North Korean defectors are in need of English teachers this summer. Native English speakers are being sought to teach elementary and middle school students at a Hana Center near Daecheong Subway Station in Seoul. The Hana regional support centers help North Koreans continue to adjust to life in the south. They are the next step in integrating refugees into life here after they finish the three mon

Charity aims to improve young people’s rights and end child abuseMost kids in South Korea no longer lack food or shelter. But too many of them lack another necessity, according to Save the Children Korea president Kim No-bo ― they are missing a voice. By this, he means the ability for kids here to speak out in their own interest. “My greatest concern is on child abuse,” he said. “The major issue i

KDRA 50th aniversary stampA new postage stamp has been launched to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Korea Disaster Relief Association.The organization was set up in the wake of typhoon Sarah, which caused massive damage to the Korean Peninsula. The storm killed 669 people and left 782,126 homeless here in 1959.The KDRA now runs emergency relief funds, volunteer services, and provides daily ne

A British human rights expert has argued for a broader approach to disaster relief at a conference in Korea.Dr. Darren O’Byrne, principal lecturer in sociology and human rights at London’s Roehampton University, asked: “Why are we so quick to concern ourselves with the victims of ‘natural’ disasters and not with those who suffer at the hands of repressive regimes?” in a paper presented to an inter

World Vision Korea chief uses impoverished past to help others’ futureFew people know better than Park Jong-sam how tough it can be to grow up with nothing. The head of World Vision Korea, who also goes by Dr. Sam Park, has battled poverty, malnutrition and disease.Having fled North Korea to find refuge working for U.S. forces during the Korean War as a teenager, Park found himself penniless and a

Expat photographer out to capture ‘decisive moments’ of life in a bustling metropolisA smartly suited man walks down a street near Seoul’s City Hall with a bunch of flowers hanging loose in his hands. Photographer David Kim named the black and white image “Paramour” ― meaning illicit lover ― as it seemed to tell a story. But Kim says we will never truly know what that story is. The former strategi