Itaewon-Hannam Global Village Center’s next monthly activity class for Korean and expat children will take place at Jong Ie Nara Paper Art Museum, on March 17. Children who participate will be given a tour of the exhibition halls of the museum and take part in a book art class. This class will provide an opportunity for expat and Korean children to mingle, as well as gain an insight into Korea’...

Like any police force, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency depends on communicating with the public to do its job. The community SMPA now serves has never been more diverse in terms of language or culture, posing new challenges for communication between citizens and police. SMPA established the Foreign Affairs Advisory Committee last June to help dialogue between expatriates and the police. Ei...

The Seoul Global Center is taking applications for its business start-up school. The course is free and will run from March 21 until April 5, on weekday evenings excepting Wednesdays, near City Hall. There are a total of 20 hours of classes, covering tax and legal matters, finance, intellectual property and other items necessary for starting up a business. The course accepts a maximum of 25 peo...

The National Pension Service has said it will increase the number of languages in which it provides customer services. The NPS recruited people from China and Taiwan to provide services in a variety of Chinese dialects. They plan to expand services soon to include Indonesian, Sinhala and Tamil, and offer 15 different language options on their official website. The site currently has short guide...

Seoul Metropolitan Government is carrying out its educational environment survey of expats. The survey consists of a short questionnaire, which can be downloaded from the Seoul Global Center website. The survey aims to identify the problems expats experience with their children’s education, and find ways to address them. Survey responses must be returned by 6 p.m. on March 2. To download the ...

Seoul Metropolitan government will hold the ground-breaking ceremony for Digital Media City’s international school on Monday, March 7. Construction of the 29.2 billion won ($25.9 million) five-story school building in Sangam-dong, Seoul, is expected to be completed by August 2011. The DMC international school will be one of the international branches of private academy Dwight School, which was ...

Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages will hold its annual conference on March 26, with a focus on helping English teachers enhance their teaching using technology. Workshops at the conference will discuss how to use technology in English education, including using software skills to create classroom materials, using social network sites and blogs to enhance teaching, and crea...

Speakeasy magazine and cultural project is accepting poetry, fiction, non-fiction and visual art submissions for its March/April issue on the theme “Plan B.” Submissions should be sent to submit@speakeasyseoul.com by March 4. All work should have some relation however distant to the issue’s theme. Speakeasy is a cultural project and magazine which, according to its website, “strives to encourag...

Seoul-based director Blake E. Bolan will be staging her production of “The Ravagers” this Saturday and Sunday. Based on “The Suppliants” by Aeschylus, the play features around 20 actors exploring themes of manipulation, control, dissent and humanity. The material was generated through workshops in both Korea and Minneapolis, with the U.S. version being staged there in fall 2011. Held at Bar Ca...

Seoul International Women’s Association is holding its annual charity gala on March 12. The gala will have a rock ‘n’ roll theme, with a 1950s-themed dress code. The night will include cocktails, an open bar, buffet dinner, live music and dancing. The highlight of the night will be the charity silent auction, with items including 5-star hotel package vouchers, round-trip flight tickets to Europ...

Seoul Global is Center is hosting a series of orientation seminars for international students who are about to enroll at 12 Seoul colleges this spring semester. The seminars across five universities and two days will provide information on living in Seoul, covering topics such as getting a cell phone and driving license, banking, public transport and medical services. Alan Timblick, Head of Se...