Like many new English teachers in Korea, I arrived with huge ambitions. I would not only absorb everything I could about Korean language, culture and history, but also give back to the culture and community that was hosting me as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant. I imagined a montage in which I was Richard Dreyfuss in “Mr. Holland’s Opus” by day and Edward James Olmos in “Stand and Deliver”

Links still weak between sufferers, helpIt’s Saturday night in central Seoul. A friendly group of mostly expats has gathered at a local meeting spot and are making introductions. “My name’s ‘Sam’ and I’m an alcoholic,” says the first, to a warm response. This is an open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, one of the help services available to foreigners in Korea. “I think Korea is a drinker’s paradis

-Name of Club: ANZA (Australia and New Zealand Association)-Location: Seoul-Number of members: Currently 180 family memberships-Started: ANZA’s beginnings were in the Aussie Connections group that was started in Seoul in the late 1970s by Rachel Miller, wife of the then Australian Ambassador, to give expat spouses and missionaries a place to feel more comfortable. Money was raised for Korean chari

This is a series introducing associations and clubs for expats. This week, Expat Living spoke to Michiel De Jongh of the Dutch Business Club Korea ― Ed.Name of Club: Dutch Business Club Korea Location: SeoulNumber of members: 70 Started: 1989Who is it for? The DBCK is open to Dutch professionals as well as other nationals, including Koreans, working for Dutch companies or joint ventures. We have a

Nationals from Arab countries have taken to the streets in Korea to call for regime-change in their home countries in the Middle East. The demonstration, which was registered with police by the Libyan Society of Korea, saw protesters call for the North African nation’s leader Moammar Gadhafi to step down. Over one thousand people in Libya are believed to have been killed and thousands wounded in w