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International Spring Festival at Seoul Dwight International School

On May 13, International Spring Festival was held at Seoul Dwight International School. As the festival started at 10 am, the people started gathering. Until 11 am most of the crowd were students, however, as the time progressed, huge crowd of about 300 persons including parents, teachers and people related to the festival could be observed.                     Inside view of the sports ground in the school      Photo: Seoul Global Center   On this occasions such as World food festival, many traditional games, airbounce and outdoor games were also organized in the school premises and it could be easily participated only by visiting the tents. The parents spent quality time with the children and it was amazing to see them enjoying food of different countries during the lunch.                ...

국제 봄 페어, 서울드와이트 외국인학교에서 열려

 5 월 13 일 토요일 , 서울드와이트 외국인학교에서 국제 봄 페어 가 다채롭게 열렸다 . 국제 봄페어는 10 시에 시작되자 점점 사람들이 붐비기 시작했다 . 오전 11 시까지는 학생들이 대부분이었지만 , 11 시 되서는 외국인 선생님 , 학부모 , 관계자들까지 방문하여 약 300 명 정도로 많아졌다 .  이 날 세계음식문화축제와 함께 다양한 전통놀이 , 에어바운스 , 아웃도르 게임과 유익한 체험이 준비되어 있었기에 각 체험부스를 누구나 참여할 수 있었다 . 학부모들은 학생들과 놀이체험하고 , 점심시간에는 세계의 다양한 음식을 즐기는 모습이 매우 활기차보였다 .                                      그린피스 담당자는 자연보호의 뜻을 전달하고 있다 . < 사진제공 = 서울글로벌센터 > 아이들은 지구온난화의 극복을 위해 활동하고 있는 Greenpeace 부스를 방문하여 자연보호에 관심을 보이기도 했다 . 또 프리마켓의 제품을 꼼꼼히 보는 아이들도 있었다 . 하지만 무엇보다도 음식문화축제에는 호주 , 인도 , 터키 , 프랑스 , 파키스탄 , 한국 , 네덜란드 , 캐나다 , 필리핀 , 태국 , 이탈리아 , 일본 등을 포함한 약 15 개국의 신선한 음식이 준비되어 있어 , 학부와 아이들에게 제일 인기가 높았다 .   이외에 쥬스 코너 , 어학원 , 옷 , 점보댄스와 치과 같은 분야를 광고하는 목적으로 온 부스도 있었고 서울글로벌센터에서 무료로 제기 만들기 체험은 많은 각광을 얻었다 . 특히 어린아이들과 초등학생들은 제기 만드는 것에 큰 관심을 가졌다 . 제기 체험을 여러번 한 아이는 , " 이런 체험이 매우 재미있다 . 선물도 받을 수 있어서 아주 좋다 " 라고 하며 , 함께 참석한 부모도...

Appointment Ceremony for the 6th Seoul Quality of Life Monitors at Seoul City Hall

The appointment ceremony and orientation for the 6 th Seoul Living Monitors 2017 was held at Seoul City Hall on 18 th of March 2017. It was the second orientation in a row after the first orientation held on Feb. 27. Monitors consist of 80 members in total, 70 foreign residents from 33 different countries in Asia, Africa, Europe etc., and 10 translators from Korea.                                             Photo Courtesy: Multicultural division, Seoul Metropolitan Government       According to the multiculturalism division of Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul Living Monitors Program has started with the vision to seek areas where foreign residents in Seoul face difficulties, to study successful policies of other countries and to propose plans...

Foreign residents can also apply for job-seeking program by Korean Job Center

Job Center of the Korean Ministry of Employment and Labor offers many programs to support Koreans seeking jobs. Currently, there is no separate program for foreign residents. However, foreign residents with visas such as F-2, F-4, F-5 and F6 are eligible to receive the counseling from Employment team of the Job center.                                                                                    [Photo: Entrance gate of Employment Team located on the  5th floor of                    ...

Launching Panel of Foreign Customers for the first time in Korean Financial arena

On April 12, Kookmin Bank (KB) launched panel for foreign customers in the financial world for the first time in order to understand the financial needs of foreigners and to develop and provide new services for them. The first panel consists of 12 panelists from different nationalities. Some of them are Counselors and Correspondents from Seoul Global Center. These panelists would speak for foreign customers in Korea.                                                                              [Yun Jong Gyu, President of Kookmin Bank (eigth from the left) and Kim Nam Il, representative of Kookmin Bank minor enterprises   group( second from the left) and panelists/Photo:Kookmin Bank]   ...