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Filipinos honored for their courage

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia Three Filipino workers were recently honored by the Philippine Embassy in Seoul for helping rescue a young Korean high school student from being raped, and apprehending the suspect. Jomar Marco, Felix Jumarang and Jayson Ibarra received medals from Philippine Vice-President Jejomar Binay and Ambassador Luis Cruz in a ceremony at the embassy last week. The three men were part of a group of Filipinos who work at a factory in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province. On the evening of May 17, they heard a woman screaming outside the factory gates. When they went outside, they found a woman with a female high school student, in tears and with blood on her cheeks and bruises. ``The woman told us that the student was almost raped. Six of us started running outside to look for the Korean man who tried to rape the student. And we finally caught up with him, not far from where our factory was. The man tried to escape, but we managed to pin him down,’’ Marco told The Korea Times. The woman had called the police station for help, and after 10 minutes, the police

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Train tour to Gangjin Celadon Festival KoRail Tourism Development is offering a special one-night, one-day train tour to the Kangjin Celadon Festival that will also include a visit to a Boseong Green Tea Farm and Yulpo Beach departing from Seoul Station on Friday Aug. 13 at 11 p.m. K4E is putting together a special package for non-Korean speakers with an English speaking guide for the overnight train tour departing at 11 p.m. on Friday and returning the following evening. Group will meet at 10:15 p.m. Friday evening in Yongsan Station on the 3rd Floor ― in front of the children's playroom. The train will also stop at Suwon Station and can pick up people there (as opposed to having to come into Seoul). The cost is 40,000 won and includes the round trip train ticket, all bus tours, locomotive ride, breakfast (Korean-style), admission to the festival and sauna. Not included in the cost are meals (other than breakfast) and travel insurance. For more information contact events@korea4expats.com Screening of 'Food Matters' Tonight, Suji's in Itaewon will scre

Seoul City Improv will present show in memory of Matt Robinson

By John Redmond Contributing writer Seoul City Improv (SCI) will present a special show in memory of former member Matt Robinson who passed away on July 16 following complications of surgery. The comedy group in the style of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” will celebrate three great years of hilarity and fun on Saturday Aug. 21 at Spazio Luce Theater, Itaewon (across from the Rocky Mountain Tavern) commencing 8 p.m. SCI will host a grand, blowout show featuring all the best games and all the best performers, plus prizes for audience members. Games will include crowd favorites, such as What?, Hitchhiker, Small Town and Freeze, plus newer additions, Pillars and Deaf Replay. The group was founded by Margaret Whittum, an American actor/director working in Seoul in July 2007. The first preview show was at the Big Electric Cat in Itaewon. Since then, SCI has hosted nearly 40 shows in Haebangchon, Itaewon and Hongdae. Nearly 50 performers have graced the SCI stage, and scores more have come to participate in rehearsals, which are open to all. This show will be dedic

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Hockey players honor Canadian forces in Korean War

By Charles Fullerton Contributing writer For most ex-pats, for most of the year, the chance to play hockey in Korea is more about holding on to a piece of home in a strange land and being able to meet and share both the game they love and their experiences with a great group of similarly minded people. But once a year the competition really heats up as the Glaciers inter-squad tournament pits friends and co-workers against one another in a tournament established to honor the men and women of the Canadian forces who fought bravely to defend freedom in South Korea during the Korean War (1950-1953). The first hockey game ever played on the peninsula was on the frozen Imjin River near today’s DMZ between Canadian Forces’ Company’s C and D. Then, as now, hockey was on a way to maintain one’s culture, bond and just enjoy oneself no matter how trying the circumstances. The Imjin River Cup, the trophy current Gecko’s players battle for, is inscribed with the following words: The Geckos Glaciers are proud to honor the brave men of C & D Co's who bravely fought battle on the Imjin

Adoptee turns to music in search for birth family

Kim Young-jin Staff reporter They say one must know the past to understand the present. But for Pernille Andersen, a Korean adoptee who grew up and resides in Denmark, abiding by the old adage is not a simple matter. Due to her early circumstances, she isn’t clear on her exact date of birth. And there are discrepancies over the date she was found, abandoned and wrapped in a blue coverlet on a street in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, sometime around August 1972. For Andersen, a musician and teacher now visiting Korea for the second time, the inconsistencies have made her mission to locate her birthparents difficult. But this time around, she plans to employ a different tact: her music. Andersen, a vibrant spirit with a contagious smile, is one of the some 200,000 Korean adoptees sent abroad since the Korean War (1950-53). Many return on homecoming trips to connect with their culture, work or even resettle in Korea. For her, the objective is clear: to try to connect with her birth family. And if she can’t do so through the various agencies that facilitate