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Mon, September 25, 2023 | 05:19

'Death Punk Disco' band 18Fevers to infect UK

'Death Punk Disco' band 18Fevers to infect UK

COVID-19 is fading into the background, but is the world ready for 18Fevers? The Seoul-based band is about to embark on its first U.K. tour, where it will play four shows at Rebellion Festival in Blackpool alongside Rumkicks, its “sister band,” shortly after releasing its latest album, “Death Punk Disco.”

2023-07-25 14:41

[RAS KOREA] An American farmboy in 1970s Korea

RAS KOREAAn American farmboy in 1970s Korea

I arrived in Korea at the tender age of 19, a time in most young people's lives when they believe themselves impervious to disease, death and other calamities. Korea in the mid-1970s was a land on the cusp of an economic explosion, but it hadn't happened yet.

2023-07-23 00:53

Inuit art travels from Nunavut to Gwangju, Seoul

Inuit art travels from Nunavut to Gwangju, Seoul

Art from around the world was displayed at the 14th Gwangju Biennale, which ended its 94-day run earlier this month. Of the nine national pavilions, the Canada Pavilion was a little different. It displayed 90 artworks from 32 Inuit artists, products of the West Baffin Art Collective in Kinngait (Cape Dorset) in Canada's northern territory of Nunavut.

2023-07-22 21:26

Inadequacy of adoption records management criticized during Assembly forum

Inadequacy of adoption records management criticized during Assembly forum

Tensions between international adoptees and Korean officials erupted last Monday during a forum held at the National Assembly Library addressing the management of national adoption records. After experts gave their recommendations on the country's handling of over seven decades of birth and adoption documents, 15 minutes remained for members of the audience to voice concerns ...

2023-07-22 13:41

Korea-US streetwear brand brings together all that's black, metal, cute

If you catch him at one of his stands, streetwear entrepreneur Matthew Gamble may introduce himself as Guksu, a Korean word for noodles. Just take a look at his designs, and you'll see why.

2023-07-19 13:52

[TEMPLE ADVENTURES] Rare close-up access to Seokguram Grotto

TEMPLE ADVENTURESRare close-up access to Seokguram Grotto

A line had already formed when I first arrived, snaking its way out towards the concrete stairs at the entry. The sliding metal fence was removed at 6:10 a.m. sharp, and the families that initially formed the ever-expanding line went bounding down the dirt trail led by their children. At the end of this mountainous trail, and up a set of uneven stairs, is the nearly indisting...

2023-07-19 13:49

Tierpark plans final Korea tour before going on hiatus again

Tierpark plans final Korea tour before going on hiatus again

The four-member “dreamgaze” band Tierpark has two final shows in Seoul this weekend and Busan next weekend, before two of its core members move away.

2023-07-18 18:05

Street artist behind 'We.Seoul'd.U' artwork comes forward after 5 years

Street artist behind 'We.Seoul'd.U' artwork comes forward after 5 years

Former U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met for the first time on June 12, 2018, in Singapore. The next morning, grotesque versions of their faces appeared on a cinder block wall in central Seoul's Haebangchon (HBC) neighborhood, at the southern end of Sinheung-ro over the iconic kimchi pots that mark the alley. Above the two faces was stenciled...

2023-07-16 13:19

[PINNACLE'S ITAEWON] Itaewon Global Village Center marks 15th anniversary

PINNACLE'S ITAEWONItaewon Global Village Center marks 15th anniversary

The Itaewon Global Village Center (Itaewon GVC), a vital resource for foreigners residing in Korea, has been diligently serving the international community since its establishment on July 14, 2008, having just passed its 15th anniversary. With a mission to facilitate foreigners' adjustment to life in Korea, the center has become an indispensable hub of support and guidance.

2023-07-16 05:11

[LIFE'S OLLE TRAILS 6] Discovering deer carcasses at the tea museum

LIFE'S OLLE TRAILS 6Discovering deer carcasses at the tea museum

The deeper I went into the woods, the more dissatisfied I became with some of the negative patterns I had picked up in Seoul. This became very clear at work. In February 2022, I decided to limit my relationship with the teaching environments of Jeju Island and Daechi-dong, where students compete so viciously for university admissions they compare their lives to “SKY Castle.”

2023-07-15 13:18

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