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Tue, January 31, 2023 | 13:33

'It's not easy to live in Korea as foreigners'

'It's not easy to live in Korea as foreigners'

Merita, an Iranian national working at a Korean company here, has been in Korea for 10 years. Although she speaks Korean quite well and has adapted to Korean culture, she feels she is still regarded as an outsider. “Being fluent in Korean helps me to be closer, but at some point it stops, and I have never been close or intimate with Koreans,” she told The Korea Times. “Korean...

2021-05-30 12:23

20% of foreigners overstaying their visas amid pandemic

Local governments creating support programs to manage foreign national residents

Local governments creating support programs to manage foreign national residents

Amidst an increase in the population of residents with foreign nationalities across rural areas and small towns of Korea, some local governments are providing various support programs for foreign national residents in a bid to prevent them from being excluded from Korean society, as well as to enable the government to be more closely in touch with their lives and whereabouts....

2021-05-27 13:16

Irish Catholic priest honored as 'Immigrant of the Year'

Irish Catholic priest honored as 'Immigrant of the Year'

Father Daniel Brendan O'Keeffe, formation programme director of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban in Korea, was honored as the “Immigrant of the Year,” recognized for his over 40 years of dedication to supporting marginalized people in the Korean society. The 70-year-old Catholic priest from Ireland was awarded with a presidential citation at an award ceremony organize...

2021-05-27 07:50

[Korea Encounters] Trying to save a gov't from a coup in 1961

Korea EncountersTrying to save a gov't from a coup in 1961

At 3 a.m. on May 16, 1961, tanks and trucks carrying around 4,000 marines and soldiers began rolling into Seoul. Other than some military police on the Hangang Bridge, no one opposed them, and by 5 a.m. key buildings had been secured and KBS was broadcasting their message to the country.

2021-05-25 17:46

Big Day South audiovisual festival revives in Daegu

Big Day South audiovisual festival revives in Daegu

Big Day South (BDS), a somewhat nomadic festival spotlighting musicians and artists in locales far south of Seoul, is back after taking last year off, this time coming to Daegu. “The easiest reason [for why it's in Daegu] is that it's where I'm living right now, and where I have some great people who are willing to work together,” said Philip Brett, an Irish expat who cofound...

2021-05-25 17:41

[RAS Korea] Ganghwa Island: Cultural heritage spot, defender of Seoul

RAS KoreaGanghwa Island: Cultural heritage spot, defender of Seoul

Northwest of Seoul, Ganghwa Island occupies a strategic place in the Han River estuary. For centuries, the island has been a haven for the royals of both the Goryeo and Joseon kingdoms, to which they would retreat in times of war. A Goryeo palace was built in the 1200s, where the king lived in self-exile for several decades. In modern times, Ganghwa Island has been an idyllic...

2021-05-18 20:57

Farewell Peter Bartholomew, defender of Korea's heritage

Farewell Peter Bartholomew, defender of Korea's heritage

Sometime in the middle of the night of May 11 or 12, Peter Bartholomew's 53-year-long sojourn in Korea ended with his sudden, unexpected death. Known for his passionate defense of traditional Korean houses, or hanok, his deep appreciation for Korean history and culture, his relationship with Korea's royal family and his business success, he often appeared on television, in ne...

2021-05-18 15:48

[Friends of Korea] Witnessing Gwangju's 1980 democratic uprising

Friends of KoreaWitnessing Gwangju's 1980 democratic uprising

May 18, 1980, started like most Sundays with the peal of church bells dominating the clucks of thousands of chickens enriching my village with their prolific egg production. As with four other of my Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) colleagues who ended up in Gwangju during the May 18 democratic uprising (referred to as 5.18), the quiet start to the day did not prepare me for the u...

2021-05-18 09:10

Politicians see parallels to Gwangju in Myanmar uprising

Activists demand removal of ex-President Chun's monument in Incheon

Moon recalls 1980 Gwangju uprising, hopes for breakthrough in Myanmar

North Korean propaganda website calls 1980 pro-democracy movement 'historic event' in anti-fascism movement

New Toastmasters club goes online

New Toastmasters club goes online

Toastmasters International, founded almost a century ago in 1924, has 364,000 dues-paying members in over 16,200 clubs in 145 countries. There are over 70 Toastmasters clubs already in Korea, offering get-togethers on various days of the week in locales across the country in a variety of languages, including Korean, Chinese and English. There are also bilingual clubs and even...

2021-05-11 19:00

Tokki Soju opens restaurant in Ryse Hotel

Tokki Soju opens restaurant in Ryse Hotel

Ever wondered how well Korean soju pairs with Italian cuisine? Find out at the newly launched Tokki Bar located in Ryse, a trendy hotel near Hongik University in western Seoul. What started out as a onetime invitation for the first American distiller of traditional Korean liquor to participate in Ryse's Sunday Rooftop Party last October, has now become an entire bar on the fo...

2021-05-05 10:35

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