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[Cityscapes] Searching for lost jumbo jets in Korea

One of Korea's costliest short-lived fads came about 20 years ago, when old decommissioned airplanes began appearing across the country as restaurants. Like all fads this one was bound to die soon, as the novelty can't replace dining experience quality, and the things are impossible to keep looking clean.

Foreign Communities | 2018-07-10 18:32

International marriage brokers' ads to be banned

The government is set to ban online video advertising of mail order brides that have been under fire for violating the human rights of foreign women. Most of the nation's matchmaking firms broker marriages between Korean men with women from Southeast Asian countries.

Foreign Communities | 2018-07-09 17:26

'Presidential speeches nearly identical, except Moon's'

Elizabeth G. Kraft, a naturalized Korean who worked as an English editor proofreading presidential speeches and served 10 different presidents, wonders why the language presidents use while in office is identical, despite their different speaking styles.

Foreign Communities | 2018-07-04 17:42

Haman police put migrant workers in driver's seat with lessons

Police in the rural coastal city of Haman will launch a month-long driving course for migrant workers to help them understand traffic laws and prevent their possible deportation for breaking them.

Foreign Communities | 2018-07-04 16:45

Real estate investment group, Seoul Shindig in HBC, 5tardium EDM festival, clothing swap, book on 'Korean Gardens'

Foreign Communities | 2018-07-03 21:35

Korean studies scholars lecture on North Korea

Now that the spring semester is finished, university students and professors alike are setting out for vacations. Yet more are coming to Korea, filling their places in lecture halls for summer semester programs at universities here. The Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch (RASKB) is taking advantage of the increase in seasonal visitors by offering an extra busy schedule of lectures and events this month.

Foreign Communities | 2018-07-03 21:34

Spending rainy days with kids in Seoul

Monsoon season has arrived with a wet bang. Raindrops are falling, the windows are covered with water and the galoshes have been taken out of their closet hiding spaces. While the idea of the wet season isn't all that horrid, trying to figure out what to do with kids when it's wet and all they want to do is play outside, run around or just see something different, can be. Her...

Foreign Communities | 2018-07-03 21:33

[Korea Encounters] 'Fighting' over Konglish in the 1960s

In a January 1967 “Thoughts of The Times” column, Michael Daniels, a staff member at Sogang University, wondered “why Koreans use so many Koreanized English words when they have a perfectly good word in their own language that would cover the same situation.” Referring to them as a “corruption of English,” he also noted, “The strange thing about many of them is they often don't have the same meaning as they do in English. Some of them have something like the same meaning, but with a little twist.”

Foreign Communities | 2018-07-03 13:28

Wanted: Seoul Honorary Citizenship for foreigners

Seoul is searching for foreign citizens who have made an outstanding public contribution so the city can acknowledge their work with Seoul Honorary Citizenship.

Foreign Communities | 2018-07-02 16:50

Lightning kills migrant mother in rice paddy

Lightning struck and killed a Thai migrant woman working in a rice paddy during heavy rain in Yeonggwang city.

Foreign Communities | 2018-07-02 16:45

Woman killed as heavy rain hits Korea

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