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Tourney to throw hoops for peace

A peace-promoting basketball tournament is to be held in Gwangju on July 7. The event is being hosted by MANNAM Volunteer Association, the largest volunteer association in Korea. The first MANNAM Pe...

Updated : 2012.06.27 20:06

JFNK celebration in Seoul

A fund-raising party to support North Korean defectors will be held in Seoul on July 7. The event at Cafe Gallery Golmok in Itaewon is to run from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The night of live hip-hop, R&B and ...

Updated : 2012.06.27 20:06

Teachers sought for English camp

Volunteers are being sought to help at an English camp for underprivileged kids in mid-July. This year’s Mustard Seed English Camp will be held on July 14-15, with 150 underprivileged kids from all ...

Updated : 2012.06.27 20:06

CLASH cashes in for women’s charity

A charity music event in Seoul has raised more than 1 million won to help victims of sexual violence. CLASH 2.0 held at Hongdae’s Freebird on Saturday collected 1.3 million won ($1,120) for the Nabi...

Updated : 2012.06.27 20:05

KOTRi partners with Adidas

A mountain preservation group has announced a new partnership with Adidas Korea. The company has pledged to help fund Korea On The Rocks Initiative’s work to repair climbing routes on Korean peaks....

Updated : 2012.06.27 20:03

Korea Herald takes youth volunteers to Philippines

Herald Media recently hosted a youth volunteer camp in the Philippines, where South Korean high school students helped plant mangroves. The 2012 Youth Global Volunteer Camp, sponsored by the Philipp...

Updated : 2012.06.27 20:03

Picturing Seoul to send to the world

Global street art project aims to share respect between many nations Hundreds of Seoulites are posing for portraits to join a global street art project for World Peace Day. The Inside Out Project a...

Updated : 2012.06.27 20:02

Jeju residents meet to clean beach

Volunteers gather to clean up a Jeju beach Saturday. (Sara Sokola) Keen divers and snorklers gathered to clean trash from a beach on Jeju Island this weekend. About 10 expat volunteers cleaned the ...

Updated : 2012.06.20 19:54

Volunteers sought for Canada Day

Volunteers are needed to help out on Canada Day in Seoul. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Korea (CanCham) is seeking about 20 passionate Canadians to help it celebrate the event. Assistance is n...

Updated : 2012.06.20 19:54

World Refugee Day marked in Seoul

Participants in the World Refugee Day events in Seoul on Saturday pose for a picture during the celebrations. (Refugee Support Network of Korea) More than 10 refugee rights groups joined up on Satur...

Updated : 2012.06.20 19:54

Shantytown cleanup by expat volunteers

Volunteers are to visit a Korean shantytown this weekend to clear up trash. Mannam International Volunteers will visit Guryong in southern Seoul to clean up trash in the village and near the river on...

Updated : 2012.06.20 19:53

Marathon effort for education

Guatemalan student in Korea is running to help kids back home Kyung Hee University student Bremelin Romero has always seen education as the key to success, and now she’s set to run the Stockholm Ma...

Updated : 2012.06.20 19:52

Musicians in tune for CLASH charity event

More than 15 artists are set to perform at a charity music night in Seoul this Saturday. The “CLASH” event ― with the tagline “Two worlds collide for the greater good” ― aims to bring together...

Updated : 2012.06.20 19:51

‘Lost neutrons may have wandered off to parallel universe’

(123rf) The anomalous disappearance of neutrons may be explained by their mirror particles in a parallel universe, Italian theoretical physicists claimed. Past experiments showed that the loss rate...

Updated : 2012.06.17 11:01

North Korean refugee to share her lifestory

Pukyong National University will host a presentation on Saturday by a North Korean refugee about her life. The presenter, who was a market trader in the North and arrived here recently, will talk ab...

Updated : 2012.06.13 22:12