Global Gathering Korea 2013
Global Gathering Korea, headlined in 2013 by iconic DJ Fatboy Slim, is a worldwide music festival that pops up in various locations, with Korea hosting a version of the festival annually. This year’s party was as successful as it has been in former years, keeping dance and electro music-lovers entertained from 2pm on Saturday until...
In Pictures: Go Skateboarding Day 2013 in Seoul
Seoul’s skate scene was looking good when a several-hundred-strong crowd of skaters and fans bustled into Dongdaemun’s Cult Park for the South Korean chapter of international Go Skateboarding Day. Held on June 22, a day later than the international standard, to account for the weekend, skaters with skillsets as polarized as their nationalities joined together...
In Pictures: Korea Queer Festival
Korea’s version of Gay pride, the Korea Queer Festival, fell on Saturday the 1st of June this year. The 14th consecutive event received problems with funding this year and only managed to go ahead due to financial donations from a few individuals. Even with these setbacks, and the well-known culture of homophobia in Korea, people...
In Pictures: 13th Shindig! Dance Party
Stick on the Shindig soundtrack (below) and check out the photos we took at Saturday night’s 50’s/ 60’s retro party, whether you’re reliving the night or not. You can see more shots over on our Facebook page. Keep up-to-date with Shindig dance parties by following their antics on the Facebook page. Photography by Colleen Whately...
In Pictures: Unionmade II Cover and Destroy at 1984
VLUF are eminent on the Seoul subcultural party scene for their warehouse raves, particularly after their recent collaboration with House of Vans. The crew recently threw the second volume of their second party series, Unionmade II: Cover and Destroy, at uber cool garage basement venue and print publication shop 1984 in Hongdae. Here are the...
Instagram Seoul
The first official Instagram meet in Seoul is happening this weekend (just in time for cherry blossoms?) at the Han River in Seoul. Retro camera app lovers are invited to join in with fellow social networkers for a day of mingling and photo challenges in one of Seoul’s most photogenic areas. The Sunday afternoon meetup...
SOL-SOL: Seoul Fashion Week Street Style
In the last of our Seoul Fashion Week coverage, street style snapper Sol-Sol shares some shots of what the SFW attendees were wearing outside of the shows. These are some of our favourite photographs from Sol-Sol’s Tumblr and Facebook page. Head to their blog to see the SFW zeitgeist from the off-duty models, students and...
Seoul Fashion Week FW13 Round-up
Seoul’s F/W 2013 Fashion week was a whirlwind of shows and celebrities spread out across two venues. While the setup was a bit harder to navigate than previous seasons, being that IFC Mall and Blue Square were 30 minutes apart by the free shuttle provided, the organizers were much friendlier than in the past. In...
