International Underground
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 13 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingUncovering and giving voice to those who often go unseen, and unheard.
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Getting SMaSHed on Good Beer
July 27, 2010 06:00In our articles about Kim Euk-yeon, owner of Goodbeer, and the beer industry, we mentioned an upcoming homebrew competition called a SMaSH-off. The even was held at Gecko’s in Jukejeon, and our guest writer, Lucy Corne, was there to cover … Continue reading →
BeerStory: One Korean’s dream to brew better beer
June 08, 2010 15:00Imagine the perfect basement studio to set up a homebrew operation. Now add three grills, picnic tables, two taps, a meat slicer and sausage stuffers. Finally, put it in Seoul and you have Kim Euk-yeon’s BeerLab. Continue reading →
Chaebol vs. The Microbrewer
June 01, 2010 23:36The major Korean beer brands, Hite, Cass, and Max are everywhere, but beneath the surface lives a community driven by necessity to prove it is possible to brew better a beer. In their way stand powerful interests and a legal system that insulates them from the public. Continue reading →
Welcome to International Underground
March 17, 2010 17:00Founded in 2009 by English teachers in Seoul, International Underground seeks to give voice to under-reported populations around the world. Through diverse multimedia projects, our community of journalists and creative producers bring life and voice to the migrant laborers, the … Continue reading →
A Day at the Market
March 15, 2010 21:00A walk around the Hyehwa Filipino Market garners many sights and sounds. Filipinos amble about before and after church talking loudly to vendors and friends. Korean, Tagalog, and English waft through the air while vendors push their products. A handful of American expats are usually on hand to sample the delicious Filipino foods being sizzled up on the grills and woks and to buy imported goods that are hard to find anywhere else. But why take our word for it? Listen and see for yourself just ...
A Culture of Support
March 15, 2010 20:00 - 20.3 MBMany if not all popular guide books about Korea mention the Filipino Market in Seoul’s Hyewhadong, including Lonely Planet, and Rough Guide. In a cultural that emphasizes it’s so-called single race, Hyewha sticks out as a landmark. Our team of journalists decided to venture out to the market one weekend, not to eat delicious Filipino food or buy Filipino goods (though we did do that), but to see what this market was all about. We wondered why this market only exists on Sundays, why is it in H...
A Place to Call Their Own: Seoul’s Raphael Clinic
March 15, 2010 19:00Every Sunday a waiting room in Raphael Clinic, a charity clinic in Seoul's Hyehwa neighborhood fills with people from countries spanning the world. Filipinos speaking in Tagalog sit beside Chinese patients chatting in Mandarin. Conversations in more languages, from Vietnamese to Russian, create a low hum in the line of people winding up the stairs to the clinic's entry. With a population of over one million foreign workers in South Korea, every Sunday a small slice of them find their way thro...
Finding a Home in Hyehwa
March 15, 2010 18:00Ruel Neri spends six days a week working 12 hour days at a factory to support his family back in the Philippines, but on Sundays he works at a Filipino market that appears in the Hyehwa neighborhood of Seoul. The market keeps him connected to the community that has grown to support the 51,000 Filipinos working in Korea. It also helps temper the uncertainty he and many other Filipinos face at their job. Now his connection to the market and the larger community is in danger. Continue reading →
A Sunday at Seoul’s Raphael Clinic
March 15, 2010 16:00Experience a Sunday at Seoul's Raphael Clinic through images. Continue reading →