Wasteupso, a community-based zero-waste grocery store, is running a pop-up Zero-Waste Tea Party this Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Kew & Leaves near Nodeul Station on Seoul Metro Line 9.
“We're having a party!” organizers said in an online invitation. “A tea party in fact complete with delicious handmade teas, vegan desserts, flowers and more!”
The event includes a tea-tasting and -blending class offered in Korean and English, desserts provided by two vegan bakeries, handcrafted ceramics for sale, zero-waste flower bouquets, the Wasteupso Zero-Waste Shop and a raffle giving away prizes from participating businesses.
Ten percent of profits made from the pop-up shop will be donated to a Korea-based nonprofit organization, to be announced soon.
Registration is recommended for the tea class. Visit fb.com/wasteupso or contact wasteupso@gmail.com for more information.
The number of Koreans remembering the 1910-45 Japanese occupation of Korea may be on the decline. Ahn Young-ok, born in Shanghai on Dec. 29, 1932, has vivid memories of that era and his father's activities with the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, formed in China.
Ahn will share his experiences, including living in North Korea from 1944 to 1946 before fleeing south, his contributions to the 1950-53 Korean War and time spent in the U.S., for the Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch (RASKB) next Tuesday.
As a firsthand witness to several pivotal moments in Korea's modern history, he will share some of the lesser-known facts about the creation of modern-day Korea.
Ahn lectured last year on his role in the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) during the Park Chung-hee era and his own significant contribution to Korea's “Miracle on the Han River.”
The lecture will be held May 14 at 7:30 p.m. on the second-floor lounge of Somerset Palace in downtown Seoul. All are welcome; non-members pay 10,000 won and students pay 5,000 won. Visit raskb.com for more information.