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Volunteer group PLUR to hold scavenger hunt fund-raiser

Expat LivingApr 15, 2015

Expat volunteer group PLUR’s Help Your Seoul Branch is holding a fund-raising scavenger hunt in Hongdae on Saturday. The group’s operations include projects to help feed the homeless and teach underprivileged children.“During the spring and summer months, the two main shelters in the Seoul Station area close their doors a lot longer, so the amount of homeless people we have to feed increases. We frequently go over budget during this time,” said Alex Neve, who is organizing the event and heads th
Daegu Theatre Troupe to run 24-hour theater event

Expat LivingApr 15, 2015

Procrastinators need not apply. Daegu Theatre Troupe is running a 24-hour theater event this weekend in which participants have to create a short play from scratch in a single day.In “Once Upon Another Time,” writers, actors and directors meet in the evening and are split into teams. They will have until 8 a.m. to come up with a 10-minute script based on a given theme and the fairytale characters and props assigned to them.The casts will then rehearse the script before the curtain goes up.The ev
See works of master craftsmen in spring

TravelApr 15, 2015

This is the first installment of a four-part series introducing Korea’s springtime tourist destinations. ― Ed.With the cool breeze of winter behind us and the start of Korea’s prime spring season, many people want to break free from their daily lives and visit hot tourist spots.But for quick weekend getaways, a long line of cherry blossoms on sidewalks aren’t the only things to see when the young finish their rigorous school exams and older citizens file their last business documents.The Korea T
Think on your feet: Standing desks

CultureApr 15, 2015

Latest office fad arrives at some health-minded Korean companies
[Up & Coming] Humility and hard work make for mean designs

FashionApr 14, 2015

An interview with Kathleen Hanhee Kye, designer and founder of hip fashion brand KYE
Korea’s mass tug-of-war awaits UNESCO recognition

CultureApr 13, 2015

Experts from across Asia flocked to Korea’s Dangjin to discuss the international preservation of “juldarigi,” a traditional Asian folk game similar to tug-of-war. The game is currently waiting to be designated an Intangible Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO, following an intergovernmental joint application submitted in 2013. Results will be announced this November at a conference in Namibia. A symposium on the organized protection of juldarigi was held at the annual Dangjin Juldarigi Festival at G
Ex-aid worker compiles speeches of world leaders

BooksApr 12, 2015

A former veteran aid worker has published a compilation of the greatest speeches in history that have inspired him during his overseas missions for 23 years, including a stint in the earthquake-hit Haiti.Titled “History Development and Human Prosperity,” the book compiles 39 speeches of world leaders in religion and politics. They range from ancient figures such as Socrates, Jesus Christ, the founder of the early Korean kingdom Dangun to leaders of the modern time, including U.S. Presidents Fran
Where China meets Southeast Asia

TravelApr 10, 2015

Xishuangbanna emerges as tropical getaway
Travel Bits

TravelApr 10, 2015

Korea to launch ‘Spring Tourism Week’ in MayThe Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will launch its second Tourism Week program for the spring season nationwide next month.The program, in partnership with some 3,000 tourism companies and operators, will run in 17 regions from May 1-14.Companies such as resorts and hotels participating in the state-led tourism program will offer a variety of programs with discounts at tourist attractions, in accordance with the regions’ culture and landscape.
Around the Hotels

Food&BeverageApr 10, 2015

Cloudy Bay wine festival at Millennium Seoul HiltonMillennium Seoul Hilton Hotel is presenting New Zealand’s Cloudy Bay wines at Cafe 395 during April and May. Having produced its first wine in 1985, Cloudy Bay is a still young but rapidly rising winery that has brought acclaim to New Zealand’s Marlborough wine region. The wines offered are part of Cloudy Bay’s Rare Nature series, a collaborative endeavor with artist Flox (Hayley King) that celebrates the country’s natural environment and the st
LeTAO’s double fromage cake in Seoul

Food&BeverageApr 10, 2015

Famous Hokkaido dessert brand lands in Korea
Asparagus with gochujang sauce

Food&BeverageApr 10, 2015

Here’s a quick and easy Korean side dish you can make with spring asparagus. Simply blanch the asparagus and dress with a sweet and vinegary gochujang (Korean red chili pepper paste) sauce, called cho-gochujang. Cho-gochujang is used in various dishes. It’s also popular as a dipping sauce for vegetables and seafood such as squid and raw fish (saengseon hoe). Everyone makes the sauce a little differently, but the key ingredients are gochujang, vinegar, and sugar. Adjust the amount of vinegar or s
Corporate sponsorship of arts win-win: Mecenat chief Park

CultureApr 9, 2015

Companies promoting their products and services through art sponsorships and cultural events are often frowned upon in Korea. But Park Sam-koo, chief of Kumho Asiana Group, has questioned why.Park, who has recently taken up the chairmanship of the Korea Mecenat Association, said it can be a “win-win situation for both enterprises and the artists,” during his first press conference in Seoul on Thursday as chief of the association, a local advocacy group for corporate sponsorship of the arts. Comp
‘Top Girls’ looks at women and success

Expat LivingApr 8, 2015

Seoul Players is returning to the stage this month with a production of Caryl Churchill’s “Top Girls,” an unconventional look at womanhood and what it takes for women to succeed.The play was one of two chosen for Seoul Players’ spring season, with “Glengarry Glen Ross” featuring an all-male cast and “Top Girls” played by all women. Although quite different plays, the company says that they both explore overlapping themes, including lies, deception and what it takes to be successful as a man or w
Sewol exhibition explores permanence, legacies

Expat LivingApr 8, 2015

Almost a year has passed since the Sewol ferry sank off the coast of Korea, taking with it some 300 lives, most of them students on a school trip.An exhibition looking at the main figures involved in the media coverage of the sinking opened Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the disaster.The exhibition, “After Death, a Tiger’s Skin Remains; A Man Leaves Only His Name” ― the title coming from an eight-character traditional proverb ― features paintings of key figures in the incident. They are ma