February - March 2018
Technology Results from the 2017 Bazaar
Korean Lesson: Take Control of the Remote The Best Apps for Navigating Korea Philanthropy Project: Our Winning School
S E O U L I N T E R N AT I O N A L W O M E N ’ S A S S O C I AT I O N Enhancing lives through Friendship, Enrichment and Charity
TECHNOLOGY President’s Message
Tech Makes Inroads Into Health Care Modern technology impacts all facets of our personal/work life and beyond. In its simplest form, I use it to hail rides using the Uber or Lyft apps in the United States or Kakao Taxi here in Korea. I use SimplePrints to create photo albums on my iPhone. I started banking online in 1997 and never looked back. When I have the misfortune of receiving paper checks, I scan them using my bank app for deposit. Venmo, owned by PayPal, offers a great way to transfer money between users using a mobile app; it handled more than US$17 billion in 2016. This platform makes it easy to split bills without ever having to exchange cash at hand. Cryptocurrency is all the craze these days -- Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple run on blockchain technology. I look forward to the day when centralized banks may be a thing of the past with no middlemen. However, it is the digital revolution in health care that fascinates me the most with greatest promise; data compiled and utilized to improve diagnosis and manage complex diseases, resulting in enhanced quality of care. Medical data can be used to better train medical algorithms; machine learning can do wonders in diagnosis of certain medical conditions and diseases. Wearable devices register data such as heart rate, blood pressure and other vital signs. Electronic medical records can easily be shared instead of existing in silos allowing optimized accessibility and coordination. Apple recently announced that its future iPhone will
feature health records; this app will allow users to view, manage and share their medical records, giving millions of Americans direct digital control of their own health information. Aggregation of data from wearables and smartphones will teach AI (artificial intelligence) to diagnose a disease based on symptoms or behavioral traits. Many apps are in the works that will help detect signs of a concussion, Parkinson’s Disease or even skin cancer, according to an article in the Economist. Some believe the onset of cognitive problems may be detected by changes in how quickly a person swipes a phone’s touch screen. Digital therapeutics also are being developed by numerous companies. These are medical apps for smartphones that gather data to treat patients. For instance, a digital therapeutic app can be used to treat addiction by training the patient to recognize symptoms, triggers and cravings and monitoring them with their doctor. These apps, much like consumable pharmaceuticals, are screened for efficacy and approved by regulatory agencies. Some apps are being developed to work alongside medications. I am excited about the future of digital revolution in health care. It gives me great hope that all the data collected by various companies and industries can be paralleled in medicine to improve the quality of human lives. —Anne Choe February - March 2018
Technology Issue
3
Iam Your Pool_210x280.pdf 1 2017-12-13 오후 12:24:57
C
M
Y
CM
MY
CY
CMY
K
CONTENTS
Editor: Monica Williams Editorial Team: Robin Carney, Anne Choe, Michelle Morrison, Greta Tonnon Contributors: Mhyla Borkowski, Sunghwa Han, Veronica Koon, Blanca Madrigal, Veronica O’Connor, Lisa Panopoulos, Sandhya Ramabadran, Robbie Schuldt, Neeti Virmani Art Director: Georgia Scott Photographers who donate photos for SIWA’s use retain the rights to their photos. Contributions Welcomed! Discovery is published bimonthly (six issues per year) by SIWA, with articles and content written by our members and associations. It is distributed exclusively for SIWA members and sponsors. All opinions expressed in these articles are those of the respective authors and may not reflect the official position of SIWA. All rights reserved SIWA 2017. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without prior written consent of SIWA.
SIWA News
6
2017 Bazaar Results
10
SIWA Inclusive Statement
11
Membership Benefits
For submissions and questions, email discoveryeditor@siwakorea.com. To advertise in Discovery, email sponsorsiwa@siwakorea.com About the Cover: “Snowman Encounter,” the snowman of the everyday man, was shot by our new Photo Club Coordinator, Blanca Madrigal, who lived in California, Mexico and France before moving to South Korea, a country whose winters are a little chillier than in her previous homes. Seoul International Women’s Association Seoul Finance Center Level 21, 136 Sejong-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea 04520 www.siwakorea.com
Stay connected:
14
Breathtaking Art For Women, By Women
16
Technology
12
8 Essential Mobile Apps to Navigate Life in Korea
19
The Lasting Impact of SIWA Contributions
Korean Lesson: Technology
SIWA Tours and Highlights
SIWA Philanthropy Project Winner
22
20
Sponsors Premium Platinum
Platinum
Gold
SIWA NEWS r
The SIWA Bazaar
The 55th Annual SIWA & Diplomatic Community Bazaar was hosted by Seoul International Women’s Association on November 13, 2017 at the Lotte Hotel Seoul. The Bazaar is SIWA’s largest and longest-running fundraising event.
6 Discovery
February - March 2018
SIWA is proud to announce that this edition of the Bazaar raised 63.0 million KRW for charity, thanks to the participation of 32 Embassies, 24 local vendors, 13 Korean charities and 3 international clubs.
SIWA NEWS
February - March 2018
Technology Issue
7
Thank you!
SIWA NEWS r
Bazaar Income & Expenses All figures as of January 26, 2018
Income Sponsors Embassies Expat Clubs Charities Entrance Tickets SIWA: (Korea Booth, Grand Raffle, Welfare Table, Others) Vendor Table Fees Donations for Bazaar Total Revenue Expenses Venue (including Orientation Tea) Printing & Others Partitions Corsages Photography Raffles Expenses Total Expenses
Net Income
Amount (in KRW) 52,000,000 10,294,622 2,546,000 13,652,000 4,951,000 1,188,000 8,385,000 291,000 93,307,622 Amount (in KRW) 22,472,500 1,165,970 5,199,000 470,000 500,000 483,690 30,291,160
63,016,462
8 Discovery
February - March 2018
We
would like to thank the top three revenue generators, Embassy of Japan, Switzerland and Nordic Club, as well as all participating Embassies, vendors, charities and clubs. On the day of the Bazaar, we proudly announced All Love School as the KRW20M grant recipient of SIWA Philanthropy Project. The new initiative was launched in the fall of 2015; it is about SIWA’s investment in solutions. After two years of research and evaluation, which also included attending Korea’s first Multicultural Students Education Expo and crafting qualifying questions and grant application, All Love School (ALS) was selected as the final winner.
SIWA NEWS
S
SIWA Inclusive Statement
eoul International Women’s Association members hail from 40 different countries with diverse experiences. Our differences make us unique, and for more than six decades SIWA has championed this very idea in Seoul by bringing together women from around the world for friendship, enrichment and charity. We embrace cultural variables—ethnicity, age, beliefs, experience, linguistic background, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, political and ideological viewpoints, and socioeconomic status—and it is the inclusion of these diverse experiences and perspectives that makes our interactions rich and vibrant. SIWA’s programs and activities foster cul-
서울국제여성협 회 소개문 <포용성과 개방성의 원칙> 서울국제여성협회(이하 SIWA)는 전세계 약 40개
국에서 온 다양한 경험을 가진 회원들이 함께 하고 있습니다. SIWA는 서울에서 세계 여성이 함께 우
정을 나누고 서로의 삶을 풍요롭게 하며 자선행사 등의 후원활동을 통해 60년 이상 그 남다른 면모를 이어오고 있습니다. 우리는 민족성, 나이, 신념, 경
험, 언어, 국적, 종교, 성적성향, 정치적 이념과 관점,
사회 경제적 지위 등의 문화적 다양성을 포용합니다.
tural competence and seek to provide ways for members to learn about different cultures, traditions, customs, and practices.
그리고 이런 다양성과 이념적인 관점들의 포용이 회
SIWA is committed to the fundamental prin-
SIWA의 프로그램과 활동들은 각각의 문화적 역량
ciples of inclusion and equality; therefore, we focus on building an inclusive environment which enables us to perform at our best, ensuring the differences work for the benefit of both the individual and the association. The principles by which we operate are clearly reflected in SIWA Core Values. It is the policy of Seoul International Women’s Association not to discriminate based on age, disability, race, religion, marital status, national or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation. SIWA takes inclusion and diversity seriously.
We are open to opportunities that are inclusive of the entire SIWA membership base and therefore do not participate in activities and events that exclude, intentionally or otherwise, any segment of the association’s membership.
10 Discovery
February - March 2018
원들의 상호관계를 더욱 풍요롭고 활기차게 하고 있 습니다.
을 발전시키고 회원들이 다른 문화와 전통, 풍습, 관 례 등을 배우는 방법들을 모색합니다.
SIWA는 포용과 평등이라는 기본적인 원칙을 약속 합니다. 우리는 회원들이 최고의 성취를 이룰 수 있
는 포용적인 환경을 만드는데 초점을 두고, 개인과 협회 모두의 이익을 위해 노력합니다.
서울국제여성협회는 나이, 능력, 장애, 인종, 종교, 혼인여부, 국적, 민족, 성적성향에 기반하여 차별을 두지 않으며 이것은 SIWA의 핵심가치이며 명백한 원칙입니다.
SIWA는 포용성과 개방성을 중요하게 생각합니다. 우리는 모든 회원을 포괄적으로 아우르는 기회는 적
극 수용하지만 의도적이든 그렇지 않든, 협회 원칙을
한 부분이라도 거스르는 활동이나 행사에는 참여하 지 않는 원칙을 고수합니다.
SIWA NEWS Member Benefits
SIWA Membership has Privileges! A growing number of businesses in Seoul offer discounts to SIWA members. Do you have your membership sticker? Attach it to the back of your credit card and show it at participating merchants for a discount. For more information, email membership@siwakorea.com or see our website at https://www.siwakorea.com/discount-program/. Brera Jung-gu, Seoul 10% Discount on food and beverages.
Chakraa Hannam-dong, Seoul 10% Discount on food. Excludes buffet and lunch special menu.
Create Wellness Itaewon, Seoul 10% Discount on massage treatments. DDP i-Play Kids Cafe Jung-gu, Seoul 20% Discount on admission for children ages 1-7 years old and adults. Free coffee or tea for each adult. Dr. Sung’s Clinic Hannam-dong, Seoul 10% Discount on skin care, OB/GYN and other selected services. Excludes skin care products and dietary supplements.
Eden Pottery Itaewon 10% Discount on everything.
X NEW
Grevin Jung-Gu, Seoul KRW 3,000 dicount when admission is purchased on site. The Halal Guys Itaewon, Seoul 10% off all menu items High Street Market Itaewon, Seoul 10% Discount off any purchase. Excludes damaged label wines and special offers. Hus-hu Dermatology Clinic Apgujeong station, Seoul 10% discount on any dermatological procedures. JP Hair Haebangchon, Seoul 20% Discount off any service except for hair cuts. L’Empreinte Bistro Hongdae, Seoul 10% Discount on food and retail items. Excludes special menu items. Marley Coffee Itaewon, Seoul 10% Discount for all beverages & dessert menu. Excludes drip coffee and alcoholic drinks.
New York Wholistic Care Itaewon, Seoul 10% Discount for any treatment, including 1-month Group Pilates classes. Free consultation for SIWA Members who register with NYWC at SIWA Coffee Mornings.
X NEW
Sarah Hannam-dong, Seoul 10% Discount when you purchase your first coupon for regular adult classes. In addition, KEW 5,000 discount per class for SIWA Moms attending the Moms and Tots Fit class. Sprout Haebangchon, Seoul 10% off vegan dishes for weekly or one-time delivery or scheduled pickup. Mention SIWA in the referral section of the online order form. Suji’s Deli Coex Gangnam, Seoul 10% Discount on food and beverage during weekdays. Excludes new menu items, lunch specials and weekend brunch.
Trick Eye Museum Mapo-gu, Seoul 35% off Trick Eye + Love Museum entry or 25 % off admission to the Love Museum. Discount applies to a maximum of 4 people, adults only. Bring a printout of screen capture of the SIWA discount page along with your membership card or sticker. February - March 2018
Technology Issue
11
TECHNOLOGY
8 Essential Mobile Apps to Navigate Life in Korea By Monica Williams 1. Kakao Talk First things first: KakaoTalk is the first app you should add to your phone. The app is the be-all, end-all in the country and the way most Koreans communicate. The messaging service is so popular that its messaging emoticons have their own café and store chains throughout Korea. Use the app to send texts and photos but also stay in the know through groups. Get your family members back home to download it, and you can text, call or send them photos for free. Kakao recently added English to its Taxi app so there’s no need to struggle trying to hail a cab on the street. 2. Naver Dictionary is the best Korean-English translation app around. It will translate and provide usage examples of Korean words and provide multiple definitions. If you want to know how to conjugate an irregular verb, type it into this app and look through the usage examples. You will also request synonyms and antonyms. Most of results also have audio, which comes in handy for travelers. 3. Papago For full translations, Naver also offers Papago, a parrot who will translate 10 languages for you. This will be handy if you’re speaking in languages other than Korean. 4.Naver Map Google Maps is not what you should be using to get around Korea. The local app Naver Map, however, will give you a more detailed and reliable map service. It’s only available in Korean, however, which means you will need to read and type in Hangul.
12 Discovery
February - March 2018
r
5. Mango Plate From the best take-out gimbap to the 100 Best Cafes in South Korea, Mango Plate is Korea’s answer to Yelp. It’s tied to Facebook so you can also see where your friends are eating and uploading photos. It’s in Korean and English and includes all of the necessary contact information for the restaurants. 6. Visit Korea The site of the Korea Tourism Organization features thousands of tourist sites all across the country. You’ll find attractions grouped by theme: UNESCO sites, health & beauty, Korail tourist trains and more. There are also photo galleries, and multi-day itineraries. 7. Subway Korea – A handy tool to help you navigate Seoul’s 18 subway lines, Subway Korea claims to have the fastest and most accurate subway timetable. Just tap on your starting station and destination, and it will give you the quickest route and even tell you what car number to stand at for the quickest transfers when necessary. 8. Kakao Bus –This app provides real-time bus and bus stop information in 57 Korean cities. You can set an alarm to receive notifications for five or three minutes or one minute before the bus arrives at your stop.
BreathtakingArt For Women, By Women Story and Photos By Georgia Scott
Art, at its most breathtaking, can be sumptuous, inspiring and in many ways, revealing. It can also be a compelling way to reflect on the natural beauty of simple shapes and forms while also delving into the complexities of Asia. On Jan. 23, 17 women joined Cultural Connection Coordinator Bockhee Lee at COEX for the Seoul International Art Expo VIP Opening Ceremony. The vast space, mostly filled by Korean galleries, pulled all of us in with a broad range of contemporary, mixed media sculptures, paintings and drawings. My favorites included an outsized, earth-toned painting of a traditional Korean ceramic bowl titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Memory-Journeyâ&#x20AC;? by Clockwise from left: Black Swan, Imaginaly Chair, Memory-Journey
SIWA TOUR
Catharsis
Gae Won Jang; a life-sized “Black Swan,” a tightly fashioned from stainless steel by Hye Kwang Choi; and “Imaginaly Chair” a sinuous, flattened wood cat slinked like a blanket over a chair, carved from a single piece of wood and painted with an acrylic black by Yasuyuki Oshima. By far, however, the images that resonated the most were those of women or by women. Among the sculptures was the dimunitive and elegantly posed “Pumpkin noodle woman” painted in a high gloss mauve by Jin Seob Yoon; and “Catharsis” by Emiko Makino, of a round-bottomed woman I imagine at the end of her rope, laid flat on an odd-shaped slab—like a seal on a floating piece of ice—and tearing from both button-round eyes. Of the paintings, two series especially stood out. The first was a set of black-and-white nudes titled “One Eyes” by Ga, Kook-Hyun (keep comma, keep
hyphen). In them, the women—loosely drawn nudes draped with softly painted jackets, and with short black hair and round, rosy cheeks—sit stoically as if they know you’re watching them but don’t care. Second was an “identity” series of highly stylized acrylics by Hye Jin Kim, titled “Who am I”, in which a faceless female form is depicted doing mundane everyday activities such as looking out the window at sunset with her dog, sitting crosslegged on a bench, or standing at a bus stop with a briefcase in hand. The artist, who was there, explained that the series represented her daily moods, almost like a visual diary. Any of these beautiful works of art would make great wallpapers on your cellphone. Unless of course, you are lucky to purchase one and bring it home. Left, Hye Jin Kim and three paintings from her “Who am I” series; below, Untitled by Ga, Kook-Hyun
February - March 2018
Technology Issue
15
WELFARE r
SIWA Contribution Has Long-Lasting Impact By Anne Choe Dr. Marie-Helene Brasseur, a practicing physician at Jeon Jin Sang Clinic in Seoul, was the beneficiary of a SIWA scholarship in 1981. That contribution from SIWA has had an exponential impact in our host community as Dr. Brasseur has provided much needed medical care to countless number of patients in the 30-plus years since. Shortly after taking on the role of SIWA President in 2015, I became interested in learning more about SIWAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rich history and legacy in Seoul and started the history project. I came across a newspaper article from 1985 highlighting a Belgian nurse who graduated from Chung-Ang University College of Medicine. She was the only foreigner to pass the Korean medical board exam that year. As I sifted through many old documents and print versions of Discovery magazine, I also found a letter from Dr. Brasseur written to SIWA in 2012. She and I met in March 2017 at Jeon Jin Sang Clinic, the clinic she founded with two other women in 1975. It was a beautiful Wednesday afternoon.
16 Discovery
February - March 2018
Social medical organization is how founders Dr. Brasseur; Sohee Choi, a pharmacist; and Songja You, a social worker describe Jeon Jin Sang. Medical providers at the clinic use a holistic approach to health care for its patients. They register families and draw family trees to establish a comprehensive picture. Marie-Helene Brasseur was a nurse when she left her home country of Belgium in 1972. She is part of AFI, an international organization that requires a lifelong commitment to overseas service. When Marie was 16, she knew in her heart that she would leave Belgium and serve the underprivileged; she came to Korea to acquire international experience. The area where the clinic stands now was a slum in 1972. Despite many doctors volunteering their services, the need for a permanent, full-time physician was of paramount to the betterment of health services in the neighborhood. There was no money to pay doctors or other necessary medical staff. Furthermore, no doctor would commit to a lifetime of service for a small fee. Many Korean-Americans and Korean-Japanese enrolled at Korean medical
WELFARE
schools but returned to their home countries once their training was over. One of the major contingencies of Marie’s acceptance into Chung Ang University and SIWA’s scholarship was that she remain in Korea and serve its underprivileged. After a brief team discussion, it was decided that Marie would go to medical school although she was the oldest in the group. The clinic runs very efficiently, although it is small by any standards. All of the examination rooms transform into different facilities; for example, a vision room transforms into an obstetrics/ gynecological screening room. Thirteen departments operate at Jeon Jin Sang, including psychiatry and endocrinology. Specialists visit patients at the clinic throughout the week. It also has a hospice care center. I was privileged to meet a few patients who are at the end stages of their lives. The clinic has a special room where the terminal patient and the family can have their last private moments together, to send their loved ones properly as it were. In the midst of the health care facility, there is an after-school facility for 49 students. Talk about a holistic approach. The biggest challenge in the community is the growing population of elderly who are living alone and dying alone. It has been a long time since Dr. Brasseur left Brussels. She considers herself Korean; she also goes by her Korean name, 배현정. She was the sec-
ond foreigner to be bestowed with Korean citizenship by the government. She loves Korean food, particularly kimchi and soybean paste stew. In the middle of our conversation, she mentions how wonderful it is to speak English for a few hours. Dr. Brasseur is Catholic. Her faith is the driving force behind her commitment to the Gospel and her life of service. She tells me that the Catholic Church is like her mother; she is important to her. In her training of pastors for hospice care, she is often asked why she doesn’t talk about religion. She strongly believes that the hospice is not the place for “propaganda” for one’s church. “It is bad to use dying to talk about the Catholic Church and make the dying believe Catholic Church is the way.” However, the staff at the hospice center asks its patients about their faith and beliefs so they can better help them pass away in peace. As I spent the afternoon enjoying a delicious lunch with Dr. Brasseur and the staff, I knew in my heart that the place was filled with love and compassion. The people who work there do it because they love the people of the community. The heart that drove her to service at age 16, 26 (when she left Belgium) and 39 (when she became a doctor in Korea) hasn’t changed; Marie is now 70. She considers her work a gift. February - March 2018
Technology Issue
17
TECHNOLOGY
Take control of the remote with these Korean words
WELFARE SIWA Philanthropy Project Winner
All Love School: The Great Equalizer In 2015, SIWA launched a Philanthropy Project to take a more proactive approach to giving. We picked multicultural education as the social issue to address, with a goal to donate 20 million won to one school. We started the process with six top performing schools selected by the Ministry of Education. Over the course of the project, the Welfare Committee interviewed school leaders, conducted site visits and evaluated each school. It asked hard questions and made an assessment of the many criteria. By Anne Choe All Love School was founded in 2011 at the Gangnam YMCA to support the growing need of the “multicultural” student population in Seoul who are from low-income, underprivileged families. Multicultural refers to children of foreign, nonKorean ethnicity and/or foreign-born Koreans. All Love School is currently educating 35 middle-school students. In January 2014, 18 students became the first alumni of the school when they graduated and returned to their local high schools. Students are referred there by their local middle school due to their inadequate or almost non-existing Korean language skills. The main objective of the school is to provide an educational setting to help students acquire and further improve their Korean skills (through a well-established curriculum), and ultimately integrate them back into their local school. The school also offers many enrichment programs that further foster students’ learning experience; for example, Taekwondo and language classes all taught by experienced volunteers. Students receive a completion certificate from their respective middle school upon taking the graduation requirement exam. These students then move
20 Discovery
February - March 2018
r
The All Love School was selected for the Philanthropy Project. This article is an edited version of a story that ran in October 2014. Read more about the school here:
on mostly to vocational/technical high schools. All Love is tuition-free. It even subsidizes a few students’ heating bills from December to March; many of these students come from countries with very warm climates and have difficulties with the cold winters in Seoul. Headmaster Hee Yong Lee, and the four other certified teachers, are passionate about the students. The school not only provides an educationally conducive environment but also advocates for better nutrition and the overall well-being of its students. As many of its students come from challenging socioeconomic backgrounds with other familial conflicts, it also provides simple breakfast, mainly consisting of toast. It also provides dinner to two-dozen students who participate in the after-school tutoring program; the school has secured funding from Export-Import Bank of Korea for the dinner plan. Although lunch is provided for free by the Seoul City government, All Love School does not have the critical mass to actually supply a decent, nutritional meal. Seoul City government prohibits the school from collecting any money from students to improve the lunch program. All Love School had been piggybacking on the YMCA’s preschool caterer for its lunches. The
WELFARE r
school made an initial funding request to SIWA in 2014 to fill the gap so that items other than toast could be provided for breakfast and to improve the quality of lunch. The successful framework of All Love School has become an ideal model for a school of its kind; consequently, the Seoul City government is keeping a close watch on the school for possible replication
elsewhere. The United States advocates education as the great equalizer; here in Korea, All Love School has utilized its compassion for the underrepresented and the underserved to affect change in education as the great equalizer for many of these multicultural students. www.allloveschool.or.kr Photos by Neeti Virmani
February - March 2018
Technology Issue
21
SIWA NEWS
Highlights from Recent SIWA Tours s
SIWA Winter Luncheon
t Moms and Tots Christmas Train
s Tour Dongdaemun Fabric Market s
ICE Keep calm and drink tea
22 Discovery
February - March 2018
SIWA NEWS
sTour: Makgeolli Brewing Lesson s
WWN: Destination Nepal
Upcoming Events Get more information on tours and events and register online at www.siwakorea.com April 7 I SIWA Charity Gala Join us for an exciting evening of exotic cocktails, sumptuous food, dazzling entertainment, raffle prizes, dancing and more at the Carnaval Do Brasil themed Charity Gala 2018.
April 17 Photo Club: Nature and Sitting in a Chair The photo club is a space to share our work based on the challenge or theme of the moment, give each other constructive criticism and photography tips. April 18 I SIWA Meet & Greet: Membership Drive The SIWA Membership Year starts on May 1. SIWA Volunteers will be available to help you join or renew on our website. Payments (credit card or cash) will be accepted to start or renew your membership, effective on May 1. April 24 Community Service: Soup Kitchen Volunteer Anna’s House was founded by Father Vincenzo Bordo, an Italian, in 1998. They are looking for volunteers to serve in the homeless shelter, specifically the soup kitchen that serves 500+ meals daily. April 25 I SIWA Social: Coffee Mingles Please join us for our April coffee morning mingles! Coffee morning mingles are your chance to chat with SIWA friends in your local area.
April 12 I Tour: Korean Antique Market Dapsimni If you want to splurge or bargain hunt, this is a good place to start. An area of 150 shops awaits at Dapsimni Antique Shopping Complex. April 12 I K-orientation: Expat Repatriation Usually, SIWA helps new members to survive in Seoul, but in this orientation, we will focus on “Expat Repatriation” which impacts both old and new members. Transitioning back may not be as easy as it seems.
April 26 International Culinary Exchange: Chilean Cuisine Chileans embrace the concept of la buena mesa which means that a good meal only is complete with great company and good conversation over a glass of wine. April 26 SIWA Social Night: International Wine Tasting Join Vineworks for an interactive wine tasting in a fun relaxed environment. Ian, owner of Vineworks has created a friendlier more approachable way to learn about wine.
February - March 2018
Technology Issue
23