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European K-pop fans fervent, but underserved

Logistics, uncertain ticket demand make European tours a gamble for K-pop acts

May 17, 2018
Expat Living
Multicultural celebrations to mark Together Day

Events across the country will be held to celebrate the expat population as part of Together Day. Officially falling on May 20, Together Day was introduced as a nationally observed celebration in 20...

May 17, 2018
Expat Living
Biannual music festival to return to Haebangchon

HBC fest is to return to the bars pubs and cafes of Haebangchon in Seoul next week for a weekend of live music. The festival runs biannually in spring and autumn, bringing together solo acts and liv...

May 17, 2018
Expat Living
‘Wizard of Oz’ to be staged in Seoul

Camarata Music Company will stage the musical version of “The Wizard of Oz” starting next week. Filled with famous songs, the story follows Dorothy as she tries to find her way home from a magical l...

May 17, 2018
Expat Living
Seoul Global Center to co-host startup demo day

Seoul Global Center is running a demo day for new expat-run startups, as well as offering incubation offices to fledgling companies. A Big Think is a demo day for expats with tech-related business i...

May 17, 2018
Expat Living
From Faust to ‘Flashdance,’ Daegu musical fest to run the gamut

Czech musical “Mephisto” will headline the annual Daegu International Musical Festival this year, which this time features a lineup of 24 musicals from around the world. The 12th DIMF will be held f...

May 17, 2018
Culture
Christian leaders seek reformation for future

Christian leaders from around the world gathered in Seoul to talk about the future of Christianity. The Christian Leaders Fellowship held a press conference at Korea Press Center in the city on May ...

May 17, 2018
People
[Video] Feeling every bit of pollack roe, altang

Altang’s name describes pretty much everything about the dish. Al refers to egg, tang means soup. It’s a soup of fish roe, and a lot of them. The soup is filled with white small sausage-looking crea...

May 17, 2018
Food
Busan supports foreigners’ startups

South Korea’s second-largest city Busan will support foreign entrepreneurs, seeking to grow into a global startup hub similar to Silicon Valley of the US. The Busan Metropolitan City Government and ...

May 17, 2018
Expat Living
[Photo News] Temples don resplendent colors for upcoming ‘Buddha’s Birthday‘

Buddhist temples in Korea were seen adorned with countless colorful lanterns on Wednesday, in preparation for the countdown to the Buddha’s Birthday early next week. The Buddhist belief says lantern...

May 17, 2018
Culture
Famed hanbok designer Lee Young-hee dies at 82

Hanbok designer Lee Young-hee, who helped popularize Korean traditional attire across the world, died of complications from pneumonia Thursday, her family said. Her daughter Lee Jung-woo, also a des...

May 17, 2018
People
Government apologizes for blacklists, vows changes

Following last week’s report on two past administrations’ blacklisting of cultural figures, the Culture Ministry on Wednesday issued the Moon Jae-in administration’s first official apology over the m...

May 16, 2018
Culture
[Video] Polyglots, businesswomen among winners of 10th Miss SuperTalent pageant

(Video shot and produced by Lim Jeong-yeo/The Korea Herald) Twenty-seven contestants from across the world took part in this year’s April-May edition of Miss SuperTalent, held in Seoul. Aspiring mo...

May 15, 2018
People
‘Rose Day’ brings attention to symbolic meaning of rose colors, bouquet size

Flowers have been a symbolic agent for the expression of love through time and space. For Koreans who have attributed special meanings to the 14th day of each month, May presents “Rose Day,” when lo...

May 14, 2018
Culture
[Eye Plus] Ever-changing liberation village HBC

Up the long escalators from the depths of Noksapyeong Station, along the barbed wire-topped walls of the aged US Yongsan Garrison and left at the kimchi pots; HBC unfolds from beneath the gaze of Nam...

May 11, 2018
Culture

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