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Adult lifestyle store Piooda celebrates 1st anniversary in HBC

Piooda, an adult lifestyle store in Haebangchon, celebrates its first anniversary this Saturday with a huge sale and a special event, “Eat, Play, Love” to thank customers for their support in making the one-year celebration possible.

Foreign Communities | 2018-06-26 18:16

Hardcore punk band Things We Say reunites

Punk bands never die, they just play reunion shows in perpetuity. The Korean hardcore punk band Things We Say, founded in 2004, had an amicable breakup 11 years later. Their final show on Nov. 14, 2015, was more of a glorified retirement party with a mosh pit. They also inspired an article on U.S. punk news satire website The Hard Times about the inevitability of band reunion...

Foreign Communities | 2018-06-26 18:00

[Yongsan Legacy] Learning English with an American GI

The day the Korean War broke out, four of us went to the Marine recruiting station to volunteer. My friend Lou and I were too young but the other two were accepted. Sadly these brave Marines would both be killed at the famous Chosin Reservoir battle near Hagaru-ri. Eventually Lou would end up in the air force and me in the army.

Foreign Communities | 2018-06-26 11:52

Sunday Sounds: Suuns, Protomartyr wow Hongdae audience

Lead singer of Canadian art-rock band Suuns Ben Shemie previously told The Korea Times all he wanted from the crowd at his band's first-ever Seoul performance was for people to show up. “As long as there are people in the room, I feel confident we can put on a good show,” he said.

Foreign Communities | 2018-06-23 11:04

'We don't want to be misunderstood' - a letter from Yemeni on Jeju

Since the start of the war in Yemen, the displaced people have been searching for a safe life. At first Djibouti, Saudi Arabia and several other Arab countries received many Yemenis. And then Malaysia, which became the starting point for Yemenis who came to the island of Jeju and other parts of the world.

Foreign Communities | 2018-06-20 18:06

Yemenis find hope and despair in Jeju

Many Yemeni asylum seekers see Jeju Island as something close to the last beacon of hope in their tiring journey for survival and a new life. Esmail Alqublani, 36, is now on Jeju after leaving the Yemini city of Ibb for Malaysia, where he bought a one-way ticket to Korea. “I left Yemen after receiving phone calls from someone threatening to kidnap and assault me,” he said.

Foreign Communities | 2018-06-20 18:02

'We don't want to be misunderstood' - a letter from Yemeni on Jeju

4 in 10 marriage immigrants suffer domestic violence

About four out of 10 female marriage immigrants in South Korea have experienced domestic violence, according to a government report released Wednesday. The report, compiled by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea on the basis of a poll of 920 foreign women married to Korean men, also found that about 70 percent of them have experience of being sexually abused.

Foreign Communities | 2018-06-20 15:37

Shade Seoul grows and goes international

For most countries celebrating Pride, June is officially known as international Pride month when LGBTQ community members and allies around the world come together to celebrate themselves and their communities, to increase visibility and just enjoy who they are.

Foreign Communities | 2018-06-19 21:38

Anarchy in the DMZ: music fest rocks for peace

Several types of weapons are restricted in the DMZ, but Korea's indie music community is bringing a new weapon the signatories of the 1953 Armistice never would have imagined: a Sex Pistol.

Foreign Communities | 2018-06-19 21:37

'City without border' hosts World Cup for migrants

While the World Cup in Russia captures global attention, a different international football tournament kicked off in Ansan last weekend. Instead of national athletes and armies of cheering crowds, migrant workers from 11 countries in Korea took to green fields for their own World Cup.

Foreign Communities | 2018-06-19 18:45

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