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Sejong City Controversy - Insight into Korean Politics

by CHOE Sang-Hun, IHT 3 March 2010, 11/03/2010

From a hilltop observation tower, potential investors are shown a sweeping vista of drained rice paddies and cleared pine forests, where trucks are moving earth and cranes hoisting steel beams to build an ambitious new city, dubbed “Happy City Sejong.” But few South Koreans are happy about this 16.5 trillion won project, which over the years has morphed from plans to create a totally new national capital, then an a...

Seoul Going Green for St. Patrick's Day

by Irish Association of Korea , 06/03/2010

NAMSAN TOWER JOINS THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING , SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE AND MANY OTHER ICONIC BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN GOING GREEN FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY With business recovering from the global economic downturn, one of Korea’s largest and most well-attended foreign festivals has received increased funding to ensure its celebration in 2010.Attracting an estimated 18,000 attendees in 2008, the Irish Festival, organiz...

LIFE IN KOREA: February Blah, Blah, Blah!

by Anne Marie Wolochatiuk, 13/02/2010

I’m no expert, but I don’t think you have to be to understand that the winter doldrums are very real. The difficulty for me is trying to cope with each family member’s attempt to grapple with it, in addition to my own. Having lived in the tropics for the last fifteen years, I had forgotten what the February blahs were like. Who could possibly slip into depression when you could step outside in flip flops and a tank top...

LIFE IN KOREA: A Workplace Experience

by L. Ahn, 30/01/2010

I'd like to share an experience I've recently had working in Korea. In early 2009, I accepted a position with a Korean company - one that is sometimes referred to as being 'old school'. At the beginning of December, 2009, I indicated to the HR Department that my education, training, experience and talents were being wasted in my current position. I also reminded them that the portion of the initial job description (whic...

Another ‘Star’ Extinguished

by House of Sharing International Outreach Team, 06/01/2010

Kim Ok Seon Halmoni was born in 1923 in Gyeongsangnam-do, drafted from Sacheon to Taiwan in 1939 by the Japanese Military and coerced into sexual slavery for seven years. She was beaten to a faint often in the comfort station and was almost forced to commit suicide by a Japanese officer at the end of the war. After the end of World War II, she returned to her hometown in Gyeonsangnam-do. She became an activist in the "comfort wome...

Christmas and New Year in Korea

by Korea4Expats, 25/12/2009

Christmas 2 and New Years Day are national holidays in Korea. This means that banks, post offices, government offices, schools, business offices etc. are closed. However, restaurants, most stores (including department stores, supermarkets, bookstores, etc) are open for their regular hours 25 December. New Year’s Day, 01 January, is another matter. The majority of stores are closed that day, with places that are open into the eveni...

Creating a Beautiful Smile with Orthodontic Braces

by Eung-Soo Kim, D.D.S., M.A., Ph.D. (American Board Certified Orthodontist at A+ Dental Clinic), 10/02/2010

People visit their dentists with various orthodontic needs. Some complain about problems referred to by dentists as malocclusions, such as underbites, overbites, cross bites, and open bites; while others want to correct crooked teeth, crowding teeth, misplaced midline, spaces between teeth, or other kinds of flaws of their teeth and jaws. Complex bite issues cause discomfort eating and talking, and can result in difficulty maintaining go...

Korean Gentry Comically, Tragically Fades Away in ‘Cherry Orchard’ Remake

by David Kendall, 02/03/2010

Expats and tourists rarely get a chance to see an innovative, culturally insightful play performed live in Korean with legible English subtitles. Fortunately -- at least for a short time -- there is one good option. Director Im Do-Wan has brought Anton Chekhov’s classic “The Cherry Orchard” into the digital age and fused it with a uniquely Korean spirit. With 14 talented actors, 12 long benches, and period-perfect costumes, ...

WALK THIS WAY - Seoul Moves to the Right!

by Anne Ladouceur, 23/09/2009

The time has come to 'walk right' in Seoul. On October 1st, Seoul City will be launching a campaign to encourage people to walk on the right. We should soon begin to see signs encouraging people to walk on the right side of the sidewalk, while escalators and moving walkways are supposed to become 'right-sided'. Direction switches are planned for 1,109 escalators in 163 subway stations on lines No. 1 through 9 as well as for 20 moving walkways...

Tiger & Bear - International Comic Project

by Dann Gaymer,, 04/01/2010

The Gojoseon legend of Tiger and Bear is a Korean folktale detailing how the Korean nation was created. Today Tiger and Bear are also the alter ego’s of James Topple (Tiger) and Colin Riddle (Bear), two Englishmen who arrived in Daegu, South Korea in the fall of 2008.While both Riddle and Topple are experienced ‘2D’ artists (painting, illustration and so on) they also have a strong interest in performance art and mythology. ...