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Tue, May 30, 2023 | 20:37

Gov't to launch research department to improve refugee screening

Gov't to launch research department to improve refugee screening

The Ministry of Justice is seeking to launch a new department dedicated to collecting and analyzing data on human rights, security and political situations in crisis-prone countries, in an effort to better ensure fairness and transparency in Korea's refugee-screening process. The ministry has recently announced plans to conduct research into overseas cases in operating Countr...

Lee Hyo-jin | 2022-08-01 08:44

Korea to attract immigrants to depopulated rural areas

Korea to attract immigrants to depopulated rural areas

The government plans to attract immigrants to settle in rural regions that are struggling with severe labor shortages due to a rapidly shrinking population. Earlier this week, the Ministry of Justice announced the launch of the so-called region-specific visa, which will be granted from October this year to foreign nationals seeking to live and work in rural regions designated...

Lee Hyo-jin | 2022-07-28 15:46

Band with unspeakable name brings families closer together

Band with unspeakable name brings families closer together

Sirius Hunter Lee and his bandmates were on the bus heading to a show on June 4, when an elderly man with an ROTC hat saw their guitars and started talking to them. “He was asking us all sorts of questions,” Lee, a metalhead with long, straight, black Korean hair, who wears cowboy boots and a cowboy hat, told The Korea Times.

2022-07-26 16:36

Crazy Multiply offers English subtitles for anti-discrimination film 'Equality Road 1110'

Crazy Multiply offers English subtitles for anti-discrimination film 'Equality Road 1110'

It's been over 15 years since an anti-discrimination law was first proposed in Korea, and the National Assembly has still been unable to do anything about it while the country's most socially marginalized communities continue to suffer.

2022-07-26 00:45

Japanese punk band embarks on cross-country Korean tour

Japanese punk band embarks on cross-country Korean tour

The Korean and Japanese punk scenes are tight with each other, despite the political climate lately, so it's only natural that one of the first overseas bands to tour Korea in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic would be from the nearby island nation.

2022-07-19 14:42

Korea's metal bands stand with Ukraine at upcoming concert

Korea's metal bands stand with Ukraine at upcoming concert

Nikolai Protopopov, a Ukrainian permanent resident of Korea, may not be picking up weapons and fighting for the survival of his country, but that doesn't mean he's sitting quietly by while here in Seoul.

2022-07-19 11:44

[RAS Korea] RAS Korea celebrates 3rd annual essay contest

RAS KoreaRAS Korea celebrates 3rd annual essay contest

The winners of Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) Korea's third annual high school essay contest were presented with their awards at the society's recent Founders' Day celebration on June 11. A large group of RAS Korea members and friends were on hand to greet and congratulate the students and their families.

2022-07-12 20:32

RAS Korea looks back on earliest filmed images of Korea

RAS Korea looks back on earliest filmed images of Korea

Not long after the invention of moving pictures in the late 19th century, Western filmmakers began turning their lenses on other countries, recording their own impressions of foreign cultures and “othering” the people they recorded. The oldest extant video footage shot in Korea dates to May 1901, filmed by American traveler Burton Holmes.

2022-07-05 18:42

[INTERVIEW] 'Long way to go for Korean studies to fully prosper'

INTERVIEW'Long way to go for Korean studies to fully prosper'

HONOLULU - A global boom of Korean pop music, films and TV dramas in recent years has generated worldwide interest in Korea and its culture as a whole. And this has led to an increase in people seeking to pursue an academic career in Korean studies. However, there is still a long way to go to create a sustainable environment nurturing Koreanist scholars, said Baik Tae-ung, he...

Lee Hyo-jin | 2022-07-04 16:38

Forum revisits lives of first-generation of Koreans in Hawaii

Forum revisits lives of first-generation of Koreans in Hawaii

HONOLULU - It was on Jan. 13, 1903, when the first organized group of Koreans arrived on the shores of Honolulu. Numbering slightly over 100, they became the first-generation Korean immigrants in Hawaii. Over the next two-and-a-half years, nearly 7,400 Koreans immigrated to Hawaii in search of a new future, escaping famine and the turbulent political climate in their home cou...

Lee Hyo-jin | 2022-07-02 09:40

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