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Foreign students get taste of traditional life in promo campaign

Nine foreign students at Chonbuk National University will enjoy a month's stay at Hanok Village in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, where traditional Korean-style houses are preserved, as part of a promotional campaign.

Foreign Communities | 2019-01-17 16:15

Facebook shuts down 'OinK - Only in Korea' group

One of the largest Korea-based online communities disappeared from the internet around 1 p.m. last Wednesday. According to its founder Travis Hull and moderators, Facebook deleted the 28,000-member group “OinK - Only in Korea” without warning or explanation.

Foreign Communities | 2019-01-15 17:26

Reading Korean literature in the era of the Korean novelist

Forty years ago, during my first sojourn in Korea, I read Kim Eun-kook's now well-known novels. “The Martyred,” his first, was written in English, and later translated into several languages. He was one of the first Korea-born writers of note and helped introduce modern fiction by and about Korean topics to the world. Kim was the first Asian writer to be nominated for the Nob...

Foreign Communities | 2019-01-15 17:12

Foreign wage earners required to file tax returns: gov't

South Korea's tax agency said Tuesday that all foreign wage earners must file their year-end 2018 tax settlement by the end of next month, regardless of their nationality or length of stay.

Foreign Communities | 2019-01-15 16:57

American documents Jeju's Shamanic traditions

Last October, Jeju Island's most beloved Shamanic shrine tree with a 400-year-history fell due to high typhoon winds, and Joey Rositano found himself mourning the loss with the people in the nearby Waheul village. The tree was an intangible cultural treasure familiar to many on the island and served as the village's spiritual center. It is shrines like this that Rositano has ...

Foreign Communities | 2019-01-15 11:05

Camarata Brahms, Seoul Players Movies in 10

Foreign Communities | 2019-01-15 00:08

Some Asian nations feel betrayed by Korea for close ties with Vietnam

South Korea's New Southern Policy, aimed at boosting ties with ASEAN nations, is backfiring because it is focused on Vietnam at the expense of the other nine members, Hankook Ilbo reported Thursday from Hanoi. The Korean newspaper, the sister paper of The Korea Times, quoted an ASEAN source as saying: “Korea is preoccupied with Vietnam.

Foreign Communities | 2019-01-11 16:45

17 foreign guides escort visitors at national history museum

The National Museum of Korean Contemporary History said Friday the guides started working early this month. They are from 18 countries and were recruited through a contest of Korean language and culture the museum hosted last year.

Foreign Communities | 2019-01-11 15:44

[Joseon Images] Korean gisaeng in the American press

In the past, some Koreans believed the most beautiful women in the world were born in Pyongyang. Unsurprisingly, the most famous school for gisaeng (female entertainers) was located there. Annually, about 200 young teenage girls were chosen and educated for three years in the fine arts of entertainment - singing, dancing and how to play traditional musical instruments.

Foreign Communities | 2019-01-08 19:57

Researcher reveals 'post-American landscapes' in USFK military redeployment

It's hard to build a full geographical understanding of the Korean Peninsula, due mainly to divisions caused by the Cold War. This includes not just the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, but also urban military sites across Korea inaccessible to the general public.

Foreign Communities | 2019-01-08 18:25

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