With strong Irish communities in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore, an idea to try and bring together the Irish from all over Asia for an Asian Gaelic Games tournament emerged in the mid-90s. The founding members of the Asian Gaelic Games saw this as an opportunity to get the Irish in Asia together for a weekend of football, and maybe have a few sociable drinks, too.

What has long been a popular sport in the United States, Canada, Japan and many other countries, disc golf is starting to catch on in here due in large part to the efforts of Koreans and expats. Courses are being developed, tournaments planned, monthly outings organized and disc golf clubs have been popping up across the country.

The Seoul Warriors, a mostly-expat American football team, are looking to avenge a disappointing finish to the 2010 season, their first in the league.

Abigail and Nomi Flores, sisters from Southern California, are trying to do their part to combat breast cancer. They have organized “Bras for A Cause,” a charity event to raise money for the Korea Breast Cancer Foundation, a cause they have been involved with for the last three years through their women’s group, Seoul PMS H3, a Hash House Harriers chapter.

The distinction between culture and morality is not always clear. The treatment of my wife by her company has been far from any shade of grey. She is Korean but speaks English fluently. She had been a valuable asset to her company, taking part in midnight conference calls and workshops abroad. That is until the word “pregnant” appeared on a small digital display just aft ...

The U.S. Embassy in Seoul proudly serves more than 120,000 United States citizens visiting, living and working in Korea.  Americans in Korea reach out to our consular officers every work day, sometimes seeking help in emergency situations and, more often, to process routine but essential documents such as passports. 

How many come to Korea to teach English for a fun-filled, carefree year of adventure? For a way to make some extra cash and see the world before we are expected to settle down and focus on building a career back in the real world? How many of us can remember our mom waving and sniffling in the doorway as we set off to the airport? We laughed at her overdramatic tears, “I’ll be back in ...

I’d like to think that everything the British Embassy does in some way assists British citizens – they’re the ones who pay our wages after all. But for our fellow Brits who live here, our assistance is often more direct. Sometimes they have simple queries about assistance in Korea – we regularly provide details of local English-speaking lawyers, doctors and interpreters.

MABUL ISLAND, Malaysia - On Mabul Island, Malaysia, the word “hope” is more than it implies; it is a state of mind where a battle against poverty and illiteracy is being challenged by a group of intrepid visionaries from all over the world. And Stanley Sie, founder of the School of Hope, leads by example.

The author is a human rights campaigner and has followed the situation in Myanmar for a number of years. Based in Brussels, Belgium, he currently works in the area of gender equality and girls' rights. The opin- ions expressed here are solely those of the author's, unless otherwise attributed. -- Ed.