Welcome to the Seorae Global Village Center

Greetings. Thank you for your interest in our activities and programs.  As we move through the year, we would like to reiterate some of our rules and regulations related to the programs offered at our center:

1. Personal information that is collected to participate in the monthly programs (name, phone number, email, nationality, visa type, address (-gu)) will only be used for the purpose of running our programs and will not be disclosed to third parties without your consent.
2. Group activities may be recorded in the form of photos or videos for internal record-keeping and promotional purposes. The center reserves the right to use these materials. If you do not wish to appear in photos or in videos, kindly inform the staff before joining an activity so that we may edit the images accordingly.
3. If you register for an activity, kindly confirm your attendance and if any payment is required to participate, arrange to make the payment for any reservation / material fee by the deadline mentioned in the confirmation email (typically one week in advance).
4. If you have registered for a class and paid but can no longer attend, kindly arrange for someone to take your place if the class involves food ingredients or craft supplies. Alternatively, you can arrange for your ‘kit’ to be collected within 24 hours of the class.
5. Payment or reimbursement requests on the day of the class will no longer be accepted. This is to prevent no-shows occurring.
6. For classes that run for more than one session per month, such as the Minhwa and Hanji classes, the class fee covers the total number of sessions offered and indicated in the newsletter. Requests for partial payments or discounts for missed sessions will no longer be accepted.
7. Participants who sign up with no follow-on action for multiple occasions will be restricted from joining our classes in the future.
8. Should you wish to stop receiving these monthly newsletters, please send us an email to seorae@seoul.go.kr.  

Rules pertaining to Korean classes are stated separately in the class participation rules and in your confirmation emails.  Please ask a staff member for a hard copy of it if needed.  We hope to have your support in our operational efforts and look forward to seeing you again soon. 

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
Seorae Global Village Center Team

The Seorae Global Village Center is part of a network of information and welcome centers for foreigners located in neighborhoods across Seoul where many foreign residents tend to reside. The opening of these centers was an initiative of the Seoul Metropolitan Government in 2008, with the mission to provide practical information about living in Korea so that foreign residents can easily manage their day-to-day lives. Our primary role is to answer questions that pertain to daily life and to help manage situations where language barriers become an issue.

At the center, you will find Korean language programs as well as other cultural and artistic classes to learn about and appreciate the different aspects of Korean culture. We hope that this will help you create new encounters and discoveries.

Please visit our website for more information about what’s happening this month.