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JobSeekr launches job fair for techie expats
JobSeekr launches job fair for techie expats

JobSeekr, an English- and Korean-language job hunting website in Seoul launched last year by two expats, is holding its first job fair and networking event …

The challenge of growing up as a ‘third-culture kid’

As the number of foreigners working in South Korea increases, so too do the number of third-culture kids ― children who spend a significant amount of their …

Korea’s first electricity plant site found in palace
Korea’s first electricity plant site found in palace

The site of Korea’s first electricity plant was found during an archaeological excavation at Gyeongbokgung Palace, the Cultural Heritage Administration said …

Only one way out at ‘Code Escape’
Only one way out at ‘Code Escape’

Imagine being led, blindfolded, down a hall and into a room behind a big wooden door. The door’s lock clicks, and music begins blaring from the speakers. You …

7 world-renowned chefs demonstrate love for food
7 world-renowned chefs demonstrate love for food

Seven internationally renowned star chefs gathered at the JW Marriott Seoul, making for something of a culinary “Avengers” team, to participate in the …

Stories behind Buddhist art
Stories behind Buddhist art

Around 1247, Empress Hampyeong of Goryeo (918-1392) commissioned an artisan known for his skilled silver engraving to inscribe patterns of clouds and lotuses …

Linguistics expert Song appointed head of Korean language institute
Linguistics expert Song appointed head of Korean language institute

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Tuesday that it has appointed professor Song Cheol-eui of Seoul National University’s Department of Korean …

Bae searches for meaning in life in ‘Nowhere To Be Found’
Bae searches for meaning in life in ‘Nowhere To Be Found’

Bae Suah’s fiction gives rise to the underrepresented voice of the young, female working class of South Korea. Her latest novella, “Nowhere to Be Found,” …

[Weekender] Check in to Hotel Korea
[Weekender] Check in to Hotel Korea

Hotels seem to be the best business in Korea to be in right now. Tourism is booming in Korea with a record number of visitors ― of which the Chinese take up …

[Weekender] Korean tradition meets Western hospitality in hanok hotels
[Weekender] Korean tradition meets Western hospitality in hanok hotels

In the heart of Jongno-gu, just east of Gyeongbokgung Palace, lies the quaint hillside neighborhood of Samcheong-dong, well-known for its abundance of chic …

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