It was an unusual evening gathering in Seoul’s Gangdong-gu. Several nuns met up with a Korean investment banker, some foreign professionals and English teachers to spend four hours outside a mall at a busy teenage hangout. But the disparate group of adults did have a common purpose ― they were meeting for the first night of a pilot project aiming to reach out to teenage runaways in Cheonho-dong...

A gay rights parade is to be held in Seoul on Saturday. Organizers are expecting thousands of people to attend the Korea Queer Love Festival at Hanbit Media Park, near Cheonggyecheon in central Seoul. The parade will run from 4:30-5:30 p.m. with live music and activities beforehand. Booths will be open for participants wishing to get dressed up or put on make-up, while cultural groups and NGOs w...

A Daegu-based charity group is seeking new volunteers to help with its work in and around the city. People can sign up for Daegu’s Time to Give database to take part in volunteering opportunities that regularly become available. The non-profit organization aims to create sustainable projects to improve the lives of disadvantaged children in and around the Daegu city area. It invites the expat ...

A second charity scavenger hunt is to be held in Seoul this summer, due to popular demand. The first Little Travellers Photo Scavenger Hunt of the year is being held on June 2, but an additional event is now being held in August to allow more people to take part. The second event will start at City Hall Subway Station’s Exit 5 at 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 25. The entrance fee for the competition is 15,...

Volunteers are set to visit an orphanage in Eumseong, North Gyeongsang Province, to give out presents and play with children on Saturday. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. with registered participants meeting at the Gangbyeon Bus Terminal in Seoul before taking the bus to the orphanage. Children at the orphanage celebrating their birthdays this month will receive gifts from volunteers du...