Friday, September 21, 2012
Chuseok Events for Foreigners in Seoul
With Chuseok just around the corner, a lot of events are taking place to engage foreigners in Korea to enjoy the event. One such event is hosted by Seorae Global Village Center at Banpo - it's a contest to make Songpyeon or송편 (moon shaped rice cakes).
A registration is mandatory to take part and seats are limited to 30 people.
Chuseok is the same as Thanksgiving Day.A lot revolves around food, family reunion. The most unique feature of Chuseok is turning of Seoul into almost a ghost town...very few people remain. Anyhow, back to rice cakes dates and place is below.
When and where: 26th September, 2012 from 2:30~5:30 p.m at Seorae Global Village
For more information, call them at:(02) 2155-8915-6 or 2155-8949
Another event is the Korean Speech Contest at Seocho Gu City Office on October 10th.
Where: Seochu gu City office.
When: Oct 10th, 2012
Registration Time is open until Oct.05, 2012.
Email: ju8112@seocho.go.kr
Phone: (02) - 2155-6168