans University launched a volunteer corps Monday to provide medical and educational services in Korea and Cambodia. A total of 164 volunteers will work in farming and fishing communities and industrial districts during the summer, the school said.The group consists of 118 educational volunteers to be dispatched to 21 regions at home, 21 educational workers to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and a 25-strong medical team to Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia.“It will
Mannam musical fund-raisers Saturday

Jul 4, 2012

Mannam Volunteer Association is hosting two musical fund-raisers in Seoul on Saturday. The first will be an open mic event in Seoul’s Itaewon area from 1-4:30 p.m.Entry will be 5,000 won at the door of Itaewon 86 bar, to generate funds to support the non-profit organization’s future projects. Past and future projects will be on display, along with information on how to get involved in upcoming events. Those interested in music, poetry, dance and performance art may also register to perform by em
T-shirts sold to help beat cancer

Jul 4, 2012

Friends of a former English teacher in Korea now battling cancer in the U.S. are asking people to buy a T-shirt that he helped to design. The shirt designed by Tyler Schroeder is now being sold online to help support his medical fees. For every $20.99 T-shirt sold, $6 will go toward his ongoing medical expenses and his family’s transport costs.The 26-year-old is currently in a hospital in Minnesota after being moved to the U.S. from South Korea, where he was first diagnosed and operated upon to
Busan beach party to help orphans

Jul 4, 2012

A Busan-based Gaelic football team is hosting a beach party fund-raiser to support local orphans. The football team and other Busan volunteers have organized the beach-themed event to support two orphanages in the city.People are invited to come in their best beachwear for the party to be held at the Wolfhound bar in Haeundae from 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. An acoustic music performance will be held early in the evening with a prize raffle held later on. All proceeds will go to Saebit Orphanage, nea
V-ball pro to support Jeju charity

Jul 4, 2012

Former pro-beach volleyball player Han Ji-yeon is to visit Jeju to give a free clinic for Korean women to help support a charity on the island. She agreed to make the trip after learning about Jeju Furey and deciding to support the cause. The charitable group was set up in 2009 in memory of English teacher Nathan Furey, who died while living on the island in what is thought to have been a sudden case of encephalitis.The foundation has already raised more than 20 million won ($18,000), which has
Funding the film

Jul 4, 2012

Liem wishes to delve deeper into the historical, social and ethical underpinnings of Korean adoption and the legacies of transnational adoption on adoptees today. She and her team have already collected archive material and shot some interviews. They recently received development funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities but more funding is needed to complete the project. She is now seeking contributions via the Kickstarter crowd sourcing website to complete the production phase of
Seeking funds to film Korea’s adoption story

Jul 4, 2012

Korean-American adoptee aims to map ‘Geographies of Kinship’ across the globeGrowing up in 1960s Fremont, California, Deann Borshay Liem imagined that she was the only Korean in a white family across all of America’s vast suburbia. But, as the girl who was sent at age 8 from a Korean orphanage to be adopted in the U.S. slowly discovered, there are almost 200,000 more like her throughout the world. Hearing some of these others adoptees’ stories has helped her understand herself and realize that s
Itaewon animal shelter fund-raiser

Jun 27, 2012

A party to raise money for a Korean animal shelter is being held in Seoul this Saturday. Four DJs ― 4play, Jonny Blaze, Todd and Danny ― will entertain people at the party from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. Drink specials will also be on offer at bar 50b, next to Sam Ryan’s bar in Itaewon. Proceeds raised during the night will be donated to the Yangju Animal Shelter.
Tourney to throw hoops for peace

Jun 27, 2012

A peace-promoting basketball tournament is to be held in Gwangju on July 7. The event is being hosted by MANNAM Volunteer Association, the largest volunteer association in Korea. The first MANNAM Peace Basketball Tournament is being held with the purpose of gathering people from all over the world through basketball to promote peace and understanding. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Gwangju’s Damyang Sports Complex. There, 12 foreign basketball teams in Korea will compete for pr
JFNK celebration in Seoul

Jun 27, 2012

A fund-raising party to support North Korean defectors will be held in Seoul on July 7. The event at Cafe Gallery Golmok in Itaewon is to run from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The night of live hip-hop, R&B and reggae will feature a host of Seoul-based performers as well as a New York DJ. The second annual birthday fund-raiser is being held by the Justice For North Korea volunteer group. Entry is free for the night aimed to garner more support for the group.JFNK is currently seeking new volunteers to help w
Teachers sought for English camp

Jun 27, 2012

Volunteers are being sought to help at an English camp for underprivileged kids in mid-July. This year’s Mustard Seed English Camp will be held on July 14-15, with 150 underprivileged kids from all over Seoul attending. Up to 40 native English speakers are needed for Saturday, and up to 20 for Sunday. The Mustard Seed volunteer group offers regular English lessons for kids from low-income and single-parent families at two centers in Sindaebang and Sillim. Korean mothers and students organize the
CLASH cashes in for women’s charity

Jun 27, 2012

A charity music event in Seoul has raised more than 1 million won to help victims of sexual violence. CLASH 2.0 held at Hongdae’s Freebird on Saturday collected 1.3 million won ($1,120) for the Nabi (Butterfly) Fund. The fund was created by victims of Japanese military sexual slavery Kim Bok-dong and Gil Won-ok in coordination with the Korean Council for the Women Drafted into Military Sexual Slavery by Japan to support other rape survivors. It supports the work of Rebecca Masika Katsuva on beha
KOTRi partners with Adidas

Jun 27, 2012

A mountain preservation group has announced a new partnership with Adidas Korea. The company has pledged to help fund Korea On The Rocks Initiative’s work to repair climbing routes on Korean peaks. KOTRi, founded in 2010 by Bryan Hylenski, carries out various projects to maintain and replace old climbing equipment on rock faces across the country to provide a safer climbing environment. Now, Adidas Korea has agreed to purchase all hardware, supplies and equipment for KOTRi to complete its 2012 p
Korea Herald takes youth volunteers to Philippines

Jun 27, 2012

Herald Media recently hosted a youth volunteer camp in the Philippines, where South Korean high school students helped plant mangroves. The 2012 Youth Global Volunteer Camp, sponsored by the Philippines’ Cebu City Government and the University of Visayas, held its inaugural volunteer event from June 14-23. The Global Volunteer Camp focused on the Cebu area, where participants planted mangroves along the waterfront as part of a campaign to defend against natural disasters and protect the environm
Picturing Seoul to send to the world

Jun 27, 2012

Global street art project aims to share respect between many nationsHundreds of Seoulites are posing for portraits to join a global street art project for World Peace Day. The Inside Out Project aims to capture images of people in 17 countries before sharing the posters as public art in cities across the world on Sept. 21. The project inviting participants to “Be the Change” aims to connect people from different countries and cultural backgrounds to help them share their respect for the natural