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'I love how I get paid to have fun': Foreign voice acting in Korea

By Lee Min-young, Kim Kang-minForeign language announcements may be familiar to you if you use public transportation in Korea.In fact, foreign voice overs and narrations can be heard almost everyday whenever you turn on your TV, and everywhere you go around town.Ever wondered who these voices belong to and how they came to be there?Today, we meet Joe Nowell, a voice actor from the U.S. who has been featured on voice recordings for commercials, educational content, movies, and video games for the past six years here in Korea.

Aug 19, 2021By Lee Min-young

'I love how I get paid to have fun': Foreign voice acting in Korea

ESG in Korea: 'Happy employees mean happy business'

By Lee Min-youngESG, or the environmental, social, and governance principles of a company, is one of the main topics being discussed these days in the business world.Europe and the U.S. have been leading the adoption of ESG standards, while businesses in Asia have recently started to jump on the bandwagon.To understand this topic in more depth, The Korea Times invited Jeon YouMe, the managing director of PERSOLKELLY Korea and the group leader for PERSOLKELLY Consulting in the APAC region, for a discussion on how Korean companies are responding to the rapidly evolving business environment in which ESG management practices are becoming the central issue for companies to tackle in order to survive ― both for the firms themselves and for humankind's future generations. Jeon has more than 20 years of experience in consulting for multinational corporations in Korea and Singapore to help them build corporate strategies for market entry, HR solutions, and corporate restructuring.We also invited Elvin Tan, who will join us online from Singapore. He is the Regional Director of PERSOLKELLY and

Aug 6, 2021By Lee Min-young

ESG in Korea: 'Happy employees mean happy business'

How I built a multi-million dollar Turkish kebab empire in Korea: Oh Sinan Ozturk

By Lee Min-young, Kim Kang-minTurkish cuisine ranks among the world's top-three cuisines, along with French and Chinese. Like the country's rich history, the colorful food of Turkey is a mouth-watering amalgamation of countless influences and tastes. Turkish dishes have received an enthusiastic response from Koreans, with many kebab joints and Turkish restaurants popping up across the country over the past two decades. Today, we meet OH Sinan OZTURK, who came to Korea from Turkey in 1997 and ended up building a huge food business empire in Korea with the food of his home country. Kervan Turkish Restaurant Itaewon: 192, Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 04406 South Korea

Aug 5, 2021By Lee Min-young

How I built a multi-million dollar Turkish kebab empire in Korea: Oh Sinan Ozturk

Millennials guessing Gen Z words

Video by Yun Da-beenWe often get confused when we hear social media slang words and abbreviations that young people use but day by day social media acronyms are becoming more normal. It does not mean you've lost your cool if you aren’t sure what Gen Zs are saying, but knowing the meaning behind those social media abbreviations will be helpful to understand the unique culture of the younger generation. So we invited four millennials, both foreigners and Koreans, and asked them to guess the meaning of some Gen Z Korean/English abbreviations.

Jul 31, 2021By Lee Min-young

VIDEO Passion for Indian food: How I run most popular Indian restaurant in Korea

By Lee Min-young, Kim Kang-min India's rich food culture has been widely appreciated around the world. And since the late 90s when Indians began to arrive here as Korean companies started hiring more people from that country, the authentic Indian cuisine they brought with them has gradually grown in popularity among Koreans as well as 2.2 million expatriates living here. The food, which comes with regional variations of style and taste, has been a way for Koreans to understand the traditions and culture of the 12-thousand Indians we are living with. Today, we meet Shanthi Prince, who came to Korea in 2000, and hear her story about how she ended up running one of the most loved Indian restaurants in Korea.

Jul 22, 2021By Lee Min-young

Passion for Indian food: How I run most popular Indian restaurant in Korea [VIDEO]

VIDEO Tasting Koreans' favorite non-alcoholic beverages

Video by Yun Da-beenDid you know that drinking non-alcohlic beverages is a growing trend among young Koreans?It seems like young Koreans are trying to pursue a healthier lifestyle during Covid-19, so we also brought some of the most popular non-alcoholic beverages to find out how they taste like.And did you know that not all non-alcohlic drinks are 100% non-alcoholic? As we taste each one of them, we are going to talk about the trend, how drinks are classified as non-alcoholic, and more.And stay till the end to watch if we passed the blind test!!*Hite Zero, Balwangsan Makgeolli, Sooble Sooble have been provided by beverage companies HiteJinro, Ilwha, and Sooble Sooble.

Jul 15, 2021By Lee Min-young

Tasting Koreans' favorite non-alcoholic beverages [VIDEO]

VIDEO Int'l marriage: What it's like to have Korean husband

Video by Yun Da-beenInternational marriages to Koreans have steadily increased as Koreans have grown more open to transnational relationships. Of course, 'love has no borders' but what makes a foreigner fall in love with a Korean? The Korea Times sat down with three beautiful ladies from the U.S. and Azerbaijan who recently got happily married to a Korean man for a chat about their love life and most importantly, things foreigners should be fully aware of before jumping into a serious relationship with a Korean.

Jul 1, 2021By Lee Min-young

Int'l marriage: What it's like to have Korean husband [VIDEO]

ASIAN STORIES 'Online sex crime? Most difficult topic I've ever dealt with'

To delve deeper into the evolving digital sex crime cases in Korea and across Asia, The Korea Times has been collaborating with four media organizations ― the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, Tempo in Indonesia, and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism and ABS-CBN in the Philippines ― on a special investigation into this issue over the last seven months.After releasing the first joint project on May 29th, although some partners are still working on more stories that will be published over the next couple of months, the Asian reporting team got together for a group video call to talk about difficulties they faced during the investigation, behind-the-scene stories and why they collectively agree that the continuation of collaborative reporting among Asian countries is important.

Jul 1, 2021By Lee Min-young

[ASIAN STORIES] 'Online sex crime? Most difficult topic I've ever dealt with'

VIDEO How a treehouse saved Mr. Mizuno's life

Video by Lee MIn-young, Kim Kang-min, Yun Da-beenArticle by Kwak Yeon-soo GIMJE, North Jeolla Province ― A Japanese man is living his childhood dream in Gimje, a city located about 200 kilometers south of Seoul. In 2009, Mizuno Masayuki, 53, transformed a run-of-the-mill house in the city to resemble one straight out of a fairytale and built a treehouse in his front yard.With his skillful hands and creativity, Masayuki constructed a beautiful treehouse that takes us away from the real world. The small haven he created reflects the owner's youthful imagination and evokes peaceful childhood memories of summer.Full article at: 135_310646.html

Jun 18, 2021By Lee Min-young

How a treehouse saved Mr. Mizuno's life [VIDEO]

VIDEO Korean traditional liquor cocktails that will amaze you

Video by Lee Min-young, Kim Kang-min, Yun Da-been'Jangseng Healthy Bar' located in the Yeongdong traditional market, south of Seoul, is one of the most popular bars in Korea where young Koreans visit to drink special Korean cocktails and take out their phones take pictures of their beautiful cocktail specialties. This bar makes special cocktail drinks using Korean traditional liquor bases and herbal ingredients which is why Mr. Leo Seo, the owner of the Jang Seng Healthy Bar, says with pride, "no matter how many drinks you have, the next day, your head will be clear as the morning dew."Well, not quite sure but if you want to know if that's true, go try out the drinks yourself and share your experience. We invited two guests, both from the U.S., to sample the cocktails that are made with Korean traditional liquor, and tell us what they think. They were surprised by the amazing presentation of these cocktail drinks, but would they also be wowed by their taste?Check out their reactions in the video!

Jun 13, 2021

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