Global Community
'Who are the Kurds and why don't they have their own country?'
The Kurdish people are not well-known around the world, partly because they don't have their own country.
Jul 21, 2024
Jon Dunbar
Korea Times Copyediting Reporter
Jon Dunbar is a copy editor at The Korea Times, as well as editor of the Foreign Community page and curator of the Korea Times Archive. If you have suggestions for possible articles, or wish to contribute articles yourself, contact jdunbar@koreatimes.co.kr.
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Global Community
What to do if your dog runs away in Korea
While Rob, a British resident of Seoul, was away from home, his landlord paid an unannounced visit to his apartment on July 6, and his dog Luna escaped while the apartment door and front gate were left wide open.
Jul 21, 2024
Global Community
RESTAURANT OF THE WEEK It's always Beer O'Clock in this Sinchon pub
One of the consistently best things about Sinchon for the last 15 years is Beer O'Clock, a foreign-owned sports pub that opened in 2009.
Jul 17, 2024
Opinion
First Koreans to play Glastonbury
Seventeen became the first K-pop act to perform at Glastonbury last month, as reported widely all around the world, from The Guardian and BBC to NME to Rolling Stone, to Times of India and Australian Broadcasting Corp. It's a pretty amazing milestone, way bigger than the time Sultan of the Disco, Jambinai and Choi Go-eun played Glastonbury way back in 2014. Their achievement a full decade earlier received considerably less fanfare.
Jul 15, 2024
Global Community
Area south of Itaewon becomes ghost town as Hannam New Town project pushes forward
The curtains are set to close around a large neighborhood south of central Seoul's Itaewon, the first phase of the Hannam New Town redevelopment project.
Jul 14, 2024
Global Community
In search of Korea's virally popular tissue bread
Sometime in early July, a friend from my hometown shared a video introducing "tissue bread," a mini-loaf of bread in which each of the slices is tissue-thick — that someone had found in Korea.
Jul 13, 2024
Global Community
Zombies come to RAS Korea
The zombie horror genre is decades old, but Korea's take on the living dead is considerably newer and fresher.
Jul 7, 2024
Global Community
RESTAURANT OF THE WEEK Hangry Plate in HBC serves up hearty helpings of comfort food
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.
Jul 3, 2024
Global Community
Lucy Valentine prepares for final Korea show
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.
Jul 1, 2024
Global Community
Wearing shoes inside: NYT article sparks backlash from Korean, Korea-based communities
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.
Jun 29, 2024