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Sat, August 8, 2020 | 07:24

Korean-American wins 'Oscars of teaching'

Korean-American wins 'Oscars of teaching'

A Korean-American math teacher has won the Milken Educator Award given to the finest elementary and secondary school teachers in the United States. The Milken Family Foundation, the host of the annual award dubbed as the “Oscars of Teaching,” said on its website early this month that Candice Harrington was among the 40 recipients across the country.

2020-02-26 17:38

Volunteer and walk in Seoul's Lotus Lantern Parade

Volunteer and walk in Seoul's Lotus Lantern Parade

Every spring one of Seoul's largest festivals takes place to celebrate the birth of Buddha. The Lotus Lantern Festival, also called Yeondeunghoe, has a history stretching back 1,200 years in Korea.

2020-02-25 15:23

Foreign community brief

An extended version of the 1993 film “Farewell My Concubine,” which won the Palme d'Or at the 46th Cannes Film Festival will be released in theaters on April 1, according to Yonhap News Agency. The film, directed by the veteran Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige, stars top Chinese stars as Fengyi Zhang, Gong Li and the late Leslie Cheung. Cheung was especially popular with Korean f...

2020-02-25 13:27

[Cityscapes] 15 years investigating Korea's forbidden urban spaces

[Cityscapes] 15 years investigating Korea's forbidden urban spaces

I got my start urban exploring in Korea 15 years ago next week. I'd read up on the dangers and ethics of entering abandoned buildings and consulted experienced explorers active in other countries, but this was not something that was done here. Then Paul, a Korean American punk, showed me Korea had its own abandoned buildings hiding their own secrets.

2020-02-25 11:00

Seoul to restrict international marriage visa for domestic violence offenders

Seoul to restrict international marriage visa for domestic violence offenders

The Ministry of Justice said Friday that it had revised a related law in order to prevent South Korean nationals with records of domestic violence or sex crimes to invite foreigners here for the purpose of marriage.

2020-02-22 11:29

Where to learn about traditional Indian yoga

Where to learn about traditional Indian yoga

Yoga and pilates are becoming highly popular in Korea, in addition to the ubiquitous aerobic classes that exist in every neighborhood.

2020-02-18 11:30

SpoonMe brings back vegan cuisine after year-long hiatus

SpoonMe brings back vegan cuisine after year-long hiatus

Eating healthy isn't just a diet - it's a lifestyle that SpoonMe's founder Karen Sylvana wants to provide to everyone through satisfying fresh meals.

2020-02-18 10:46

What foreign patients should know about being admitted to Korean hospitals

What foreign patients should know about being admitted to Korean hospitals

A hospital stay is by nature an unpleasant and burdensome experience. Being admitted to a hospital in Korea is perhaps more pleasant than in many other countries, but there are still many cultural peculiarities a foreign patient should be aware of.

2020-02-18 10:35

South Korea reports 15 more cases of novel coronavirus, total at 46

Foreigncommunitybriefs

Museum explores 1950s Korean cinema The Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch (RASKB) offers a special guided tour of the exhibit “1950s Korean Film, Moving into a New Epoch” at the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History tonight (Feb. 19).The exhibit looks at the mid to late 1950s in Korean film, a time of rapid growth during the reconstruction period following the end o...

2020-02-18 10:32

Foreign population in Korea tops 2.5 million

Foreign population in Korea tops 2.5 million

By nationality, Chinese nationals, including 701,098 ethnic Koreans, formed the largest group of foreign nationals, accounting for 43.6 percent, or 1,101,782, of the foreign population, it said. Vietnamese came next with 224,518 residents, followed by Thais (209,909), Americans (156,982), Japanese (86,196), Uzbeks (75,320), Filipinos (62,398), Russians (61,427), Indonesians (...

2020-02-17 10:57

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