Camarata concert also features Latin-influenced work by Ariel QuintanaMay might be a morbid month for Camarata Music Company.For the second year in a row Camarata is putting on a requiem. This year, an orchestra will accompany the 55-voice CMC Chorale for Mozart’s Requiem on May 7.There will also be a performance by the CMC Chamber Singers of Argentinean-American composer Ariel Quintana’s “Mass fr

Professor dismisses reports of out of control competition at top science collegeA professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has dismissed claims that competition at the college is out of control, revealing that the then-dean of academic affairs sent a memo to professors last year asking them to bump up the average GPA of freshman.The memo, which was seen by The Korea Herald,

Lecturer rubbishes reports of out of control competition at top science collegeA professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has rubbished claims that competition at the college is out of control, revealing that the then-dean of academic affairs sent a memo to lecturers last year asking them to bump up the average GPA of freshman.The memo, which was seen by The Korea Herald, wa

When Alvaro Neil told his boss he wanted to leave his job at a notary’s office in Madrid six years ago, he had more than a career change in mind.The part-time clown hopped on his bicycle and began a trans-continental journey with a mission: to bring smiles to those in despair wherever he went. Sixty-two countries and almost 90,000 km later, 44-year-old “Biciclown” last week arrived in South Korea

Getting savvy with Korean cooking early on helps vegetarians adapt to KoreaWith a homely interior, featuring upside down teacups strung as lamp shades, Itaewon’s Honest Loving Hut is the perfect place to tuck into that hearty meal synonymous with Western comfort food ― a burger. But this one comes served guilt-free: it’s vegan. Atop the wholegrain bun sits lettuce, a slathering of vegan mayonnaise

Star of one-woman play to perform in front of birth parents in first Asian productionRead from within the audience, a letter begins: “Dear ….” Following hesitantly, as the 20-year-old struggles to find the term for someone who should be so close, but is as yet unknown, comes the title ― “mother.”Written, adapted and performed by Amy Mihyang, “between” explores growing up as a Korean-American adopt

Charles Montgomery thinks Korean literature could be on the brink of a popularity breakthrough.But when he looked on Wikipedia he was disappointed to find a dearth of information about it. Major authors were overlooked: Gong Ji-young’s page was a 60-word stub; Park Wan-suh had no page at all.That’s a disastrous situation in an age when if something isn’t on Wikipedia it doesn’t exist.“Suppose you

The number of native-speaking English teachers hired at public schools rose slightly this year, a telephone survey by the Korea Herald has found.Provincial and metropolitan education boards reported that the number of teachers rose 2.9 percent in March from a year before.The increase was mainly due to a 134 percent increase in Daegu to 567 teachers. The city government said that of the 325 staff a