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Youth football team for multicultural kids to be establ...
Sep 08, 2010
A youth football team for multicultural children will be established for the first time in Korea. The Ansan Hallelujah Football Club will launch an inauguration ceremony for the M (multicultural)-kids Football Class at the city’s Wa Stadium on Wednesday Sept. 15. The city of An...

Seoul lends a hand to Africa
Sep 07, 2010
Seoul City, UN Foundation agree to send mosquito nets for malaria prevention One African family can be helped with just one mosquito net worth about $10. Therefore, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has set out to donate insecticidal mosquito nets to Africa, where as many as 3,0...

In Seoul, will it be Korean cuisine or ethnic?
Sep 06, 2010
The number of foreign residents in the heart of Seoul has surged over the past ten years. With this trend has come a growing selection of foreign cuisines.The foreign population in the city expanded to total 255,749 as of 2009, almost a four-fold jump from the total of 61,920 reg...

Seongam incineration plant to convert all domestic wast...
Sep 06, 2010
By April 2012, Seongam Domestic Waste Incineration Plant will be capable of incinerating all domestic waste. The steam energy generated during the incineration process will be supplied to local industrial facilities. The City of Ulsan launched ‘Seongam Domestic Waste Incin...

Selection of ticket design for Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea
Sep 06, 2010
The Organizing Committee for Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea said on August 18 that it selected two second prize winners and five honorable mention prize winners from among the artworks that were submitted to the Expo ticket design contest. The contest was conducted for 60 days from May 1....

A centennial history of Korea through posters
Sep 06, 2010
An exhibition to show the history of Korea through commercial posters is being held at Dongdaemun History and Culture Park in Seoul until Sept. 13th.Visitors will be able to enjoy about 140 pieces, ranging from a portrait of Emperor Gojong from the early 1300s, to a poster from 2...

Nanoomi brings the blogospheres together
Sep 03, 2010
Both Koreans and non-Koreans living in Korea have been blogging a long time, but until recently, both groups were talking past each other. Like ships in the night, both resident foreigners and Koreans would blog about the same issues, but with little to know communication between...

3rd edition of English/Korean labor law guide released
Sep 03, 2010
"A 30-year-old American man signed a contract that included three weeks temporary teaching with B English School in Korea. After three weeks, the school fired him, stating, "He doesn't have enough teaching skill to teach TESOL." The school also stated that he agreed to his dismis...

K-pop going global
Sep 03, 2010
K-pop (Korean pop music) has not only conquered the charts in Korea, but also many of the nations in Asia. Korean girl bands can not only challenge the Japanese groups, but even make their official debuts on Japanese soil. Other groups have signed contracts with major record...

Bicycle slides to be installed on Busan Metro Station s...
Sep 02, 2010
For the convenience of bicycle riders using the Busan Metro, a bicycle slide will be installed on the steps of Metro stations on Line 3.    Busan Transportation Corporation plans to install a bicycle slide at 16 Metro stations on Line 3 by September 29, 2010 through ...