The Seoul metropolitan government said Sunday it will operate an inter-city bus connecting major tourist attractions in South Korea starting this week to provide visitors a chance to explore the many hidden treasures in the country.The "K-travel Bus" exclusively serves foreign tourists, residents and students who want to travel outside the capital city, to boost travel to smaller cities and rural areas, a municipal official said. The initial two-day tours will run till the end of the year.This p

June 5, 2017

Broadcasting from a studio above a punk club in Mullae, Seoul, Migrant World TV has been making media for a decade. And more recently, this migrants’ TV station has also been offering training to foreign residents to help them make their own programs and take more control over programming.Migrant World TV started out as Migrant Workers TV during a strike by migrant workers in Myeong-dong in 2005.People learn how to present radio broadcasts at the Migrant World TV Academy (MWTV)“At the time they

May 31, 2017

Korean author Bae Suah, the writer behind “Nowhere to be Found” and “Recitation,” will be discussing her latest works at the Seoul Book and Culture Club on June 10. The event, which will allow fans to get books signed, will be hosted by Sookmyung Women’s University English instructor Barry Welsh. It will include Korean interpretation and invite questions from the audience. Bae is one of the most highly acclaimed contemporary authors in Korea, having won both the Hanguk Ilbo and Tongseo literary

May 31, 2017

Seoul City has released an updated guide on living in Korea for multicultural families. “Hanultari Living Guide for Multicultural Families” aims to minimize the difficulties experienced by multicultural families living in Seoul due to a lack of information or cultural gaps, the city said.It includes basic information relevant to foreign residents, as well as information about programs and policies for them, and relevant support organizations for multicultural families and foreign residents.The b

May 31, 2017

Two one-act plays by local expat playwrights take to the Seoul stage from Saturday, in a project that sees Seoul Players show off their writing as well as their stage talents. The two plays have their share of laughs, but will leave audiences something to contemplate, said co-producer Kim Schroeder. “Rent, Boy” (Robert Michael Evans)The first, “Rent, Boy” by Raymond C. Salcedo, is a comedy of errors and unpaid debts centered on youth and bad behavior.“It‘s a wonderful journey. It’s kind of a dra

May 17, 2017

Cities across South Korea will be hosting multicultural events as part of the Justice Ministry’s Together Day festival. Together Day, in its 10th year, comprises of events taking place over around 10 days, the first of which was a talent contest for foreign students at Soongsil University. Last year’s Global Gathering in Busan (BFIA)Among the biggest events is Busan’s Global Gathering on Sunday, run by the Busan Foundation for International Activities. The gathering predates Together Day, but is

May 17, 2017

Michael Breen will talk about his new book “The New Koreans” at an event in Seoul this Saturday.The book follows up his 1997 book “The Koreans,” a guide to the cultural landscape of modern Korea. Initially intended simply as a new edition, so much has changed that the update grew into a book of its own right.In his foreword, Breen said he had, at the time of his previous book, expected a unified Korea by this point -- a “third miracle” after those of economic development and democratization.Inst

May 17, 2017

First dates weren’t always about Tinder swipes and photo-approved introductions. Blind dates used to be just that -- meetings with someone without knowing what they looked like.Changwon Community Theatre is going back to that time with “Looking,” Norm Foster’s tale of singles looking for love as they approach middle age. Two of them meet for a date in a bar via a newspaper personal ad. Nicole Heker, Ifoma Genevieve Rothblatt, Jordan Schauer and Brendan Thompson will appear in Norm Foster’s “Look

May 17, 2017

Migrant workers gathered to mark the annual May Day labor demonstrations in front of the Bosingak Bell in central Seoul. But they did so a day early, as most of the workers did not get May 1 off.“Unfortunately because we are migrant workers, we are not able to participate on May 1 and we have to come out a day earlier,” said Shekh Al Mamun of the Seoul-Gyeonggi-Incheon Migrants’ Trade Union“Here in Korea, we migrant workers are at the very bottom of the ladder. We are contributing to the economy

May 3, 2017

The New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Korea will begin its annual New Zealand Wine Festival later this month, with events planned for Seoul and Busan.New Zealand is now the 10th-largest wine exporter to Korea, due in part to the free trade agreement between the two countries that eliminated a 15 percent tariff on wine in December 2015.Guests attend last year’s New Zealand Wine Festival in Seoul. (Kiwi Chamber)“New Zealand wine exports increased 31 percent during the first full year of the Korea

May 3, 2017

Bad things happen when the powerful allow swift passion to rule over considered advice — innocents die and friends turn to foes across kingdoms. Amid real-world presidential problematics in Korea and beyond, Seoul Shakespeare Company’s portrayal of the disastrous effects of a king’s rash action in spite of the facts seems cuttingly apt in this year’s production of “The Winter’s Tale.”Jamie Horan plays Leontes’ emotional journey from envy to guilt in Seoul Shakespeare Company’s “The Winter’s Tale

May 3, 2017