Lotte Hires Julio Franco as Minor League Batting Coach

There’s something to be said for those who look to help their friends in a bad situation, but one Busan teen took that advice a little too far. A 17-year-old male was arrested this past Sunday for starting a brawl in a Busan police station in order to free his friends from police custody. Three …

A group of Chinese tourists who visited Busan while on a cruise have disappeared, prompting the Busan Police Department to begin a search for the individuals. Police revealed that 13 Chinese tourists who arrived in Busan on the 110,000-ton cruise ship Sapphire Princess disappeared at 7 pm yesterday while touring the city. According to reports, …

Busan International Foreign School is holding its Fall Family Festival 2015 at the Gijang campus on Saturday, October 24th from 10 AM to 2 PM. This will be a day filled with food, games, activities, bounce houses, live entertainment, a costume parade and fun for all ages. Everyone in the community is invited to come …

Some features of Korean culture, like eating endless piles of meat from a grill, don’t require any special contortions for North Americans to embrace.

The city of Busan and Hyundai Motors will hold an event on the eve of the 11th Busan Fireworks Festival titled “The Brilliant Concert Season 4″ at a specially prepared stage at Gwangalli Beach at 7 pm on October 23. Many famous K-pop singers including Kim Bum-soo, Kim Tae-woo, Jeong Dong-ha and Ali will perform …

Some 227,000 people visited the 20th Busan International Film Festival during its 10-day run, the highest total in the festival’s history. The organizing committee of the BIFF held a press conference at Dongseo University’s Centum Campus on October 10, the last day of the film festival, announcing that 227,377 visitors had attended this year’s event. …

Another video (which has since been pulled) of unruly customers abusing workers rights is once again making the rounds in Korea. The 90-second video of a customer scolding two kneeling workers at Shinsegae Department Store in Incheon has angered people, saying that the woman customer abused the worker’s rights. The video shows a female customer sitting and …

A new report shows that the number of offenses committed against teachers in elementary, middle and high schools in Busan has been steadily decreasing each year. According to the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, the number of cases including verbal abuse, classroom disruptions, violence and sexual harassment totaled 578 in 2012. The figure represents a …

Busan’s largest multicultural festival, the Global Gathering, now in its 10th year, will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 17 at Song Sang-hyeon Square. There will be no shortage of festivities: Various ethnic dishes will be on offer and performers from Korea’s sister-cities will take to the stage. This multicultural blowout, hosted …

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Halloween fever hits the peninsula in a mere 10 days and there’s plenty of things going on if you’re in the spirit. If you are planning on heading out next Saturday, here are some places that have events planned as of now. Check back during the week for the latest updates on what’s happening around the …

The first authorized food trucks will soon be located in Busan Citizen’s Park starting next month. An official from the Busan Infrastructure Corporation said it prepared a 10-square meter site for the trucks at an outdoor parking lot of the park in Cho-eop, Busan Jin-gu and would begin testing during November. The corporation established the …

One of the top attractions in Busan is enjoying raw fish (회) in the giant Jagalchi Fish Market building, where guests dine upstairs with great views of the harbor.

The city of Busan has announced that the Nurimaru APEC House in Haeundae will be closed this Saturday, October 24 due to the Busan International Fireworks Festival. For more information, please call 051-888-5199. The Latest Haps    

Take a look inside the traditional cultures of the Vietnamese highlands

The Lotte Giants announced the hiring of former American League batting champion Julio Franco as their minor league hitting coach today. Franco was the 1991 AL batting champ for the Cleveland Indians. He’ll work with hitters on the Giants’ affiliate in the Futures League, the minor league attached to the top-tier Korea Baseball Organization. Franco …

The Lotte Giants renewed the contracts of foreign players Josh Lindblom, Brooks Raley and Jim Adduci  for next year. The Giants signed a 1.2 million dollar contract with Lindblom, the team’s ace pitcher, whose new deal gives him a raise of 33 percent during the next season. Raley and Adduci also inked new contracts totaling …

The 7th Dynamic Busan Mountain Bike Rally will be held in Baekyang Mountain on November 1st. More than 1,000 mountain bikers will participate in the event, which is hosted by the city of Busan and managed by the Busan Biking Association. Participants will be able to choose between a 25 km course for beginners, and …