The last thing I expected to see in South Korea was a huge mosque, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that there is a flourishing Muslim community in the heart of Seoul. Join me for a walk ...

Turkish Ambassador to Korea Murat Tamer, ninth from left, poses for a photograph during a reopening ceremony at the Seoul Central Mosque in Yongsan District in central Seoul on April 25.

Schools farther away from the capital, Seoul, are especially vulnerable to ... who also heads a task force for peaceful resolution of the mosque issue, says international students like the Muslim ...

A few minutes walk from Seoul’s only mosque is the center of Korean gay nightlife, a district boasting a famous stretch of international cuisine, bars and clubs. Itaewon is a tourist hot spot ...

Concerns have been raised that the Daegu mosque issue could escalate into a diplomatic incident. The United Kingdom’s ambassador in Seoul recently paid a symbolic visit to the site, while other ...

It’s also the country’s most important Muslim neighborhood, crowned by a mosque built in 1976 (and ... restaurants with little character. When Seoul Pub, a grubby expat favorite for more ...

The young have always been drawn to Itaewon, Seoul’s most foreign-influenced neighborhood with a rich fabric of kebab shops, gay bars, taquerias and a mosque — all of which had come to be ...