St. Patrick’s Day Festivals in Seoul have attracted north of 10,000 revelers in recent years, and this year’s celebration at Sindorim D-Cube on March 16 looks to top that.
Organized by the Irish Association of Korea, the 2013 St. Patrick’s Day festival will provide music, dancing and the opportunity to celebrate Ireland’s most unique cultural event from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Innovation, talent and education collide in an upcoming collaboration between activist adoptees and a center for alternative culture in Seoul. Designed as a unique skills-sharing workshop, the event is being held to showcase the wealth of talent among adoptees from various cultural backgrounds living in Seoul and lend financial support to Adoptee Solidarity Korea (ASK), in partnership with Haja Center. While many fundraisers have found success proffering food and drink, this one is modeled trade school and skill-sharing concepts that have taken root in the United States.
Girl Scouting is about much more than just selling cookies. Participation in Girl Scouts lays a foundation for girls to grow up and take charge of their futures by developing their courage, character and confidence to be agents of change. Girl Scouts practice and learn, through troop and individual activities, to make their communities and the world a better place.
A fun, guilt-free alternative to ditching your dog for a vacation is catching on.
A Gangnam dog café has several options to suit any dog owner’s needs. Caffe Pawz offers a very large and clean café with a full espresso bar and organic and homemade dog treats. There is also a groom shop, hotel, spa and an obedience school. The friendly English-speaking staff is available to help out with everything from giving your pup a bath to simply giving you advice on how to handle difficult behavioral issues.
This monthly column is going to chronicle the many preparations involved in moving my family back to Canada. The endeavour involves a massive number of things, including getting an immigrant visa for my wife (she’s Korean), getting my kid’s English skills up to par, and ensuring we have translations of all relevant documents (birth certificates, immunizations etc.). After two years of planning to move to Ottawa, we eventually decided to move to Toronto, instead.
To improve societal integration and alleviate economic disparity, the central government from March extended free daycare subsidies to all multicultural families, regardless of income level.
Eamonn Ashe, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, and his Korean wife are one of at least 167,000 multicultural families that are eligible for the free daycare initiative.
On the way home, he noticed that she would suddenly turn very quiet. Only minutes earlier, in the company of friends, she had been the most outgoing of the bunch.
James and Jennifer Klipper returned to Korea with their daughter Zoe when she was 8 months old and have lived here ever since. Zoe turned six in March, “though she insists she’s seven. That age thing is still confusing,” said Jennifer.
BUSAN -- One fine Sunday afternoon when my daughter was a few months old, I found myself wandering through the electronics department of Emart. Fascinated by the singing of a 10-year-old girl, I paused to listen. She sang in nearly perfect tune with Kenny Rogers, the greatest singer-songwriter of the 1980s. Listening to that girl sing in perfect harmony, I occasionally batted away the hand of a curious ajumma, eager to touch the milky white skin of my child.
