Jul 22
By Aneika A. McDonald with 3WM
Camp Casey
U.S. Army Private First Class Andre Fisher, 22, will stand in a Korean appeals court on August 9, 2011 in an attempt to overturn a two year conviction, based on grainy video evidence in which the perpetrator’s face was not visible.
After a night out partying, Fisher was accused by a taxi driver of stealing $88 from his taxi. Having denied even entering the cab, Fisher emptied his pockets which contained $14. Fisher was taken into custody by Korean police, and subsequently stood trial in which the prosecutor’s solitary evidence was a grainy surveillance video of a man wearing a hood with his face obscured. Fisher was sentenced to a 2 year prison term and awaits his pending appeals hearing.
According to Fisher’s family, Fisher’s Camp Casey military commanders have been unresponsive to their inquiries, and the U.S. Embassy admits no knowledge of the case.
Jul 11
By 3WM
INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS COMMUNITY Presents:
On Line Solo exhibition by
Martyn Thompson 13th-27th July
“Immersive Environments”
Opening www.koreaiac.com Wednesday, July13
Jul 07
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission 
The long struggle of a female worker has drawn the attention of both the local and international community. Ms. Kim Jin-suk, a member of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) has been occupying the cabin of Crane No. 85, which is 35 metres high, in the shipyard of Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) in Busan for six months. Ms. Kim is demanding that the company reconsider the dismissal of dozens of employees and is refusing to leave the cabin despite being sentenced for trespass in January. The sentence carried a find of KRW One Million (approximately US$ 1,000) for each day she has occupied and continues to occupy the crane cabin. Her struggle casts doubts as to the society’s interest in matters of labour and also the role of the government in respecting, protecting and fulfilling the human rights of a third party when business enterprises are involved.
Jul 04
By 3WM
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 76th Birthday
3WM can offer a limited number of invites to the celebration in Seoul on July 6.
Contact 3wmseoul@gmail.com
When : July 6, 2011 ( 5~8 p.m.)
Where : HaRimGak 2F,Grand Ballroom Hall(AW Convention Center)
in Jongro-gu, BuAm-dong 162-3.
Jun 27
By 3WM
R-16 Korea World B-Boy Masters Championship — sponsored by Korea Tourism Organization—will take place this year on July 2nd and 3rd at the Seoul Olympic Hall of Olympic Park.
Going into its fifth year, R-16 B-Boy World Championship is considered one of the top five most revered b-boy tournaments in the world. Featuring b-boys from different parts of the globe carefully selected through regional preliminaries, and international rankings, it’s a World Cup for b-boys designed to determine the best of the best.
More than 200 b-boys from 16 different nations will participate at this year’s R-16 Korea. Due to the event’s positive feedback from previous years, international preliminaries were held from April 1st to the end of June in nine different countries including Japan, China, Russia, Vietnam and Kazakhstan.
Jun 24
By 3WM
Probationary Theatre is proud to announce our mainstage production running for 3 weeks, starting June 24.
“Some Girl(s)” by Neil Labute.
Clever, funny, and provocative the internationally acclaimed playwright Neil Labute turns his unflinching view to love in this brutally honest look at the screw ups guys make in relationships on their way to becoming men.
Guy is 33. His career as a writer is flourishing and his beautiful young fiancé is waiting to get married and live happily ever after – so what’s his natural reaction? To get nervous and call up old girlfriends. And so begins one mans search through 4 hotel rooms to find the perfect girl (who he’s already broken up with).
TICKETS 15,000WON
Jun 20
By 3WM
July marks the kickoff of the actual summer heat. If you are thirsty for new summer items, the night flea market will hit the spot on your summer night with cold libations, cool knickknacks and a unique setting.
The warm nights are too precious to not enjoy them outside, so check out the first POJANGMACHA DELUXE (small tented drinking dens) and the refreshing ROOFTOP.
There will be a DJ and a 1000 won auction to keep things interesting. For seller applications (KRW 20,000), visit the BLING website.
Jun 07
By 3WM
We are a mother-daughter team of researchers. Lisa (daughter) is full Korean by birth; she holds both a BA (American University of Paris) and an MA (University of Washington) in International Studies, with focus on Korean Studies, and currently lives in Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. Karen (mother) holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from Northwestern University and lives with her second husband (Navajo by birth) in a rural community in the northeast corner of Arizona, on the Navajo Nation.
Our mother-daughter adoptive relationship has been complex. Although we have worked through many of the challenges that have faced us, we’ve done so “by the seat of our pants,” experimenting along the way and often feeling quite lonely and confused in the process. Together, we have become interested in other transnational adoptive family relationships, in part because ours has at times been strained. Like many transnational adoptees, Lisa has needed to explore issues related to her identity as an adoptee, as an Asian, and as a Korean American. Like many white adoptive parents, Karen’s “color-blind” point of view tended to minimize the significance of race and racism in American society; she thought that “love would be enough.” Our differences in perspective have sometimes felt like a major chasm.
Jun 07
By 3WM
EMBASSY OF IRELAND, SEOUL AND IRISH ASSOCIATION OF KOREA (I.A.K.)
Present
‘A JOYCEAN EVENING’
SPAZIO LUCE RESTAURANT AND ART MUSIC HALL , ITAEWON, SEOUL
(Itaewon Metro Station, Line 6 , Exit 2, 500 metres on left, paid parking available nearby)
SATURDAY 11th JUNE 6:30 P.M.
55,000 Won (Includes 2 glasses of wine, dinner and entertainment)
6:30 P.M. Doors open
May 13
By J. Grimwood
As many of our readers know, the last two months saw a run up to some technical issues with our news site.
As some noticed, we were taken off-line on the 1st May 2011 by Bluehost, the hosting company running our server. Due to varying flaws lined out in their Terms & Conditions that we had not initially anticipated breaching, we were ‘down’ for just under 24 hours.
Due to the content of recently filed articles and the fall-out of some good old fashioned rigorous debate, we were thrown a curve-ball in discovering that Bluehost did not, in practice, support the basic laws of a free press. Bluehost suggested that thethreewisemonkeys.com switch to a different, “more viable” hosting service due to the idea of freedom of speech being “a different matter”.
May 09
By 3WM
11:00 P.M. @ Freebird
15,000W ADVANCE / 20,000W DOOR
CONCEPT
- All the bands set up at the same time along the perimeter of the room with the audience in the center
- Each band does one song at a time, no breaks, back to back to back etc, until the show is completed
- There is no headliner or opener, no front row or back of the room
Six master PA cabinets, 12 amps, 3 Drum Sets, 44 cables, hundreds of ears.
For presale tickets, wire money to : Shin Han Bank 100-026-821308 Acct name: 허지영(수퍼컬러수퍼)
After wiring, send an email to scstickets@gmail.com with: 1. your name 2. number of tickets 3. amount sent
Apr 25
Press Release from AFEK
The Association for F-Class Expatriates within Korea (AFEK) has opened up its doors to all expats in Korea. The association, founded in May 2009, has grown exponentially since its inception, and now prides itself on being the largest expat support network in Korea.
With this expansion, the best components of AFEK will now be accessible to all expats living in Korea. These components include the AFEK library of over 400 documents available for download, and a directory of weblinks. Not only will all visa types be able to easily access these resources, but will be able to add to the resources already available.
Apr 11
By 3WM
CONCRETE EXPERIENCE launch at Laughing Tree Gallery
Friday, April 15th 6-10 p.m.
*Concrete Experience launch party
and exhibition of photography from CE’s first issue, Transposition
Saturday – Monday, April 16th – 18th 4-10 p.m.
*Gallery open hours to view photography from CE’s first issue, Transposition
Wednesday, April 20th 8-11 p.m.
*8mm: Art Cinema bonus feature
CE is a new journal of contemporary photography and creative writing.
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