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Fri, September 22, 2023 | 20:35
Korean hardcore punk band the Geeks reunites
This newspaper has published a high amount of articles about Korea's underground music scene, and it may seem frivolous to many readers. Some of the articles maybe are. But the return of the Geeks, Korea's first youth-crew hardcore band and the first in the local music scene to tour internationally should be a big deal.
Multicultural Community | 2023-06-21 14:21
Seoul Culture Club to offer performing arts in 8 languages
A performing arts festival, titled Seoul Culture Club, is coming to downtown Seoul, featuring short performances by artists of diverse cultural backgrounds and languages who currently live in Korea.
Multicultural Community | 2023-06-20 00:08
Haebangchon, Seoul's most diverse neighborhood, faces uncertain future
Once the sun goes down and city lights start to go on, it becomes apparent how few lights are on behind the windows of apartments lining Sinheung-ro, the main road running through central Seoul's Haebangchon (HBC) neighborhood. Gentrification is hitting this area, and many of its residents are worried.
Multicultural Community | 2023-06-18 20:58
[LIFE'S OLLE TRAILS 3] Carrying a grandma through Yaksu Station
I was very hesitant to publish this anecdote, because I don't want to seem like a self-aggrandizing clown. But without context, it's difficult to understand what, exactly, the Olle Trail can help us rediscover.
Multicultural Community | 2023-06-17 01:06
[KOREA ENCOUNTERS] Blaming victims of 1974 go-go club fire
On Aug. 5, 1972, a fire swept through the Daewang Corner building near northeastern Seoul's Cheongnyangni Station, killing six people and injuring over 80 more. The eight-story building housed “a department store, several restaurants, a bank branch, offices, apartments, a hotel, a private educational institute and a theater,” so when the fire broke out on the first floor, som...
Multicultural Community | 2023-06-16 19:25
French, Kiwi rugby champs to visit Seoul for charity dinner
The Seoul Charity Rugby Dinner is back in time for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. The charity event, held once every four years, lands on June 16, a few months ahead of this year's hotly contested rugby tournament, which takes place in France from Sept. 8 to Oct. 28.
Multicultural Community | 2023-06-13 11:44
Octopoulpe returns to Korea's shores
After years of wandering the earth, the hideous beast known as Octopoulpe returns to the shores of Korea, the land where it was conceived. Octopoulpe is the creation of JP, a Frenchman who lived in Korea for several years in the 2010s. He created the one-man band Octopoulpe playing music like math rock and hardcore punk.
Multicultural Community | 2023-06-13 11:44
Punk festival finally returns to Incheon's Hanagae Beach
After four long years, the punk music festival IT'S A FEST! (IAF) is finally returning to Hanagae Beach on Incheon's Muui Island, not far off from Incheon International Airport. “After the success of the first IAF in 2019, I never would have guessed that we'd have to wait four years to do it again,” Jeff Moses, co-organizer of the festival and lead singer of punk band …Whatev...
Multicultural Community | 2023-06-11 17:56
[LIFE'S OLLE TRAILS 2] Fighting agrarian anxiety attacks on Jeju's paths
It was May 2021. Six months had passed since I moved to Jeju. Cut off from my friends in Seoul, the gravitas of the COVID-19 pandemic sank in. After the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots and the murder of George Floyd, it felt like the world was collapsing.
Multicultural Community | 2023-06-10 10:34
Punk band from Korea's most conservative city prepares for Pride Month tour
Daegu punk band Drinking Boys and Girls Choir (DBGC) is coming to Seoul this Saturday, the first date on their two-city Pride Month tour this month. There's something different about DBGC, following their latest lineup change. They've had members come and go before, but this is the first time the three-member band is all-female. But they brushed off the suggestion that they h...
Multicultural Community | 2023-06-07 18:06
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