Expats who are longer-term residents in Korea are being sought to take part in Seoul Global Center’s Neighbors From Afar Program. The project seeks people from different countries to commit to take one or two classes a month where they will introduce their country to Korean kids. A Korean volunteer will accompany the foreigner during the hour and a half classes during which they can introduce thei

Volunteers will help out at an orphanage for disabled children on Saturday, Aug. 6. The group will meet inside Yeonsinnae Subway Station near Exit 3 at 1:30 p.m. before going to the Angel House children’s home by bus.Once there, the expats will cook food for the children before eating with the residents. They will also help with washing and cleaning as well as playing with the children there.Each

A British animal welfare expert is to talk at an animal welfare training session in Gwangju. People taking part in the session will learn about preventing animal abuse from an expert from the U.K.’s Royal Society for the Protection of Animals. RSPCA Head of External Affairs Paul Littlefair will talk about the animal welfare situation in the U.K. in terms of promoting and evaluating protection meas

Kirsty Taylor An art historian is seeking donations to fund a digital photo book of North Korean art. An academic delegation is to travel to North Korea this August. The group of students and professors from around the world is to meet North Korean academics and visit some of the isolated country’s important cultural sites. They will visit landmarks often promoted to visitors by the Pyongyang gove

A photo scavenger hunt is to raise cash for charity in Seoul. The third annual Little Travellers Scavenger Hunt is to raise cash for the Hillcrest AIDS Center Trust. The contest to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS costs 15,000 won to enter ― covering the cost of a Little Traveller doll. The beaded dolls are handcrafted by women at Hillcrest who are affected by HIV/AIDS.The entry fee also covers the

A closure-threatened animal sanctuary has managed to secure new premises to keep helping abandoned pets. The Busan Abandoned Pet Sanctuary was facing the prospect of losing its accommodation for street animals as the lease on its original premises was not being renewed. But now BAPS is set to move to its new home in an old pig farm this September. The charity is now looking for architects, enginee

A group helping migrant women in Korea is taking part in a Korean craft exhibition today through Saturday.EcoFemme is participating in Ecolife section of the Hand-made Korea fair at COEX in Seoul. The social enterprise group is working with migrant women to make and sell handicrafts, returning the profits to them.EcoFemme also provides counseling and education services for migrant women here and s

The Seoul Global Center is holding a special summer flea market in Ttukseom on July 30, with 10 percent of proceeds going to charity.Between noon and 4 p.m. the market’s hopeful hawkers will set up shop in the area between Ttukseom Station and the Han River.Organizers are setting up a holiday theme, and encourage vendors to bring vacation items such as guide books, flip-flops, sunglasses and swimm

An open mic dance party on a boat off a Korean island is to raise cash for charity. The Jeju Furey Foundation, founded to help an expat’s widow and her two children, has raised more than 30 million won ($28,200) in two years. The charity has raised the cash through many sports tournaments, concerts and T-shirt sales on the island. The group first started raising cash for English teacher Nathan Fur