YG Entertainment concerts celebrating the 15th anniversary of the agency’s founding were successfully held in Japan, attracting over 200,000 people.“YG Family Concert” held Saturday and Sunday at Saitama Super Arena, located north of Tokyo, featured most of the agency’s popular K-pop stars including Big Bang, 2NE1, Gummy, Jinusean, Se7en, Psy and Tablo. The artists heated up the show with joint performances as well as their hit songs. Gummy performed with Komuro Tetsuya, one of Japan’s top music

Expat-run soccer center International Football Education has revamped its training curriculum for young players.The Seoul-based group will be holding a teaser training session Feb. 4 for its IFE Academy. The session, which gives a taste of the full program, is open to anyone aged 6-11.IFE Profi, a program for more serious players, will be holding tryouts on Feb. 5 for three age groups: 8-9, 10-11 and 12-13 years old.The tryouts and the teaser session will be held at Dulwich College Seoul. The te

This is a series introducing associations and clubs that expats can get involved in. This week, Expat Living spoke to Jenna Apollonia Hoag of Busan Writing Group. ― Ed. ● Name of Club: Busan Writing Group● Location(s): Starbucks at Exit 10 of Seomyeon Station, Busan at 6 p.m. every Sunday● Number of members: It varies. Some days there are around 10 people; other days just two. It really depends on holidays. If we know beforehand that not enough people will come, we will cancel for the next week.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government is recruiting foreign instructors for a program that tells children about different cultures.Since it started in 2008, the Neighbors From Afar program has given classes to around 16,000 children, to help their understanding of foreign cultures.It has had a positive response from teachers and students, so the Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to expand the education to preschoolers as well as elementary, middle and high school students. The number of classes an

If you think you’re ready to face facts, the latest offering from Korea’s expat theater scene might have you thinking again.Probationary Theater is putting on “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” for two weeks starting Feb. 3.“It’s the kind of play that the other theater companies in Seoul had never put on before,” says director Quinn Olbrich. “I thought it would be sort of new and fun, and also a bit gritty, which I think is something different.”The play was written by Edward Albee, whose work Olbr

Hey, Indianapolis. A Manning will be playing in your Super Bowl, after all.No, not that one.It’ll be Eli Manning leading the New York Giants to a Super Bowl rematch against the New England Patriots ― and this time on older brother Peyton’s home field.“It doesn’t matter to me where you’re playing it or the fact that it’s in Indianapolis,” Eli Manning said. “I’m just excited about being in one.”And if the Giants can pull this one off, Eli will have sibling bragging rights with one more Super Bowl

Return of veteran stars to boost league in 2012A new year brings new inspiration, and expectations are higher than ever in Korean baseball as veteran stars are now back in the country’s top league.One of the names that is likely to dominate the headlines this year is Park Chan-ho. The former major-league All-Star pitcher signed a one-year deal with the Hanwha Eagles last month, which allows him to play for the first time in the Korean league. After debuting with the L.A. Dodgers in 1994, Park pi

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Tablets and e-readers were a popular gift over the holidays, so much so that the number of people who own them nearly doubled between mid-December and January, a new study finds.A report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, released on Monday, found that 29 percent of Americans owned at least one tablet or e-reader as of the beginning of this month. That’s up from 18 percent who said the same in December.The iPad from Apple Inc. is perhaps the best-known example