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Fri, December 1, 2023 | 09:27

HiteJinro's new beer Kelly tries hard to look like it's from Denmark

HiteJinro's new beer Kelly tries hard to look like it's from Denmark

HiteJinro's recently released malt beer, given the understated name Kelly (derived from “Keep Naturally”), boasts in at least nine places on its beer can front label of its apparent origin. It screams at the consumer: “KELLY'S MALT GROWN IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN BREEZE” “100% DENMARK PREMIUM MALT,” “Denmark Premium,” “GROWN IN JUTLAND BY SEA BREEZE,” “FROM DENMARK,” “Malt ...

2023-04-25 17:06

[KOREA ENCOUNTERS] Tracing southwestern Seoul's underappreciated history

KOREA ENCOUNTERSTracing southwestern Seoul's underappreciated history

During the 1392-1910 Joseon Kingdom, present-day Gangseo District, Seoul's westernmost district, was known as Yangcheon Prefecture. All that remains of the complex from which the magistrate ruled, however, is its “hyanggyo,” or Confucian school and temple.

2023-04-25 16:10

Cherry blossoms at Yeongam Wangin Culture Festival

Cherry blossoms at Yeongam Wangin Culture Festival

Cherry blossom season came early to Korea this year. While many of the country's usual blossom festivals were caught off guard and had to reschedule their events forward, others not typically timed with the spring occurrence had a lucky break.

2023-04-20 00:44

[INTERVIEW] Unorthodox refugee support group pushes the envelope

INTERVIEWUnorthodox refugee support group pushes the envelope

When the seven members of Active Refugee Korea (ARK) started their campaign last year, they agreed on one thing: to be more aggressive than existing refugee advocacy groups in Korea, one of the strictest nations when it comes to accepting asylum seekers. That was the only way the activists figured they would succeed in improving the chances of asylum seekers and refugees in K...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2023-04-19 17:04

D. Hall perfects stand-up comedy through 'Nunchi'

D. Hall perfects stand-up comedy through 'Nunchi'

D. Hall never forgets about who's watching. “I definitely view the audience as a collaborator in having a great evening,” he told The Korea Times.

2023-04-17 00:19

Phillies announces last party before move to new location

Phillies announces last party before move to new location

After more than 26 years in its current location, Phillies is moving out and reopening nearby. The restaurant-pub has undergone ownership changes many times and gone through a few rebrandings and expansions, but it has been a fixture of central Seoul's Haebangchon neighborhood since opening in 1997.

2023-04-11 10:16

Violinist Big Lux returns to Korea

Violinist Big Lux returns to Korea

It's been over five years since Big Lux last set foot in Korea, but he's happy to be back in a place he considers a “second home.” “The last time I came back to Korea in 2017, even after being gone two years, I couldn't walk down the street in HBC (Seoul's Haebangchon) without bumping into someone I knew,” he told The Korea Times.

2023-04-11 09:30

Adolescents with diverse backgrounds invited to Rainbow School for Korean education

Adolescents with diverse backgrounds invited to Rainbow School for Korean education

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family invites adolescents with immigrant backgrounds including North Korean defectors and children of multicultural families to the Rainbow School offering Korean language and career education programs. The ministry said Wednesday that those aged between nine and 24 can apply for entrance.

Jun Ji-hye | 2023-04-05 15:50

Gwangju's popular Alleyway restaurant resurrects

Gwangju's popular Alleyway restaurant resurrects

“I missed the Alleyway.” Jang Bo-in ― or just Bo to her friends and coworkers ― voiced what so many people in Gwangju have felt for the past two years. As a former cook at The First Alleyway, she may have felt this more acutely than most, but she did something about it. She rebooted it.

2023-03-31 05:16

Foreigners under 19 to get free admission to royal palaces

Foreigners under 19 to get free admission to royal palaces

Foreigners under the age of 19 can visit major royal palaces and tombs without paying admission fees starting next month, the cultural heritage authority said Wednesday.

2023-03-29 14:27

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