By John Redmond
The Itaewon Global Village Center together with Yongsan-gu Office and Seoul Metropolitan Government will present a Korean Medicine Experience Program in Itaewon, Thursday.
As part of World Health Month, the program aims to provide various opportunities for foreign residents in Seoul to get involved in activities that can lead to better health.
The center will offer various programs related to health including “Korean Medicine” and “Korean Oriental Medicine.”
The “Korean Medicine Experience Program” will give participants an opportunity to learn about Korean medicine and experience acupuncture, chuna spinal manipulation and herbal tea.
Host doctor, Dr. Raimund Royer from Austria, is the first foreign doctor in the field of Korean Oriental medicine.
In the “Korean Oriental Medicine” session, attendees will learn of two kinds of medical therapy. One is modern medical science called “Yangbang,” and the other is the Korean medical tradition called “Hanbang.”
Similar to other Asian therapies, Hanbang utilizes natural components to cure the human body. Instead of removing or curing bad parts of the body, it tries to strengthen related organs and help the body itself overcome disease.
Due to space and time limitations, acupuncture and chuna spinal manipulation trials will be done by lucky draw only.
World Health Day is celebrated annually April 7 to mark the anniversary of the 1948 founding of the World Health Organization.
Each year the United Nations selects a theme to highlight a priority in public health.
The session is from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and is free.
To register, email
or sign up in person at the center. Pre-registration required.
To get to the center, leave exit 2 of Itaewon Station, walk straight for 200 meters, and look for the Hannam Building that has a 7-Eleven on the first floor. The center is on the fifth floor of that building.
For more information, visit global.seoul.go.kr/itaewon or call (02) 2199-8883/4.