The Korea Herald

Medical professionals sought to help expats

The Medical Referral Service is looking for English-speaking medical professionals to help with their health information service for foreigners.English speaking assistants provide information and recommendations on medical facilities and services on the 24-hour phone line. The MRS team strives to provide quality medical information by regularly visiting medical facilities that offer medical servic

July 6, 2011

Rights and globalization lecture in Seoul

A British expert is to give a talk in Korea on human rights.Dr. Darren O’Byrne is to give the lecture on “Human Rights in the Age of Globalization” at the British Council in Seoul on Monday. The principal lecturer in Sociology and Human Rights at Roehampton University, London, O’Byrne has authored core texts on human rights from a social science perspective. He often speaks on human rights issues

July 6, 2011

Rights and globalization lecture in Seoul

Fashion-forward help for African kids

Models show off designs to raise cash for African children at the National Assembly on Tuesday. (IDP)A fashion show was held Tuesday at the National Assembly to help children in Africa. The event organized with Development Partnership International was to give money raised to charity UNICEF. Korean designer Chang Kwang-ho made around 20 new outfits especially for the charity show. He said he hoped

July 6, 2011

Animal rights charities welcome crackdown on cruelty

Animal rights charities have welcomed a legal crackdown on animal cruelty, but say the revised laws must go further to end the practice. People harming animals in Korea may face up to one year in jail or a maximum fine of 10 million won ($9,400) from next year. Currently, the heaviest penalty is a fine of 5 million won.The Korean Animal Welfare Association welcomed a string of revisions to the ani

July 6, 2011

Koreans to show solidarity for Malaysian campaign

Berish Campaign Logo. (Berish 2.0)Pro-democracy campaigners in Korea are to push for free and fair Malaysian elections this weekend.A show of solidarity for people in Kuala Lumpur is to be held in Seoul on Saturday, as part of the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Berish) campaign calling for an end to dirty politics in the country. Amnesty International has published a press release on the

July 6, 2011

Koreans to show solidarity for Malaysian campaign

Charity chief calls for restart of N.K. talks

Red Cross president says incentives for North could facilitate family reunion dialogueThe Korean Red Cross is calling for an immediate restart to talks with its North Korean branch on reuniting more families torn apart by the countries’ divide. President of the Korean Red Cross Yoo Chong-ha emphasized that contact with the humanitarian agency’s counterpart in the North was “a matter of great urgen

July 6, 2011

Charity chief calls for restart of N.K. talks

Musicians sought for volunteer positions

Musically-minded volunteers are being sought to help teach orphans how to play a variety of instruments.The Camarata Music Company Outreach Volunteers is looking for more participants to help in its program to teach orphanage children how to play music, and about music in general. Helpers do not need to be an expert in an instrument, just able to play it and commit to teaching once or twice a week

June 29, 2011

Volleyball fund-raiser to help Seoul’s homeless

A volleyball day along the Han River is to raise cash for homeless people in Seoul. Games will be played on Sunday, July 10 from 3-7 p.m. costing 15,000 won per player to enter. The event will be held on the river about a 10 minutes’ walk from Sincheon Station, near Jamsil.The event, organized by PLUR, is to generate funds to buy rice and other essentials for the soup kitchen supported by the grou

June 29, 2011

Volleyball fund-raiser to help Seoul’s homeless

Volunteers wanted for international youth festival

Voluntary participants are being sought for Korea’s only International Youth Festival. The 11th Yeosu International Youth Festival is to be held from July 25-31. The five day cultural exchange will see 350 youths from here and abroad join under the theme of “Youths Moving Islands Towards the Future.” Participants must be aged between 15 and 24. The event is being organized by the Seoul Youth Facto

June 29, 2011

Volunteers join to clean Korea’s coastline

A beach cleanup saw native English teachers and Korean volunteers join together to help preserve the Busan coastline on Saturday. Four members of the Association for Teachers of English in Korea joined more than twenty Korean members of the Rainbow Volunteers to clean the rocky Igidae beach. ATEK plans to help with beach cleanups every second and fourth Saturday of the month for the entire summer,

June 29, 2011

Volunteers join to clean Korea’s coastline

Island charity keeps raising cash in expat dad’s name

English teacher Nathan Furey only lived in Korea for four years, but in that short time the Canadian built a life and family here.He married his wife Hyo-Jung not long after arriving to teach on Jeju island in 2005, and the couple had two boys together.Though he quickly embraced life in Korea, he was not destined to be here long. On March 13, 2009, Nathan passed away suddenly, leaving his young fa

June 29, 2011

Island charity keeps raising cash in expat dad’s name

Parents seek funds for lifesaving op

Little Hannah Warren waiting on groundbreaking windpipe transplant surgeryHannah Warren is approaching her first birthday, but her parents are yet to take her home from Seoul National University Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. Hannah Warren was born with no windpipe and is waiting for a groundbreaking transplant to save her life by helping her to breathe on her own. She was born in Goyang

June 29, 2011

Michael Jackson art auctioned for orphans

A Michael Jackson tribute night is to raise money for a Korean orphanage for disabled kids. A painting of the legend often hailed the King of Pop will be auctioned to raise cash for Angel House’s 50 disabled residents at the 3rd Annual MJ Tribute at Club Genie in Seoul’s Itaewon district. Michael Jackson T-shirts will also be sold to raise funds at the event to run from 10:30 p.m. this Friday, whi

June 22, 2011

Group to host healthy-living event

The event will give people the chance to eat Korean ssam and learn easy physical exercises to get healthy ahead of the upcoming hottest summer season.Ssam is a Korean dish where rice and condiments are wrapped in lettuce, cabbage, sesame leaves, or other greens. The greens are organically grown by members of Environment Justice. The non-profit organization is holding the event on Monday, July 4 in

June 22, 2011

Autistic kids are artists for drawing contest

People look at winning pictures from the Europe-Korea Foundation’s Autistic Children’s Drawing Contest in Seoul. (EFK)A drawing contest and art exhibition for autistic children has been held in Seoul. The event was organized by The Europe-Korea Foundation, the charity arm of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea. The event was held on Saturday at Ssamzie-gil in Insa-dong to raise awarene

June 22, 2011

Autistic kids are artists for drawing contest

Charity Volleyball Festival in Ulsan

A one-day Beach Volleyball festival is to be held in Korea on July 30. The event aiming to attract 100 teams from across Korea is to be held at Ilsan Beach in Ulsan’s Bangojin area. The event organized by T-hope Korea and Ulsan International Volunteer Center aims to raise cash for various charities.The group Teachers Helping Other People Everywhere is a volunteer charity events organization. Entry

June 22, 2011

Sharing by shopping project launched at N Seoul Tower

Shoppers have been given a new way to give to charity while buying some of their favorite brands. Seven companies have joined forces to promote the giving “N Mark” brand. Companies SBS, CJ N City (N Seoul Tower), Korea Smart Card, Lotte Tourism, Yoon’s English, WithPharm and Yegadeun have all pledged to give a percentage of the sale price of items bearing the mark to charity. The Ministry of Healt

June 22, 2011

Ringing changes for Korean bell gifted to U.S.

Korean culture lovers in America are campaigning to restore a traditional bell to its former glory. The Korean Friendship Bell has been a much-loved local landmark since being presented to the district of San Pedro in Los Angeles, California 35 years ago as a bicentennial gift to the United States. But now people in the port district of the city fear the bell is falling into disrepair. The 17-ton

June 22, 2011

Ringing changes for Korean bell gifted to U.S.

Charity leaders help Korea give more

Country needs robust sharing culture to tackle growing welfare needsCharity leaders from here and the U.S. have called for a more structured, transparent and incentive-driven charity sector for Korea. Experts from America joined Korean social welfare leaders to call for a rethinking of the country’s philanthropic culture at the 1st International Conference on Sharing held in Seoul last week.Brian

June 22, 2011

Korean IT experts to volunteer abroad

A volunteer program is sending Korean IT experts to help educate communities around the world. Supported by the National Information Society Agency, the Korea Internet Volunteer program is to send teams of four Korean IT experts to provide free training in various countries for one month between July and August. The program has sent more than 3,400 volunteers to 68 countries in Asia, Europe, Latin

June 15, 2011