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Seoul City Improv (SCI) has performed over 40 shows since it began in July of 2007 and now it’s going international. On the weekend of April 24-25 a hand full of SCI members will be boarding a plane and making their way to Taiwan where they will be performing a combined show with local expat improv comedy group, Taichung Improv.

To prepare for their journey SCI will be having a special fund raising show on April 3^rd at Roofers in Itaewon. The show starts at 9PM and lasts around 90 minutes with a ten to fifteen minute intermission. The money…

Beginning on March 1, 1919, the Samil Movement (삼일 운동) is a symbolic day for Korea designated by the country as a national holiday to honor the independence movement against the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule of Korea. Koreans led by 33 leaders across the country proclaimed Korea’s independence and spread the statement nationwide, risking their lives under the surveillance of Japan.

I sat and listened. His words were saturated with emotion as he relived memories of his younger days. He told me about his long lost family who he hasn’t seen or heard from since the war. “My brother was a real gentleman… I wish you could have met him,” he told his daughter. Many Koreans who were separated from their family still hope unification will happen before they pass away so they can reunite with family members lost during the turmoil and destruction of the Korean War.

The Korean War started June 25, 1950. On July 27, 1953 an armistice…