The Korea Herald

Kang Dong-suk to perform hope concerts

Violinist Kang Dong-suk is to be accompanied by the Shanghai Oriental Symphony Orchestra to perform in four cities in Korea to raise funds for children. The performances are to support a center for children from low income families. Kang Dong-suk’s Hope Concert will be staged from Sunday to Wednesday. This is the twelfth year the concerts have been held in conjunction with the international relief organization Korea Food for the Hungry International and GSK with the goal of brightening the futur

Oct. 26, 2011

Hiking for mountain school

Mountain Child is holding a fund-raising hike at Suwon’s Gwanggyosan on Saturday. Supporters will pay 25,000 won for the chance to hike together to support the charity’s first school in the Himalayas as part of its “5 for 5” hiking campaign.“The school opened this year and is already full of student

Oct. 20, 2011

Warm hearts sought to help homeless

A group assisting homeless people in Seoul is seeking volunteers and donations to help prepare rough-sleepers for the winter. Members and friends of Jamon’s Rock City Church have been going out on Sunday evenings for the past three weeks to speak to and offer help to homeless people and sex workers

Oct. 20, 2011

‘Trick or treat’ for North Korean refugees

Handmade soaps are to be sold at a Halloween event in Seoul to raise funds for refugees. Boogasari’s “trick or treat” music night special will see soaps made by North Korean defectors sold on the door for 5,000 won per bar, with proceeds going to the makers as part of the Soap for Hope project. The

Oct. 19, 2011

Chance to share with Korean ‘comfort women’

Guests help make mandu with halmoni at the House of Sharing on a previous visit. (House of Sharing)A tour of the House of Sharing is to be held on Sunday. The center in Gwangju, just outside of Seoul, houses the world’s first human rights museum devoted to the theme of sexual slavery, telling the st

Oct. 19, 2011

Chance to share with Korean ‘comfort women’

Warm hearts sought to help homeless

A group assisting homeless people in Seoul is seeking volunteers and donations to help prepare rough-sleepers for the winter. Members and friends of Jamon’s Rock City Church have been going out on Sunday evenings for the past three weeks to speak to and offer help to homeless people and sex workers

Oct. 19, 2011

Chance to share with Korean ‘comfort women’

A tour of the House of Sharing is to be held on Sunday. The center in Gwangju, just outside of Seoul, houses the world’s first human rights museum devoted to the theme of sexual slavery, telling the story of the Korean “comfort women” who suffered at the hands of the Japanese military during the Asi

Oct. 19, 2011

‘Trick or treat’ for N.K. refugees

Handmade soaps are to be sold at a Halloween event in Seoul to raise funds for refugees. Boogasari’s “trick or treat” music night special will see soaps made by North Korean defectors sold on the door for 5,000 won per bar, with proceeds going to the makers as part of the Soap for Hope project. The

Oct. 19, 2011

Give extra cash for Korean orphans

A group helping young adult Korean orphans is seeking donations on GlobalGiving Bonus day, which runs until 2 p.m. Thursday. Any cash given to Korean Kids and Orphanage Outreach Mission between 2 p.m. Wednesday and 1 p.m. Thursday will be upped by 30 percent on the GlobalGiving site. The fund-raisin

Oct. 19, 2011

Music fest gets down to business for Korean kids

The 2011 Sejong-Syracuse Global MBA Student Association.A charity music festival on Peppero Day will raise cash to fund villages helping orphaned children in South Korea. Sejong University graduate MBA students from more than 20 countries are organizing the concert to raise funds and awareness of SO

Oct. 19, 2011

Music fest gets down to business for Korean kids

Daegu dog walk seeks volunteers

The Korean Animal Protection Society is to hold a dog walk in Daegu on Sunday, Nov. 6. Participants will meet at Daemyoung Dog Shelter near Daemyoung Subway Station Exit 4 at 2:30 p.m. before walking their new furry friends around the lake at Dyuru Park. “In Korea, we rarely get big dogs so most of

Oct. 19, 2011

Bra auction for breast cancer support

Bras for a Cause logoA night of music, belly dancing, comedy and burlesque topped off with a novelty bra auction is set to raise cash for the Korea Breast Cancer Foundation. The event will be held from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22 at Dillinger’s Bar in Itaewon, Seoul. Belly dancers Eshe, Na

Oct. 12, 2011

Spooky dance video to fight cancer

A Halloween-themed afternoon is to raise funds to fight cancer in Korea. Donating 10,000 won to attend the “Cancer Sucks” charity event will give participants the chance to don a set of vampire teeth and feature in a dance video to generate cash for the Korean Cancer Society. More than 1 million won

Oct. 12, 2011

Donations help Korean bell toll again in U.S.

A traditional Korean bell gifted to America has been rung for the first time since a fund-raising effort started to save the cultural relic.The Korean Friendship Bell at the Angels Gate Park in San Pedro, California was rung on its 35th anniversary on Saturday, following recent restoration work paid

Oct. 12, 2011

Donations help Korean bell toll again in U.S.

Opening door for broken children

Therapy centers help heal abused kids through music, art and natureMany of the children Hwang Chum-gon helps have been beaten until their bones broke, or starved until they took to the streets in search of food. But Rev. Hwang has made it his life’s work to help Korea’s neglected kids, who are hungr

Oct. 12, 2011

Helping to heal

Expats in Korea have also been helping improve Open Door’s facilities for some of the country’s neediest kids. A play therapy room was opened at Open Door’s newly extended Yangpyeong center this week thanks to the British Association of Seoul’s 70 million won ($59,000) donation to the charity in 201

Oct. 12, 2011

Walk with disabled people in Seoul

Volunteers are being invited to help Yongsan Center for the Disabled accompany its clients on a walk in Ichon, Seoul, on Oct. 29. The walking event will give disabled people using the center the chance to enjoy Han River Park from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. that Saturday. Lunch will be provided to volunteers

Oct. 12, 2011

International bazaar to attract 2,000 people

The Seoul International Women’s Association’s diplomatic bazaar is to be held on Tuesday, Nov. 15, kicking off the organization’s 50th anniversary. The event is the largest international fund-raising event in Seoul with more than 40 embassies joining women’s clubs, welfare organizations and vendors

Oct. 12, 2011

Korea can lead way to a more Human Asia

Rights group Human Asia may only have been campaigning here for under six years, but the small Korean NGO aims to have a big impact on the region. The organization which raises awareness on human rights across Asia has set out on an ambitious mission to establish a regional human rights protection m

Oct. 12, 2011

Drive to help women in Busan

A donation drive to gather goods for people living at women’s shelters in Busan is going on throughout October. The last drive in May collected more than 50 boxes of toiletries and 230,000 won, which was used to buy food and more useful items. ATEK Volunteer group reported that Saegil Women’s Shelte

Oct. 5, 2011