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Perspective | Immigrants have long used community crowdfunding. How does it work? The keh is just one version of immigrant small-business owners turning to microfinance amid an absence of conventional options.

A song praising North’s leader Kim Jong Un is a surprise viral hit The South Korean government has banned a music video praising North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The video has been a surprising global hit, going viral on TikTok and other platforms.

Understanding South Korea, a success story with a dark side We select five books and a film to help you understand the country

another intereting event...May 13th

May 13: June Hur discusses her new novel and writing YA fiction based on lives and stories from Korean history in conversation with Ellen Oh.

To save her sister, a teen girl becomes entangled in a political conspiracy with an enigmatic prince in the fiery new YA novel A Crane Among Wolves, based on a true story from Korean history.

Sign up for the live webcast: https://koreasociety.org/arts-culture/item/1824-june-hur-a-crane-among-wolves-with-ellen-oh

Author Photo © Julie Anna Tang

If you are in the DC area, this looks like a great film series....

Tales of Cinema: The World of Hong Sangsoo - National Museum of Asian Art This May and June, enjoy the films of the prolific and endlessly inventive Hong Sangsoo, Korea’s reigning art house auteur for nearly three decades.

Thursday, April 25, 2024, 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. EDT
Hybrid
- Location: Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
- Online: Zoom

Wagner Special Lecture
"America's Longest War: Korea"

Bruce Cumings, Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of History and the College, University of Chicago

Chaired by Carter Eckert, Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History, Harvard University and Sun Joo Kim, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History, Harvard University

**To attend this online event, please register here**
https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtceisrzsqHNT0eWL1euAVvXLJpY9vioZ6 #/registration

**For more information, please visit here**
https://korea.fas.harvard.edu/event/americas-longest-war-korea

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Changing Culture in Korea...https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/world/asia/south-korea-insooni-singer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.e00.vER9.bxhCjAoyP-mq&smid=url-share

Time to brush up on your Korean language skills?

📣 Mark your calendars: Registration for Spring Korean Language Classes opens March 11!

Running April 8 to June 22, this term offers nine levels of study ranging from Beginning Korean I to Advanced topic-based classes, as well as conversation courses at all levels for greater speaking practice.

Visit the link below for full details on in-person and online classes, as well as our supplemental activities like Hangeul Help and K-Chat!

열심히 공부하자~ 💪

🔗 https://koreasociety.org/education/online-language

For those in the DC area…Feb 29

interesting talk...tomorrow.

Our Winter 2024 Colloquium Series is kicking off tomorrow, 2/13 @ 4PM, with Professor Sang-Seok Yoon's talk titled "Social Meanings of Korean Honorifics Beyond Politeness Markers."
Professor Sang-Seok Yoon, Assistant Professor at the Department of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures at University of Iowa, is one of the authors of the Integrated Korean Textbook series, which stands as the most widely used Korean textbook in the U.S.

Join us in person at Weiser Hall 1010 or on webinar by registering here https://myumi.ch/x7Wem

Guess this was just a matter of time....

Myeong-dong street food to go cashless Starting in April, visitors to Myeong-dong, the busiest shopping district in Seoul, will be able to pay street food vendors using credit cards.

새해 복 많이 받으세요.

Happy new year to all…welcome to the Year of the Dragon

For those in the DMV area….might be worth checking out

A new Korean coffee shop is drawing long lines in Ballston | ARLnow.com A new Korean-based coffee shop quietly opened its first U.S. outpost in the Ballston neighborhood last month. A new Korean-based coffee shop quietly opened its first U.S. outpost in the Ballston neighborhood...

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Studying abroad in Korea in spring 2024? Apply now for our Undergraduate Study Abroad Travel Grant! ✈️💰

For some the high cost of travel to and from Korea can present a burden and personal funding for travel within the country can be nonexistent. This travel grant has been created to ensure a wide range of undergraduate students have the opportunity to study and live in South Korea. Recipients of this grant will be awarded:

* Travel grant of up to $2,500 USD awarded directly to the student
* Upon returning to the U.S., an opportunity to participate in a panel discussion offered by the Society with other grantees to share insights on the value of studying abroad in the Republic of Korea

⏰ Deadline: January 22, 2024

Learn more & find out how you can apply: https://koreasociety.org/education/travel-abroad

Thanks to David Miller for finding this….now start your planning!

Historic Number of Korean Restaurants Awarded Michelin Stars in the US The Michelin Guide awarded a historic number of stars to Korean restaurants in the US this year with the addition of 3 new restaurants.

새해 복 많이 받으세요.

Happy new year to all

Not a good sign….

Sales of pet strollers surpass baby strollers on Gmarket for first time In yet another sign of Korea’s falling birthrate, sales of pet strollers have exceeded those of baby strollers for the first time this year, according to Gmarket, an e-commerce platform operator.

Lee Sun-kyun, ‘Parasite’ Actor, Dies at 48 Mr. Lee, a familiar face on Korean television and movie screens, rose to international fame after starring in the Oscar-winning film.