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FINDING THE SCENE 4 Live music venues all around Korea
This is the fourth part in a series intended to raise awareness of Korea's elusive live music scene and help more people find it.
Jun 16, 2024
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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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Nostimo offers Seoul's most authentic Greek cuisine
The cuisine of Greece isn't well-known in Korea, nor are there many Greek restaurants here. The ones that do exist tend to either serve inauthentic, extra-sweetened versions of Mediterranean street food that appeal to Korean tastes, or they make every effort to be as authentic as possible with the ingredients available.
Jun 12, 2024
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The Hechyeomoyeo presents over 250 artists at Insa-dong's KOTE
The Hechyeomoyeo, a group exhibition series of artists — Korean and foreign, local and overseas — is returning for the sixth time, this time presenting the works of more than 250 individual artists at KOTE in downtown Seoul's Insa-dong.
Jun 10, 2024
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Peace Corps volunteers donate Korean art collection worth $250,000
An American couple who came to Korea in 1969 to work as Peace Corps volunteers have donated the art they collected during their six years here. The 140 items donated last year were valued at a quarter of a million dollars, they said.
Jun 4, 2024
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Jeju Island hosts Gaelic football tournament
Jeju Island recently hosted the 25th North Asian Gaelic Games (NAGGs), gathering 174 Gaelic football players on 14 teams across Korea, China and Taiwan.
Jun 2, 2024
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Bruce Fulton to give book talk on Korean short stories
Bruce Fulton, editor of "The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories," will give a book talk at the Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) Korea next Tuesday.
May 30, 2024
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End is nigh for Busan's Goths on the Beach
If you're a goth and like feeling depressed, have I got good news for you: The Busan band Goths on the Beach (GOTB) is coming to an end, as the two lead figures of the band are moving away.
May 28, 2024
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US hardcore band Stick To Your Guns comes to Korea
Jesse Barnett, hardcore frontman, has already performed in Korea once before, but that honor doesn't belong to the Orange County-based hardcore band Stick To Your Guns — that honor belongs to an obscure band named Down for the Sound, which only played one show ever back in 2019.
May 28, 2024
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Daejeon performance artists to stage play on being 'irredeemable'
An upcoming theatrical performance in Daejeon has people asking, "What is this?"
May 27, 2024
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US author urges against summarizing Korea
There’s no denying it: Colin Marshall’s new book is a big hit. The Korean press has praised it. Sales are strong. Interview requests keep coming. The book is in Korean, a project by a publisher that wants to bring foreign perspectives to Korean-reading audiences’ attention. This particular “foreign perspective” having succeeded, it’s worth a look.
May 26, 2024