Title:

What Can I Do? Women and the Law in Korea

Date:

Tuesday 9 March

Time:

7.30pm

Location:

Residents' Lounge 2nd Floor Somerset Palace in Seoul

Directions:

near Anguk St. (line 3)

Contact:

raskb.com, 02-763-9483

More Info:

Small fee

Hosted by RAS

What are the legal rights of Korean women today? Are there women jurists in Korea? Who was the first? How has the Korean Family Law changed since the 1950s? What are the most serious issues facing women and families today? These are some questions often raised today in Korea - and answers are often hard to find.

Sonia Reid Strawn, missionary resident of Seoul since the mid-1960s, will discuss these and other women- and law-related problems at the March 9 meeting of RAS. Ms. Strawn was special assistant to Dr. Tai-Young Lee, founder and director of the Korea Legal Aid Center for Family Relations for twenty years, and served as interpreter-traveling companion to Dr. Lee as well as counselor for cross-cultural family issues at the Center. She also wrote Where There is No Path, a biography of Dr. Tai-Young Lee, a Korean pioneer for women’s rights.

The consideration of this topic at an RAS meeting is particularly timely on the day following International Women's Day, March 8.

Title:

International Mother and Baby Fair

Date:

March 11th – 14th

Time:

10am-6pm

Location:

COEX

Directions:

COEX at Samsung St. (line 2)

Contact:

babyfair.co.kr, 02-556-2236

More Info:

Expecting mothers and brand new parents can find the information they need about products and services at this biannual fair

Title:

FREE Bellydance Classes in English

Date:

The month of March

Time:

See info below

Location:

Well Being Studio in Itaewon

Directions:

From Itaewon station, take exit #3. Walk past the police station and gas station. Keep going.  Walk up the huge set of stairs on your right.  Turn left.  Stay on the left side of the road where it forks.  The studio is on the right with a big sign overhead.   For a map and picture directions, visit:  http://www.wellbeingstudio.com

Contact:

http://eshebellydancer.com

navah@live.com

More Info:

 For the month of March morning weekday classes will have *free* trial lessons. Come and take an hour class for *free* Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday morning.

Let us know if you have any class day or time requests. We can honor almost any requests :)

Sunday
12PM-1PM Tribal Fusion Earth with Kala
1PM-2PM Tribal Fusion Sky with Kala
2PM-3PM Orientale Earth with Natalia
3PM-4PM Orientale Sky with Natalia

Monday
7PM-8PM Ambient Earth with Eshe
8PM-9PM Ambient Sky with Eshe

Tuesday
10AM-11AM Tribal Fusion Earth with Shailee *free trial*
11AM-12PM Tribal Fusion Sky with Shailee *free trial*
6PM-7PM Navah Fire & Wind with Eshe
7PM-8PM ATS Tribal Earth with Eshe
8PM-9PM ATS Tribal Sky with Eshe

Wednesday
10AM-11AM Ambient Earth with Eshe *free trial*
11AM-12PM Ambient Sky with Eshe *free trial*

Thursday
10AM-11AM Tribal Fusion Earth with Shailee *free trial*
11AM-12PM Tribal Fusion Sky with Shailee *free trial*
6PM-7PM Navah Wind & Fire with Eshe
7PM-8PM Orientale Earth with Eshe
8PM-9PM Orientale Sky with Eshe

Saturday
10AM-11AM ATS Tribal Earth with Eshe
11AM-12PM ATS Tribal Sky with Eshe
12PM-1PM Orientale Earth with Eshe
1PM-2PM Orientale Sky with Eshe
2PM-3PM Navah Wind & Fire

Title:

TRADITIONAL KOREAN BREWERY AND SANJONG LAKE TOUR

Date:

Sat 13 March *RSVP by Fri 12 March

Time:

8:30AM departure / return around 7:00PM (depends on traffic)

Location:

Directions:

Meeting Place: in front of Yongsan Post Office (Subway, Line number 4, blue line, Sinyongsan Station #429, exit #1)

Contact:

http://www.raskb.com

RSVP to:  02-763-9483 or raskb@kornet.net

More Info:

About the Tour:
This tour offers an opportunity to discover how Korea’s traditional liquors, such as makgeolli, are made. Visitors will learn the significance and steps involved in the process of producing makgeolli, maesil (plum wine, bokbuja (liqueur from black raspberries) and other traditional Korean liquors. Whether you’re a connoisseur of Korean liquors or just interested in observing the process, and maybe even trying your hand at making some, you won’t want to miss this RAS trip.

We will then visit the beautiful Sanjong Lake. Surrounded by craggy peaks and graceful old pine trees, this snow covered frozen lake brings on images of an oriental winter landscape scene on a hanging scroll. Sanjong Lake is a reservoir constructed in 1925 which is tightly confined and recessed into a deep valley. Mountains rise steeply from the lake’s edge. The lake is rather small and its outlet makes a sascading waterfall, so the feel is perceptibly different than most other reservoir-lakes on the peninsula.

You can bring a packed lunch of your own or purchase a Korean lunch from a local restaurant.
Spaces Limited - there are a few remaining so book asap if you wish to participate in this tour.

Title:

Nature Activities at Takjangsa Village

Date:

Ongoing

Time:

Location:

Takjangsa Village Gangwon

Directions:

Donghae Expressway Hyeonnam IC (National Highway No. 7) 12Km -- southwest of Hyeonbuk-myeon office -- National Highway No. 418 -- Eoseongjeon-ri (1Km) -- Eoseong2-ri

Contact:

010-4248-6746

http://takjangsa.go2vil.org/  (Korean only)

More Info:

 Yank your kids away from the computer and enjoy the fun outdoor activities that await you at this rustic village in Yangyang-gun. A guide will take you fishing with rods and nets, lead you on a romp through a pine forest, or show you how to make pottery on a traditional potter’s wheel.

Price depends on size of group.

Info on Yangyang-gun mountain village

http://www.san.go.kr/english/village/50_mountain_village_eoseongjeon.html