Listed in the Michelin Guide Korea, Sung Sim Dang is a successful bakery cafe based in Daejeon, a major city of Korea. Usually crowded with customers, some from other cities, who wait in lines for the bakery’s bestseller to come out. Fried soboro, which has been the bakery’s best-selling item for 30
Lee Geum-ja is a 63-year old woman born with dwarfism, who stands at 102cm tall and 32kg. For the past ten years, Lee has been collects discarded paper cups and milk packets, and selling them to raise money for helping the needy and paying scholarships to students from low-income families. "As you c
K-Pop star IU is recognized and adored both in Korea and around the world for her incredible singing ability and cute personality. But IU’s positive traits do not end there, as she is also known to regularly donate to help those less fortunate than herself. Earlier this month, child welfare agency C
The Choi family of Gyeongju is known for having many admirable ancestors, but arguably, chief among them is Choi Guk-seon. In the mid-1600s Choi’s father who accumulated a large amount of wealth through land development, allowing him to enter the upper classes. However, following his father’s death,
When he was in middle school, Kim Wan-hyeok watched as other boys in his class practiced break dancing for a festival performance. Wishing he could join in, but too shy and timid to ask, he began to copy their dance moves by himself at home. Unfortunately, aged twenty-four Kim was in a motorbike acc
Every Thursday at 6pm, in a comedy club just off Exit 7 of Hongik University Station in Seoul, ordinary people gather to participate in an open mic. Among these, one of the most popular is Han Gi-myeong, a 25 year-old who introduces himself proudly as ‘Korea’s first disabled stand-up comedian’. Unas
Park Joo-min is a former human rights lawyer who was known for representing the most disadvantaged in society. Most famous of these was his representation of the bereaved families of the victims of the horrific Sewol ferry disaster in April 2014, seeking to uncover the truth behind what led to the d
A welfare center helping single mothers and their children to become economically and socially independent has recently become the center of a ‘donation battle’ by players of online game ‘Soul Worker’. Throughout the whole of last year, the center received 2.42 million won in donations, yet after ju
South Korean President Moon Jae-in recently visited Kyeongdong Elementary School in Seoul to spend a day talking to day-care teachers concerning new social care policies, as well as sharing tasty snacks with the small children. As far as many were concerned, the simple story ended there without inci
For the past four years, a mystery donor has been leaving large amounts of money outside the Wonju Fire Station. The latest, a generous 4.59 million won (~$4,200) came in a box covered with kind comments like “Thank you firefighters, as always. Be careful not to catch a cold.” This comes on top of 2
Actor Park Hae-jin has donated 20,000 trees and began a tree planting project with his fans in China to try and help combat the growing issue of air pollution caused by fine dust, which often blows over to South Korea. For his efforts he became the first Korean to recieve honorary Chinese citizenshi
For many foreigners coming to Seoul, one of the main things they notice is the distinct lack of large natural spaces, replaced instead by a jungle of concrete towers, roads, and sidewalks. Therefore, it may be shocking to discover there are a large number of beehives hidden on rooftops across the ci
