While skiing, snowboarding and ice fishing are the highlights in winter outdoor pursuits here, Korea also offers good ice climbing.The country has both indoor and outdoor gyms, as well as places where climbers can hack their way up natural frozen falls.For those who want to clip on the crampons and get stuck into the ice, English-language courses are available.Sanirang Alpine Networks, which runs activities on rock climbing and ice climbing in and around Seoul, is running two sessions of its Ice

Blogging may be the hobby most readily associated with expats in Korea, but it is far from the only kind of writing they do. For the last four years Seoul Writers’ Workshop has been bringing together and nurturing the talents of expats with a passion for fiction. The next two weeks will see the group’s fourth anthology of expat writing go on sale.“This year is pretty different,” Seoul Writers’ Workshop co-founder Chris Sanders told Expat Living. “In the past we always went under the pseudonym ‘E

Now on its second full production, Seoul Shakespeare Company is auditioning for their production of “The Tempest,” to be staged in the second half of April.After a production of “Macbeth,” the company is now looking for some comparatively light relief.“Because we did ‘Macbeth’ last year, which is a tragedy, we wanted to go with something that had more comedic elements but still has some drama in it,” said Lindsey Higgins, who is directing the play.The play features Prospero, a sorcerer and the r

The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, or the annual records of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea, will be translated into English by the year 2033, according to the National Institute of Korean History.The government-affiliated organization, who in 2010 announced their initial idea for the grand project, recently secured a budget of 500 million won for the starting phase of the venture this year. According to one of its officials, a total of 40 billion won will be needed until the completion of the projec

Once a month, you can automatically receive in the mail a bottle of wine, a box of organic fruit and now, a pair of sequined stilettos.In a cyber twist to the traditional monthly sales clubs, shoe membership websites have become a hit among fashion-forward women, who say they bring together the convenience and affordability of shopping online with the personalized experience offered in a boutique.“This is fashion of the future,” said celebrity fashion designer Kimora Lee Simmons, who recently si

The biography of late Korean-born French historian Park Byeng-sen, who contributed enormously to the return of Korea’s looted ancient royal texts “Uigwe” from France, has been published in the form of children’s book.The book is the first authorized biography of Park. According to the book’s publisher Gloyeon, Park approved the project as she liked the fact that it was going to be written for children. “Park had rejected every offer from many publishing houses before we wrote to her in December

"Capsule bed" manufacturer Eric Wong poses inside a modified capsule-like bedroom imported from Japan in his showroom in Hong Kong Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. (AP) The structure, with each sleeping area has an air conditioner, a TV and an audio facility, mainly targets mainland China's travelers an