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Thu, January 28, 2021 | 12:23

[Joseon Images] Royal palace converted into Seoul's first zoo

[Joseon Images] Royal palace converted into Seoul's first zoo

In the summer of 1908, a “menagerie” was established at Changgyeong Palace by Emperor Sunjong. The menagerie was rather modest - the chief attractions being a large tiger captured on the slopes of Mount Paektu, a three-meter-long python from India and a kangaroo from Australia - but it entertained the emperor and he was said to be quite fond of it. Some sources claim he estab...

2020-05-29 17:13

GBN Live House releases 42-band CD to survive plague, flood

GBN Live House releases 42-band CD to survive plague, flood

Mullae-dong in southwestern Seoul is home to many loud things. None louder than a small basement, surrounded by grinding steel shops, that many call the home of punk and heavy metal in Korea. GBN Live House, a DIY venue and center of loud, experimental and obnoxious music in Seoul, is in danger of shutting down due to the COVID-19 crisis and from structural damage to the 50-y...

2020-05-26 18:59

Architect Cho In-souk offers a tour of Changdeok Palace for the Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) Korea. She will lead the way through palace buildings and the rear garden, highlighting the symbolic, practical and physical layout of the spaces. “The palace displays a perfect harmony between nature and its buildings, with its spectacular layout standing of the mountain at its back a...

2020-05-26 00:50

Expat artist releases coloring book for cat shelter

Expat artist releases coloring book for cat shelter

Brittany Fanning had no idea what she was getting into when she asked friends online for pictures of their cats. The U.S. resident of Seoul aimed to produce drawings suitable for a coloring book, but she found herself inundated with hundreds of requests.

2020-05-26 00:46

Expats cry foul over points-based new visa rules

Expats cry foul over points-based new visa rules

Jennifer Strout is an English teacher in Korea and has been working to found a nonprofit school for low-income families. She said her hopes are to contribute to the community which she now calls home and to become a Korean citizen in the future. Yet, her plan is likely to become a distant dream with the Ministry of Justice's recent proposal for rule changes for the F-2-7 visa...

Kim Se-jeong | 2020-05-24 17:22

More expats have their voices heard in Korea

South Korea launches integrated administrative services website for expats

South Korea launches integrated administrative services website for expats

“Government 24” offers nearly 100 services that several government bodies have controlled separately. They include the 47 most sought-after services regarding long-term residence in South Korea and 53 for employment, marriage and education, according to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS), which manages the website.

Park Si-soo | 2020-05-20 15:33

Expats cry foul over points-based new visa rules

[Cityscapes] Noryangjin seafood vendors make their last stand

[Cityscapes] Noryangjin seafood vendors make their last stand

The tent village in front of Noryangjin Station resembled a typical Seoul night market, as merchants dug in their heels and prepared for an imminent assault. They had some seafood products on display, as well as a couple tanks full of fish, but sales were the last thing on their minds.

2020-05-19 18:23

Expat-run garden offers fresh food, spicy sauces

Expat-run garden offers fresh food, spicy sauces

Bear Foot Gardens has been making a name for itself with its extra-spicy sauces for a couple years, but now they'll be reaching even more people with the help of Shuttle Delivery. Bear Foot's landowner, gardener Ryan Phillips, has started to bring seasonal comfort foods straight from the farm to Seoul residents with his new endeavor, Farm Kitchen by Ryan. This option will all...

2020-05-19 00:17

Life in the time of coronavirus

Life in the time of coronavirus

It seems like years, but it was just a few weeks ago that life changed. At first, family abroad were concerned about us here next to China. But now, it's us looking, mouths agape behind our masks, at Europe and America, wondering whether the conviction we had that they do everything better in those advanced countries was insecurity.

2020-05-18 17:24

South Korea offers undocumented foreigners free virus test with no risk of deportation

South Korea offers undocumented foreigners free virus test with no risk of deportation

In the Korean message delivered to millions of mobile phone subscribers across the country, the Ministry of Health and Welfare urged undocumented foreigners with virus symptoms to contact a public health office and arrange a test.

Park Si-soo | 2020-05-14 15:42

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