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Mon, June 14, 2021 | 11:42

[Cityscapes] Wrapping construction sites in art

Construction is encountered everywhere in Seoul, even if we aren't always aware of it. So it's no wonder that sometimes the temporary fences built around construction sites are decorated with various types of designs. They may show local government slogans, or list off heritage sites in the neighborhood, or contain information on the new construction to be built here. They ma...

Foreign Communities | 2021-06-08 19:47

Artist paints portraits of authentic Korea

Portrait painter Aaron Cossrow hopes to host an exhibition in the coming weeks featuring his more than 20 oil, acrylic and digitized artworks. Of those works that he wants his audiences to see, he has largely intended to display realism and Norman Rockwell-esque portraits of Korean men and women using their hands and physical might to earn a living.

Foreign Communities | 2021-06-08 19:36

[Holiday in North Korea] Using and buying consumer electronics in North Korea

Whenever I visit North Korea, I put all my belongings through a quarantine process. I inspect my pocket litter, the folds of my wallet and the bottom of my camera bag. During my 2018 visit, I almost brought a plastic sleeve for my passport that had the name of a travel agency written in Hangeul - not Joseongeul, and trust me, they'll know the difference.

North Korea | 2021-06-01 18:52

Songdo's Cinder Bar witnesses birth of a city

Warren Kidd runs a bar in a city so new, it isn't even old enough to drink. Songdo International City is said to have officially “opened” in 2009, and The Cinder Bar opened there in early 2013. Kidd took it over from its first owner, a fellow New Zealander, in December 2014.

Foreign Communities | 2021-06-01 18:42

[Korea Encounters] Trying to save a gov't from a coup in 1961

At 3 a.m. on May 16, 1961, tanks and trucks carrying around 4,000 marines and soldiers began rolling into Seoul. Other than some military police on the Hangang Bridge, no one opposed them, and by 5 a.m. key buildings had been secured and KBS was broadcasting their message to the country.

Foreign Communities | 2021-05-25 17:46

New Toastmasters club goes online

Toastmasters International, founded almost a century ago in 1924, has 364,000 dues-paying members in over 16,200 clubs in 145 countries. There are over 70 Toastmasters clubs already in Korea, offering get-togethers on various days of the week in locales across the country in a variety of languages, including Korean, Chinese and English. There are also bilingual clubs and even...

Foreign Communities | 2021-05-11 19:00

Jeju Afrobeat band Omar and the Eastern Power transcends boundaries

Omar Benassila doesn't care much for boundaries, either in music or nations. If he did, he might not have left his home country of Morocco and settled in Korea, where he started Omar and the Eastern Power. It's an ever-evolving four-piece band most simply described as Afrobeat, with influences from dub, funk, folk and sufi music among others. It's an accumulation of the life ...

Foreign Communities | 2021-04-27 18:59

Foreigner-owned businesses facing shutdown due to visa rule change

Many foreign business owners are facing an abrupt end to their entrepreneurial careers, as sudden changes in how immigration offices are handling the F-2-7 visa are causing chaos. Foreign business owners have been getting turned away at immigration offices when going in to renew their F-2-7 visas. Some have reported being told that they never should have been allowed to regis...

Foreign Communities | 2021-04-20 15:49

David A. Mason, a professor of cultural tourism at Sejong University and a researcher on the religious characteristics of Korea's mountains, will give a presentation titled, “Four Golden Ages: A Study of Korean History and UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites,” next week for the Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) Korea on the four eras he defines as Korea's golden ages. Mason argues that Korea has enjoyed four golden ages, characterized by strength, prosperity and the creation of cultural treasures. The previous ages lasted a couple of centuries, and in between them were dark ages of large-scale su...

Politics | 2021-04-19 11:54

Maria Osetrova, a researcher from the Center for Korean Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences, will give a talk in Seoul National University's Anthropology Department through Zoom, and members of the public are welcome to tune in for free. She will look at how Korean cuisine has developed in separate directions since the division of the Korean Peninsula over 70 years ago, with the South referring to its food as, “hansik,” while the North uses the term, “Joseon ryori.” The talk will be held in English starting at 5:30 p.m. KST on April 14. Visit snu.ac.kr and find the events calendar on ...

Foreign Communities | 2021-04-13 10:11

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