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Fri, July 1, 2022 | 04:27
Gyeongnidan burger pub gets fist bump from celeb chef Baek Jong-won
When the restaurant's phone rang, nobody at California Kitchen & Craft Pub expected that on the other end would be a representative of Korean TV's foremost food celebrity, Baek Jong-won. They wanted to feature the restaurant, located in Itaewon's Gyeongnidan area, for an episode of the JTBC show, “Baek Jong-won's National Food: Global Food Edition,” about the history of burge...
Multicultural Community | 2021-08-03 17:40
[Friends of Korea] American woman's 1950s images of Korea
Imagine my curiosity and delight when, out of the blue in late 2015, I received an email from a 'Susan Hanley'…she had found the Friends of Korea website while searching the internet and reached out with a query.
Multicultural Community | 2021-07-27 04:12
[Cityscapes] Gwangju collapse terrifies public temporarily
I'm by no means a demolition expert, but I know what I don't like. And I am constantly alarmed and troubled by what I see around me in urban Korea's “built environment.” Demolition techniques briefly entered mainstream conversation following the collapse of a five-story building on the edge of an urban renewal site in Gwangju, onto an active street, landing on a bus and killi...
Multicultural Community | 2021-07-20 22:25
Photographer's layered Buddhist iconic images find harmony in nature, culture, concrete
Korea's Buddhist temples are a great source for artistic inspiration, but Anjee DiSanto, an American living in Iksan, has been using digital photography techniques to develop a new kind of Buddhist art that matches the contemporary qualities of the temples she visits.
Multicultural Community | 2021-07-20 15:03
Goggas brings Korean comic books and more to English readers
A new bilingual publisher in Korea hopes to share interesting stories with readers in both English and Korean. Goggas, located in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, released for the first time in English, translations of two Korean comic books last month.
Multicultural Community | 2021-07-13 21:26
[Korea Encounters]When Korea's exiled royal family returned home
The 20th century was not kind to Korea's royal family. As Japan asserted control over Korea, Emperor Gojong was forced to abdicate in 1907 and the weak Crown Prince, Sunjong, was placed on the throne instead. Sunjong, by then a mere figurehead, died in 1926 without an heir.
Multicultural Community | 2021-07-06 21:10
Foreign Line
The National Committee on North Korea (NCNK), and East-West Center in Washington are holding the fourth event in their “North Korea in the World” webinar series next week, this time looking at the North's relationship with Syria. The talk will feature Samuel Ramani, a politics and international relations tutor at the University of Oxford. The talk starts late at 1 a.m. on July 15. Visit eastwestcenter.org/Zfw to register.
Politics | 2021-07-06 15:15
Unmarked graves on Canada Day
Canada Day is here again, but this year, many Canadians aren't in the mood for celebrating. Not while the news is still reporting updates on the extent of a genocide within the country's own borders.
2021-06-30 17:03
Online Seoul Drag Parade goes global
Seoul Drag Parade hosted its first free online drag show on Sunday, during this year's Seoul Queer Culture Festival, featuring drag performers from all over the world, including drag queens from “RuPaul's Drag Race.”
Multicultural Community | 2021-06-29 13:52
[Friends of Korea] What if I hadn't served in Peace Corps Korea?
I was a Peace Corps Tuberculosis Control Volunteer in 1980 and 1981, up until the Peace Corps closed its program in Korea after 15 years. Following 10 weeks of language, cultural and job training at the Sejong Hotel in Chuncheon, my wife and I were sent to Hongcheon, Gangwon Province. I was a tuberculosis control worker, and my wife worked in the maternal child health ward of...
Multicultural Community | 2021-06-29 13:40
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