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Seoul offers free offices to foreign entrepreneurs

The Seoul city government is offering free offices for six months and to provide incubation programs for foreign startups in Korea. The program, run by the Seoul Global Center and the Seoul Business Agency, is accepting applications until June. 4. It will give office space at three centers, in Jongno, Gangnam and Yeouido starting from July. 1.

Foreign Communities | 2018-05-07 15:15

[Korea Encounters] Korea Times goes go-go dancing in 1971

In the 1950s Western-style social dance gained popularity in Seoul, but, lacking experience with such contact between the sexes, many Koreans perceived it as lewd and decadent. After Park Chung-hee's 1961 coup, numerous men and women of the “dance tribe” were paraded before the public and prosecuted by military tribunals.

Foreign Communities | 2018-05-01 17:33

'Severed finger' exhibition focuses on foreign workers' rights

Workplace human rights abuses of foreign workers are in the spotlight in time for May 1, Labor Day. The Korea Support Center for Foreign Workers began a poster exhibition for foreign workers, starting Tuesday. Some posters depict representations of the maimed hands of foreign workers hurt in industrial accidents. The posters will be displayed at the center until May 15.

Foreign Communities | 2018-05-01 17:14

British singer to perform in Korea

U.K.-based dark-pop singer-songwriter Dua Lipa will perform at YES24 Live Hall in Seoul on Sunday as part of the Asian leg of her world tour.Named “The Self-Titled Tour,” the year-long world tour series began in Europe last year and will include Russia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Poland and North America, before concluding in Europe.

Foreign Communities | 2018-05-01 15:45

Geocachers clean stream

A group of environmentalists turned the activity of geocaching into a way to help clean up Suam Stream in Anyang last weekend.Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a GPS receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to stow or seek out containers, called “geocaches” or “caches,” at hidden locations.

Foreign Communities | 2018-05-01 15:41

Beijing underground band returns to Korea

The Beijing hardcore punk band Struggle Session returns to Korea this Saturday and Sunday for two concerts in Seoul celebrating the release of a split album with local hardcore act Arryam.The first show is Saturday at GBN Live House in Mullae-dong, and on Sunday it's at Club SHARP in Mangwon-dong. Each show has seven bands, including Struggle Session and Arryam.

Foreign Communities | 2018-05-01 15:39

Foreigners on cross-country cycling tour

A group of Taiwanese and Japanese has begun a cross-country cycling tour along trails from Seoul to Busan, the Busan Tourism Organization said Sunday. The organization said the group left Busan at around 8:30 a.m. Sunday, and would pass through Bugok, Gumi, Mungyeong and Yeoju before they reached Seoul seven days later.

Foreign Communities | 2018-04-30 15:41

Big Day South 2018 audiovisual festival moves to Busan

The audiovisual festival Big Day South is coming to Busan this Saturday for a full day of music, art and dance. The festival started in nearby Daegu in 2014 before moving to Ulsan the following year, and more recently appeared in southwestern Gwangju in April 2016. Back after two years, the fourth installment promises to be bigger than ever, showcasing burgeoning Korean and f...

Foreign Communities | 2018-04-24 20:38

[Yongsan Legacy] Running with American spirit

On select weekday mornings at 5 a.m., Choe Kyung-ho would fit into his gym clothes and combat boots to join his Korean and U.S. military brethren for an intense hike up Namsan Park out from the back gate of Camp Coiner and through a still slumbering Huam-dong. Choe served under the Korean Augmentation To the United States Army (KATUSA) on Yongsan Garrison from March 1997 to M...

Foreign Communities | 2018-04-24 19:23

COEX to host beer festival

The 10th Great Korean Beer Festival (GKBF) will take place from April 27 to May 6 at COEX outdoor area in Seoul. The 10-day festival, taking place at K-Pop Square, will see 27 craft brewers, food pairings, live concerts, non-verbal performances and costume contests.

Foreign Communities | 2018-04-24 17:40

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