In light of Myanmar’s oppressed majority, human rights violations and military exchanges with North Korea, one might expect a democratically elected South Korean government to refrain from engaging in economic activities that line the pockets of Myanmar’s oppressors and grant North Korea’s armed forces financial benefits. South Korea, however, has chosen to take a differe ...

Activist speaks out against Myanmar’s bid to chair ASEAN in 2014

Over the course of a week in early July, Groove magazine met and interviewed three individuals based in Korea involved in the struggle for democracy and human rights in Myanmar. Nay Tun Naing, is the chairperson of the National League for Democracy (Liberated Area) Korea Branch. John Smith Thang is the executive director of the Chin Democracy and Human Rights Network. Tom Rainey-Smith is youth re ...

BUSAN -- One fine Sunday afternoon when my daughter was a few months old, I found myself wandering through the electronics department of Emart. Fascinated by the singing of a 10-year-old girl, I paused to listen. She sang in nearly perfect tune with Kenny Rogers, the greatest singer-songwriter of the 1980s. Listening to that girl sing in perfect harmony, I occasionally batted away the hand of a c ...

Where: Kyungpook National University (tentative) Registration: Early September When: Season starts Sept. 18-Nov. 13 Who: Pick-up games are co-ed; league is for men How much: Undetermined Online: dnl.jackson@gmail.com

When: Ice climbing in winter; rock climbing rest of year; monthly Climbing Club outings Registration: the Wednesday before the outing How much: Climbing Club is 55,000 won Where: All over the country Online: http://iguidekorea.com, igk@iguidekorea.com

Where: Kyungpook National University (tentative) Registration: Early September When: Season starts Sept. 18-Nov. 13 Who: Pick-up games are co-ed; league is for men How much: Undetermined Online: dnl.jackson@gmail.com

Where: Usually at Sanbon Stadium (Line 4), Seoul Registration: Open When: Saturday training; season is March-Oct.   Who: co-ed How much: 80,000 won per season Online: seoulgaels@gmail.com; www.seoulgales.com  

White water rafting in Gangwon   Where: Inje, Gangwon Province Online: www.paddler.co.kr   If you’re a thrill seeker and into the great outdoors, then don’t leave Korea without going rafting in Gangwon Province. Tourists have been heading to Gangwon Province for years for its ideal rafting rivers.

When: Regular season Sept.-June; beach season July-Aug. Registration: Open How much: 50,000 won Where: Olympic Park Station, Seoul Who: Co-ed Online: www.seoulexpatshandballclub.org     Established in 2009, the Seoul Expats’ Handball Club bills itself as a multicultural team with players from Africa, America, Europe, Oceania and Korea.