Charity music fund-raiser CLASH will return on June 20 with Korean rapper Jolly V headlining the bill.The event, run in aid of Angel House, a home for the disabled, will be the first CLASH event featuring all hip-hop acts.Previous CLASH events have featured a mix of Korean and expat hip-hop and rock, but the organizers decided to refresh the format. However, this does not mean they have abandoned rock.“After two years of using the same format, we decided it was time to make some changes and spic

As the MERS outbreak leads to the closures of schools and hagwons across the country, an increasing number of teachers are facing pay reductions or the cancellation of their regular vacations.Hagwons and schools closed after pressure from parents worried about the spread of MERS, which they fear might enter the community. So far all infections have occurred in hospitals, but many hagwons are facing dwindling enrollment ― and falling revenue ― due to parent jitters.Jessi Kidd Carpenter, who works

The recent MERS outbreak has led to cancellations of classes at Seoul Global Center, as well as on-site counseling run by the center.A Latin American cultural festival to be run in Seongbuk-dong by the Songbuk Global Village Center on Saturday has also been canceled, along with a flea market and concert planned for June 21, also due to concerns over MERS. The events were rescheduled for September.The SGC runs classes mainly on Korean language and areas of business such as tax and corporate law.

The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency will run the Busan Job Fair for International Students with Korean language ability on Friday.About 40 Korean enterprises that aim to tap international markets or need foreign language and cultural competence will run booths to welcome candidates and, in some cases, offer on-the-spot interviews for immediate recruitment at the Busan BEXCO Exhibition Center.“Many foreign students are hired for marketing research in Korea or sales management in their hom

Modern major generals take note: The “Pirates of Penzance” will be coming to Seoul as the Camarata Music Company’s summer musical stage performance.Set in Victorian England, the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operetta tells the story of Frederic, who apprenticed as a pirate after his mother misheard her husband’s wish for him to be a ship’s pilot.From there the farce continues. Frederic is to apprentice until his 21st birthday, but he discovers that as he is born on a leap day, this will not happen

JJ’s bar in Ulsan will be running its semi-regular “Unplugged Campfire Fairytale Session” acoustic music night Saturday, this time with hopes of raising money for victims of the recent Nepal earthquakes. The performers on the night will be Kenny Freeman, Swanny, Robscenity and Jon Taylor and Jason Duchac from the Elsewheres.There will be a raffle in aid of Nepal earthquake victims at the event, with the top prize being a PlayStation 3 and a selection of games. Other prizes include bottles of spi

Kookmin University professor Andrei Lankov will discuss reform in North Korea, and the changes the country is making under leader Kim Jong-un during a talk Tuesday hosted by the royal Asiatic Society’s Korea Branch.Lankov will discuss the idea that, unlike his father who believed that emulating the Chinese path to success was too risky, Kim Jong-un has shown interest in serious change. He will discuss how the household responsibility system is being introduced in agriculture, managers of state i

Applications will open Monday for those who want to take the Test of Proficiency in Korean on July 19.Test takers can choose to sit for the lower-level TOPIK I in the morning or the higher level TOPIK II in the afternoon.The TOPIK I test consists of listening and reading sections and runs from 9:20-11:40 a.m. The TOPIK II has a listening and writing sections, followed by a separate reading exam, with the whole test running from 12:30-4:30 p.m. Exam fees differ: TOPIK I costs 35,000 won ($31) and

As the number of foreigners working in South Korea increases, so too do the number of third-culture kids ― children who spend a significant amount of their childhood growing up in countries outside of their nationality. At international school Dwight, whose students represent 38 nationalities, three students spoke to The Korea Herald about feelings of alienation, cultural adjustments and their sense of belonging.For 10th-grader William, who came to Korea from El Salvador six years ago, the exper

This story was originally published on July 24, 2009. -- Ed.So I needed a new cell phone. But as a foreigner in Korea, I quickly found that my options were limited. There are models galore, but complicated Korean rules turn something as simple as buying a phone into an exercise in futility. Everything depends on my visa status. A recent visit to one store was typical. Did I have a national ID, the counter guy asked. I produced my Alien Registration Card, and the man brought out a chart matching