Daegu Theatre Troupe is holding a 24 Hour Theater Challenge on Dec. 16-17.Participants will meet on the Friday at 10:30 p.m. and be put into groups, given props and a location. The writers will then head home and send in an original script by 8 a.m.The next day they will meet at the YMCA and rehearse them during the day before performing them that evening.The Friday meeting will be at Who’s Bob and rehearsals at the YMCA.Performances will be at Buy the Book caf and start at 9 p.m. Tickets are 10

Stand Up Seoul is challenging all comers to vent their frustrations in the most rabid way possible.“Rant for Ramen” at the Rocky Mountain Tavern in Itaewon will invite people to vent about any topic. Ranters put in 5,000 won and get 5 minutes to express themselves in the frankest way possible. The winner, decided by audience applause, gets the pot and a pile of ramen.The event runs from 9 p.m. to midnight and entry is free. Rocky Mountain Tavern is on the main Itaewon strip. To get there, leave

This is a regular feature introducing associations and clubs that expats can get involved in. This week, Expat Living spoke to Keira Lee of networking group Seoulites ― Ed.● Name: Seoulites, Seoul Professionals Network● Location: Seoul● Number of members: 92● Established: 2011Who is it for? Seoulites is open to all demographics seeking to extend their professional social network in Seoul. The goal of our mixers is to provide a casual and productive atmosphere for attendees to mingle with people

Horse carriages offering recreational rides in central Seoul are charging more for foreign passengers.The carriages, which offer rides during the weekend, have signs announcing their prices on the back, many of which give a price of 10,000 won for a family, or 10,000 won each for foreign passengers. Others charge a flat fare of 20,000 won a group.Such price discrimination is not allowed under the rules of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, of which Korea is

Two soloists flying in for concert that is becoming a yearly traditionCamarata Music Company will put on its annual performance of Handel’s “Messiah” on Dec. 17.The concert at Chungdong First Methodist Church in Seoul will feature almost all of the choral classic.Backed by an orchestra and the CMC Chorale, the soloists will be bass Won Cho and soprano Cho Kyoung-hwa, both flying in from the United States, and alto Ryu Seong-gak and tenor Choi Jung-sook.Conductor Ryan Goessl says that the chance

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Patricia Dunn, the former Hewlett-Packard chairwoman who authorized a boardroom surveillance probe that ultimately sullied her remarkable rise from investment bank typist to the corporate upper class, has died. She was 58. Dunn had battled cancer.Once one of the most powerful wo

 TV actors and actresses dressed in hanbok, designed by famous hanbok designer Park Sul-nyeo, pose for photo at Donga TV Korea Lifestyle Awards held in Seoul Monday. (Lee Sang-sub/The Korea Herald)Singer Kim Wan-sun (The Korea Herald)Singer Jang Jae-in (The Korea Herald)  Veteran film acto

WWOOFing has cultivated a global followingLOS ANGELES ― Kelly Bayer took a vacation from her job in a sleep laboratory by toiling in a vegetable patch in Santa Barbara, California.The sun beat down on her back as she worked a garden hose over a collection of tomatoes, peppers, carrots and onions that would eventually be consumed on the organic farm.“I’m kind of interested in farming and sustainable living,” Bayer said, before giving away a bit of her real motivation for working on the farm: a qu