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Chinese Football bring emo to Seoul, Busan

Chinese emo band Chinese Football will visit South Korea this weekend to perform in Seoul and Busan, the last two stops on their East Asia tour. The Wuhan-based band has been building a worldwide fanbase through word of mouth, since releasing their 2015 self-titled first album. That album plus last year's “Here Comes A New Challenger” mini-album are a mix of delicate picked g...

Foreign Communities | 2018-03-13 21:15

St. Patrick's Day stirs up weekend festivities

Seoul will see a host of activities, festivals and concerts to honor St. Patrick's Day taking place this weekend.By far, the biggest event will be the Irish Association of Korea (IAK) annual St. Patrick's Day celebration, themed “An Irish Welcome” (“Failte” in the Gaeilge language), at D-Cube City in southwestern Seoul on Saturday.

Foreign Communities | 2018-03-13 21:13

[Yongsan Legacy] A new language?

As the U.S. military relocates out of Yongsan Garrison, Yongsan Legacy aims to archive the living memories of those who served, worked and lived there. This is one of them. When I first arrived on Yongsan Compound in June 1968, I had to learn a new language. Not proper Korean, which was beyond my youthful ambitions, but rather a new dialect of GI slang: a dialect one part Kor...

Foreign Communities | 2018-03-13 15:22

Dulwich College to host open house

Dulwich College Seoul (DCSL) invites participants to its open house for current and prospective parents on March 20. The open house provides the opportunity to observe a “normal” school day in action. Throughout the morning, lessons will proceed as usual while visitors, with supervision, will be able to move in and out of classrooms.

Foreign Communities | 2018-03-13 11:19

Holi “Festival of Colors” in Korea

Starting from scratch in 2011, the Holi 'Festival of Colors’ has become one of most popular events for cultural partygoers in Korea. Every year in March thousands of foreigners and Koreans throng to the beach to enjoy this festival of colors with their friends and loved ones.

Foreign Communities | 2018-03-11 13:08

KOTESOL calls for submissions

A call for proposals has just opened for the 26th Korea TESOL (KOTESOL) International Conference to be hosted by Sookmyung Women's University scheduled for Oct. 13-14.

Foreign Communities | 2018-03-06 20:35

Hong Kong band Red Stripes visit Seoul

Hong Kong's mod-ska band Red Stripes visits Seoul this weekend for a concert in Korea's reggae and ska scene. Named after Jamaica's signature beer, the Red Stripes members are long-term expat residents of HK who wear their influences on their sleeves.

Foreign Communities | 2018-03-06 19:46

Starlight Productions unveils burlesque season with 'Open Letters'

Starlight Productions will reveal the first of two burlesque play productions on the opening night of their “Burlesque Season,” March 9.

Foreign Communities | 2018-03-06 18:52

[Joseon Images] An American diplomat's visit to Pyongyang in 1891

One of the first American diplomats to visit Pyongyang was Augustine Heard, the American minister to Korea, in November 1891. He and his party (three naval officers and seven sailors) sailed up the Taedong River in a small steam launch.

Foreign Communities | 2018-03-06 18:35

International artists to exhibit in Seoul

International art collective Instant Coffee will present their inaugural exhibition of “Pink Noise Pop Up” at Space One and ONE AND J. +1 in Seoul beginning Thursday.

Foreign Communities | 2018-03-06 12:48

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