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Central Seoul's Haebangchon has seen a handful of new restaurants come and go this year, and probably the most welcomed of all of them is Hangry Plate.
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It's always tough loving foreign music acts in Korea, because someone inevitably leaves the country. The local underground music scene's latest casualty is Lucy Valentine, whose lead guitarist and vocalist Jenn is moving back to the United States in a couple weeks.
An interactive article published by the New York Times has Asian American communities as well as residents of Asian countries up in arms. The article, essentially a list of advice from 45 "highly sociable people, from Ivy Getty to Rufus Wainwright," includes two tips advising party hosts not to require guests to remove their footwear before entering their homes.
Every time I drive around Mount Nam's Sowol-gil, I catch a strong aroma of what smells like someone's backyard barbecue back in North America, right before the road into Haebangchon. It took me a while to trace that aroma back to its source: The 100 Food Truck, which is one of my favorite burger joints in Seoul.
A group of foreign residents of Seoul is putting on its own fan edition of the popular British comedy panel game show "Taskmaster" on Friday at the Craic House, an Irish bar in central Seoul's Itaewon.
Pride Month is almost over, but not before seven stand-up comics take to the stage at KYLDN Social Club in central Seoul's Gyeongnidan area this Friday. All seven are women and/or queer, and will be taking the stage on the theme "No Pride, Just Prejudice."
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Korea is celebrating Canada Day early this year, with a party planned for Thursday at the Garden Terrace of the Four Seasons Hotel Seoul.
The San Diego pop punk band Urethane is touring Korea's music venues and one skate park this week. This is the first stop on a Korea-Japan-Hawaii tour for the band. For at least Korea and Japan, Urethane will be joined by Canadian punk band We Outspoken and Stone Leek from Japan.
Canadian punk band We Outspoken is embarking on a tour of Korea and Japan with the U.S. band Urethane and Japanese band Stone Leek.
Philippine Ambassador to Korea Maria Theresa Dizon-De Vega has been appearing in the news a lot lately. From celebrating 75 years of bilateral ties with Korea to urging for fair pay for care workers from the Philippines — as well as making appearances at the Korea Times Forum held earlier this month and last year's Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) Korea Garden Party — she really seems to be everywhere.