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Mon, July 22, 2019 | 06:17

The curse of E-6-2

Women, mostly Filipinas, who work in bars in the entertainment district near United States Forces Korea's Camp Casey in Dongducheon, hardly go a day without drinking. With bars opening after 6 p.m. and not closing until the last patrons leave, usually in the early morning, the women treat customers to whatever they want - from canoodling and lap dancing to oral sex. Some cust...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2018-10-17 10:09

Twisted F-6: cross-border nuptials' blind spot

Korea Legacy Gala, Digital Innovation Seminar

Kim Ji-soo | 2018-10-16 18:35

Seoul hosts China-Japan-Korea heavy metal tour

One of Korea's oldest active underground musical movements is heavy metal. But who keeps it running? It takes a lot of people working together, making connections and keeping the spirit alive.

2018-10-16 18:12

Tribute band brings Beatles music to Seoul

It is hard to intellectually argue that the Beatles is not the greatest band of all time. The Beagles, a canine-inspired cover band, performs Beatles songs here, there and everywhere in Seoul. Yoo Jaeson (guitar), Johnny Kim (guitar), Hong Sang-jin (bass) and Bill Elliott (drums), come together over a love of the band.

2018-10-16 18:10

[Cityscapes] Farewell Nightmare Lab

Urban explorers are sometimes criticized for hiding the sites we visit. But there are legit reasons for withholding information from the internet. We protect sites by obscuring place names, embargoing publication of pictures until a later date, even controlling who knows offline. Now that the Nightmare Lab is gone, only a trace of wallpaper remaining, I can tell this story.

2018-10-16 17:14

Illegal foreign residents reach 330,000 - 36% from Thailand

As of August, 335,433 foreigners were overstaying their visas in South Korea and 36 percent of them were Thai, according to justice ministry data on Sunday. The illegal foreigners accounted for 14.5 percent of the foreign population of 2.3 million. Rep. Song Gi-hun of the ruling Democratic Party revealed the data, which he received from the ministry for the ongoing parliament...

Park Si-soo | 2018-10-14 12:53

Japanese anti-hate speech NGO wins Internet Peace Prize

The Sunfull Internet Peace Movement awarded the Internet Peace Prize to Japanese anti-hate speech citizens network Kawasaki Network of Citizens Against Hate Speech, Thursday. “I am very honored and happy to receive this prize from the Korean organization. I hope our efforts can be more recognized here,” Takao Yamada, director of the Japanese citizens network, said during an i...

Kim Jae-heun | 2018-10-12 17:38

Women's Networking Event at WeWork Gangnam, RASKB lecture on youth volunteer culture at PyeongChang Olympics

Kim Ji-soo | 2018-10-09 17:00

Joseon Images: Korea's earliest female cyclists

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, bicycles became a trendy and popular form of transportation in Korea. The first known bicyclists included an American naval officer named Lieutenant Philip V. Lansdale who visited the capital in the latter part of 1884, but it wasn't until the 1890s that bicycles became a relatively common sight on the streets of Seoul.

Kim Ji-soo | 2018-10-09 15:36

Canadian acoustic punk musician Jenny Woo ready to 'Tear Down Walls' on Korean tour

Singer-songwriter Jenny Woo is currently making her way across East Asia for the first time on her “Tear Down Walls” tour. Having landed in Hong Kong last week, she is now traveling Japan before coming to Korea this weekend for shows in Seoul and Cheonan.

2018-10-09 12:16

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