A network promoting human rights across Asia is asking young people to fill out an online survey. The Asia Pacific Youth Network wants people in Korea and other countries in the region to answer questions on youth activism by Aug. 12. Every 100th respondent will also be given a small prize. In just three years, the group has grown from 20 youth activists to a network which has taken almost 30,000

July 28, 2011

A U.K. expert is to coach Korean students on social enterprise next week. Social entrepreneur Clifford Southcombe is to visit Seoul from Aug. 1-4 to train students taking part in Social Venture Competition Asia.A founder of his country’s social enterprise movement, Southcombe will also give a lecture at Sookmyung Women’s University on Monday. Southcombe managed one of the U.K.’s first successful c

July 28, 2011

A cycling challenge is to be held in Chuncheon on Sept. 17. Keen cyclists can choose between taking part in a six- or 12-hour course in the Gangwon Province countryside. Riders for the six-hour course should meet at Chuncheon Station at 9 a.m. on the day for a 10 a.m. start. The route is on quiet country roads and includes a climb to the top of Soyang Dam.Participants for the 12-hour course should

Expat Living July 26, 2011

Making kindness contagious in SeoulA group of benevolent strangers is seeking donations for a pay-it-forward project in Korea. Seoul Giving Club is to hold a giveaway next month. Organizers are inviting people to make financial donations to the club’s biggest pay-it-forward event to date. The movement aims to spread goodwill by performing small acts of kindness and encouraging the recipients to do

July 21, 2011

Expats who are longer-term residents in Korea are being sought to take part in Seoul Global Center’s Neighbors From Afar Program. The project seeks people from different countries to commit to take one or two classes a month where they will introduce their country to Korean kids. A Korean volunteer will accompany the foreigner during the hour and a half classes during which they can introduce thei

July 20, 2011

Volunteers will help out at an orphanage for disabled children on Saturday, Aug. 6. The group will meet inside Yeonsinnae Subway Station near Exit 3 at 1:30 p.m. before going to the Angel House children’s home by bus.Once there, the expats will cook food for the children before eating with the residents. They will also help with washing and cleaning as well as playing with the children there.Each

July 20, 2011

A British animal welfare expert is to talk at an animal welfare training session in Gwangju. People taking part in the session will learn about preventing animal abuse from an expert from the U.K.’s Royal Society for the Protection of Animals. RSPCA Head of External Affairs Paul Littlefair will talk about the animal welfare situation in the U.K. in terms of promoting and evaluating protection meas

July 20, 2011

Kirsty Taylor An art historian is seeking donations to fund a digital photo book of North Korean art. An academic delegation is to travel to North Korea this August. The group of students and professors from around the world is to meet North Korean academics and visit some of the isolated country’s important cultural sites. They will visit landmarks often promoted to visitors by the Pyongyang gove

July 20, 2011