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Title: Meeting new Korean friends in Dajeon (Free only for forigners) Free drinks, snack and party at times and learning Korean for language exchange Time: 8PM-10PM (every week on monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday) Place: **5F, 487, Daejong-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea** Inquiry: 010-8268-1638 Details \*How many people? 40\~70 (5-7 is a team) \*Your Role Come to Culcom, enjoy talking with a bunch of Koreans in English for 2 days per week, 2 hours each time, and also get an amazing language exchange with a Korean partner! \*Schedule -getting to know Culcom by talking with staff for 20 minutes -signing up for 1:1 language exchange with a Korean (if you want) -2 hours of meeting new Korean friends and getting to know them - by speaking English! \*More info -When you come to the place, please tell the staff that you’ve come through meetup -We provide free unlimited beer on a self-service basis. -We have language meetups, along with outdoor & indoor activities occasionally. Some examples of the activities we did were ski trips, casino nights, kimchi making, dance classes, etc. You will love these events as we’ve been doing it since 2004! \*FAQ Any charge afterwards? → Not at all. What if I’m late? → You will be highly welcomed regardless of the time, but it would be much more enjoyable for you if you come on time Can I bring my friend? → We will give you a big hug if you bring your friends. XD \*Further information? Some video clips casino night: [http://vimeo.com/136714567](http://vimeo.com/136714567) Kimchi making: [http://vimeo.com/57131651](http://vimeo.com/57131651) Beerpong night: [http://vimeo.com/101484635](http://vimeo.com/101484635) Language study: [http://vimeo.com/15150909](http://vimeo.com/15150909) Naver cafe: [http://cafe.naver.com/culcom](http://cafe.naver.com/culcom) Facebook: [http://faxebook.com/culcom](http://faxebook.com/culcom)

✨❣️🎆🎇🧡🌟Meeting new Korean friends in Daejeon (Free only for forigners)❣️🌟🎇🎆🧡 Time: 11:00AM-13:00PM // 18:00PM - 20:00PM every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 11:00AM-13:00PM every weekend on Saturday, Sunday 👉 We are the awesome language exchange cafe with warm and great mood, you can learn language, and culture, meet new people, and make friends a lot( Foreigners & Korean) 🎷Free drinks, snacks and parties // Learning Korean for language exchange are available. 🌆🌌❣️ ❣️Please do not judge availability by current RSVPs through Meetup cause we’re much more active on other platforms as like Instagram and generally only receive a few RSVPs via Meetup. You can make many wonderful friends here!! Let’s make great moment altogether!!🎷🍻 Place: 1066 3rd floor, Dunsan-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon our map [https://naver.me/xDJXc1Q1](https://naver.me/xDJXc1Q1)

Sunday Tea Club was founded in Daejeon in 2023. Created as a quiet alternative to Korea’s typical drinking and nightlife culture, the club offers a calm, meaningful way to spend your Sunday afternoons. If you’ve ever wished for a slower, more mindful space to enjoy afternoon tea and gentle conversation — you’re more than welcome to join us! Participant fee 15,000won+order 1drink(The participation fee is only paid once — at your first visit. All fees are collected and reinvested into the club to purchase new teaware, high-quality teas, or ingredients for future gatherings.)

This is a small, casual tech coffee meetup in Daejeon for foreigners and Koreans who are comfortable speaking English. It’s not a formal networking event. Just a relaxed space to meet people in tech / AI / data, talk about what you’re working on, and exchange opportunities. ☕ Duration: ~1–1.5 hours No preparation needed. Just come, grab a coffee, and join the conversation 🙂

Title: Meeting new Korean friends in Dajeon (Free only for forigners) Free drinks, snack and party at times and learning Korean for language exchange Time: 8PM-10PM (every week on monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday) Place: **5F, 487, Daejong-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea** Inquiry: 010-8268-1638 Details \*How many people? 40\~70 (5-7 is a team) \*Your Role Come to Culcom, enjoy talking with a bunch of Koreans in English for 2 days per week, 2 hours each time, and also get an amazing language exchange with a Korean partner! \*Schedule -getting to know Culcom by talking with staff for 20 minutes -signing up for 1:1 language exchange with a Korean (if you want) -2 hours of meeting new Korean friends and getting to know them - by speaking English! \*More info -When you come to the place, please tell the staff that you’ve come through meetup -We provide free unlimited beer on a self-service basis. -We have language meetups, along with outdoor & indoor activities occasionally. Some examples of the activities we did were ski trips, casino nights, kimchi making, dance classes, etc. You will love these events as we’ve been doing it since 2004! \*FAQ Any charge afterwards? → Not at all. What if I’m late? → You will be highly welcomed regardless of the time, but it would be much more enjoyable for you if you come on time Can I bring my friend? → We will give you a big hug if you bring your friends. XD \*Further information? Some video clips casino night: [http://vimeo.com/136714567](http://vimeo.com/136714567) Kimchi making: [http://vimeo.com/57131651](http://vimeo.com/57131651) Beerpong night: [http://vimeo.com/101484635](http://vimeo.com/101484635) Language study: [http://vimeo.com/15150909](http://vimeo.com/15150909) Naver cafe: [http://cafe.naver.com/culcom](http://cafe.naver.com/culcom) Facebook: [http://faxebook.com/culcom](http://faxebook.com/culcom)

Title: Meeting new Korean friends in Gimpo (Free only for forigners) Free drinks, snack and party at times and learning Korean for language exchange Time: 8PM-10PM (every week on monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday) Place: **5F,** **487, Daejong-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea** Inquiry: 010-3017-0553 Details \*How many people? 40\~70 (5-7 is a team) \*Your Role Come to Culcom, enjoy talking with a bunch of Koreans in English for 2 days per week, 2 hours each time, and also get an amazing language exchange with a Korean partner! \*Schedule -getting to know Culcom by talking with staff for 20 minutes -signing up for 1:1 language exchange with a Korean (if you want) -2 hours of meeting new Korean friends and getting to know them - by speaking English! \*More info -When you come to the place, please tell the staff that you’ve come through meetup -We provide free unlimited beer on a self-service basis. -We have language meetups, along with outdoor & indoor activities occasionally. Some examples of the activities we did were ski trips, casino nights, kimchi making, dance classes, etc. You will love these events as we’ve been doing it since 2004! \*FAQ Any charge afterwards? → Not at all. What if I’m late? → You will be highly welcomed regardless of the time, but it would be much more enjoyable for you if you come on time Can I bring my friend? → We will give you a big hug if you bring your friends. XD \*Further information? Some video clips casino night: [http://vimeo.com/136714567](http://vimeo.com/136714567) Kimchi making: [http://vimeo.com/57131651](http://vimeo.com/57131651) Beerpong night: [http://vimeo.com/101484635](http://vimeo.com/101484635) Language study: [http://vimeo.com/15150909](http://vimeo.com/15150909) Naver cafe: [http://cafe.naver.com/culcom](http://cafe.naver.com/culcom) Facebook: [http://faxebook.com/culcom](http://faxebook.com/culcom)

Korean Class at CulcomDaejeon! Want to learn Korean for free? Join our Korean Class for Foreigners at Culcom Daejeon! Schedule: Every Monday & Tuesday, 7-8 PM Fee: FREE! Location: Culcom Daejeon • Why join? Improve your Korean conversation skills in a friendly environment Meet amazing people & make new friends Enjoy monthly parties, cultural events, and one-day classes as a Culcom member! How to Join? Text 010-3310-1638 to book a consultation and get started!

**What is a langauge exchange?** A language exchange is a relaxed social meetup where you practice languages through **real conversations with real people**. No textbooks. No grammar drills. Just talking, listening, laughing, and occasionally stumbling through sentences together. **What to Expect at Our Events** * Weekly in-person language exchange meetups * Casual, café-style atmosphere There’s always someone new to meet and talk to. **Who Comes to These Meetups?** * Both locals and internationals **How It Works** * Choose an event time * Book a spot * Show up and join the conversation That’s it. You can come alone or with friends. Running late? No problem. Join when you can, leave when you want. **Why People Like This Group** **1\. Smart Group Matching** Participants are grouped to create balanced conversations based on language level and background with optimised algorithm. **2\. Meet New People Each Round** Groups rotate every session, so you don’t get stuck talking to the same people all night. **3\. Beginner\-Friendly** Beginners are always welcome. You’ll never be forced into conversations beyond your comfort level. **FAQs** **1\. My target language isn’t very good\. Can I still join?** Yes. Beginners are welcome and grouped with others at a similar level. **2\. Can I arrive late or leave early?** Yes. The meetup is casual and flexible. **3\. Do I need to come every week?** No. Join whenever it fits your schedule. **How to Join** * Book your spot: [https://nurio.kr/](https://nurio.kr/) * Questions or help: [http://pf.kakao.com/_xmzbQn/chat](http://pf.kakao.com/_xmzbQn/chat) \-\-\- **언어 교환이란 무엇인가요?** 언어 교환은 교재나 수업 없이 실제 사람들과의 자연스러운 대화를 통해 언어를 연습하는 편안한 소셜 모임입니다. 교과서는 없고 문법 문제도 없습니다. 그저 말하고 듣고 웃고, 가끔은 문장을 더듬으며 함께 대화합니다. **모임에서는 무엇을 하나요** 주 1회 오프라인 언어 교환 모임을 진행하며 카페처럼 편안한 분위기에서 만납니다. 항상 새로운 사람들을 만나고 대화할 수 있습니다. **누가 참여하나요?** 한국인과 외국인이 함께 참여합니다. **참여 방법** 원하는 일정을 선택하고 참가 신청 후 오셔서 대화에 참여하면 끝입니다. 혼자 와도 괜찮고 친구와 함께 와도 됩니다. 늦게 와도 문제없고 원할 때 자유롭게 나가셔도 됩니다. **이 모임의 특징** **1\. 스마트 그룹 매칭** 언어 수준과 배경을 기준으로 최적화된 알고리즘을 통해 대화가 잘 되는 그룹으로 구성합니다. **2\. 매 라운드마다 새로운 사람** 세션마다 그룹이 바뀌기 때문에 같은 사람과만 계속 이야기하지 않아도 됩니다. **3\. 초보자 환영** 초보자도 언제나 환영하며 부담되는 대화에 억지로 참여할 일은 없습니다. **자주 묻는 질문** **1\. 목표 언어를 잘 못하는데 괜찮을까요?** 물론입니다. 초보자도 수준에 맞는 그룹으로 배정됩니다. **2\. 늦게 가거나 일찍 나가도 되나요?** 네. 모임은 캐주얼하고 유연하게 운영됩니다. **3\. 매주 꼭 참여해야 하나요?** 아니요. 일정에 맞을 때 자유롭게 참여하시면 됩니다. **참여 방법** 예약하기: [https://nurio.kr/](https://nurio.kr/) 문의하기: [http://pf.kakao.com/_xmzbQn/chat](http://pf.kakao.com/_xmzbQn/chat)

**🌍 Korean Chat Lounge: 1:1 or 1:2 Korean Tutor (Daejeon)** **Don't just study Korean. "Train" your tongue.** Most learners know the grammar but freeze when it's time to speak. We are here to fix that. This event combines the social vibe of our **Language Exchange** with the focused intensity of the **Korean Chat Lounge**. **🔄 Why 'Chat Lounge' instead of a Class?** Language isn't just knowledge; it's a physical skill. * **The Philosophy:** We focus on **repetition** and **muscle memory**. * **The Method:** Your tutor acts like a "conversation coach," guiding you to use practical phrases repeatedly until they feel natural. * **The Goal:** To move you from "thinking in your head" to "speaking out loud." **⏳ STRICTLY BOOKING ONLY** * **No Walk-ins:** Due to the private nature of the sessions, we cannot accept participants at the door. * **Pre-reservation Mandatory:** You must book your specific time slot via the link below. **🎟️ Cost & Venue Rule** **1️⃣ Participation Fee: ₩7,000** *(Includes: 1:1/1:2 Tutor Session + Language Exchange)* **2️⃣ Cafe Order: 1 Drink Required** *Please order at least one drink from the café counter upon arrival to support our venue.* **✅ How to Join** **👉 [Reserve your time slot via the link](https://nurio.kr/events/26).** *(Spots are extremely limited. Please book early.)*

**BreadBreakers is a community where people of all different belief systems and backgrounds can create community - and what better way to do that than reading together?** Join us as we combine the kind, curious, and welcoming atmosphere of a BreadBreakers dinner with the thought-provoking, fun format of a book club. Here's what to expect: * We'll be reading *Of Mice and Men*, by John Steinbeck. * This will be a one-meeting club, so if you've ever wanted to do a book club but couldn't commit to multiple meetings, here's your opportunity! * Snacks :) * BreadBreakers ground rules apply - we'll lead with curiosity, converse with kindness, and strive to dig beneath the surface level. * We'll be gathering in Meeting Room 1 at the Reston Regional Library. * Participants will be responsible for obtaining their own copies of the book. [Here's the Amazon link, if helpful.](https://www.amazon.com/Mice-Men-John-Steinbeck/dp/0140177396) * Our BreadBreakers table hosts will come ready with questions and facilitation skills - you come ready to discuss! **I've never attended a BreadBreakers event before - what is BreadBreakers?** BreadBreakers is a community where neighbors from all different beliefs and backgrounds can **hear, be heard, and know one another.** Most frequently, we do this through the ancient practice of breaking bread around a common dining table. But we're more than just a discussion group - we're a movement to heal our world's broken discourse and forge togetherness in a time of isolation and loneliness. **Through the sacred act of just "being" together, we're working to rebuild the town square, one table (or book club) at a time.** BreadBreakers is a religiously inclusive by Restoration United Methodist Church in Reston, VA. All faiths, beliefs, and stripes are welcomed, and our leadership and community include people who attend Restoration and people who don't.

Join us for a thought-provoking conversation as we discuss ***Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World* by Naomi Klein** Here's the summary: What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you and yet not you at all? What if that double shared many of your preoccupations but, in a twisted, upside-down way, furthered the very causes you’d devoted your life to fighting against? Not long ago, the celebrated activist and public intellectual Naomi Klein had just such an experience―she was confronted with a doppelganger whose views she found abhorrent but whose name and public persona were sufficiently similar to her own that many people got confused about who was who. Destabilized, she lost her bearings, until she began to understand the experience as one manifestation of a strangeness many of us have come to know but struggle to define: AI-generated text is blurring the line between genuine and spurious communication; New Age wellness entrepreneurs turned anti-vaxxers are scrambling familiar political allegiances of left and right; and liberal democracies are teetering on the edge of absurdist authoritarianism, even as the oceans rise. Under such conditions, reality itself seems to have become unmoored. Is there a cure for our moment of collective vertigo? Naomi Klein is one of our most trenchant and influential social critics, an essential analyst of what branding, austerity, and climate profiteering have done to our societies and souls. Here she turns her gaze inward to our psychic landscapes, and outward to the possibilities for building hope amid intersecting economic, medical, and political crises. With the assistance of Sigmund Freud, Jordan Peele, Alfred Hitchcock, and bell hooks, among other accomplices, Klein uses wry humor and a keen sense of the ridiculous to face the strange doubles that haunt us―and that have come to feel as intimate and proximate as a warped reflection in the mirror. Combining comic memoir with chilling reportage and cobweb-clearing analysis, Klein seeks to smash that mirror and chart a path beyond despair. Doppelganger What do we neglect as we polish and perfect our digital reflections? Is it possible to dispose of our doubles and overcome the pathologies of a culture of multiplication? Can we create a politics of collective care and undertake a true reckoning with historical crimes? The result is a revelatory treatment of the way many of us think and feel now―and an intellectual adventure story for our times. **Let’s meet at Caboose Commons in Fairfax to enjoy some good discussion and meet new friends.**

Please join us as we discuss **CHILDREN OF TIME**, book 1 of *Children of Time* by Adrian Tchaikovsky. This novel won the Arthur C. Clarke award, and is of moderate length, at about 609 pages. Please keep your RSVP updated and accurate! Space is limited for this event. We are intentionally holding some RSVP slots for new members specifically, so if you’re new and the event is full, please get on the waitlist ASAP! You may bring your own food/drinks (no alcohol, please) or you may pick something up in Mosaic or at the farmers market before the meetup. We do ask that you pack your trash out with you. * **[KINDLE](https://a.co/d/a3Cy5hF)** * **[PAPERBACK](https://www.amazon.com/Children-Time-Adrian-Tchaikovsky/dp/0316452505/)** * **[AUDIBLE](https://www.audible.com/pd/Children-of-Time-Audiobook/B071Y9TTHC)** **BOOK DESCRIPTION:** ***Who will inherit this new Earth?*** The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age—a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare. Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth? *\*Since missing one of these meetups is taking a spot away from someone else who wants to go, we'll need to have a stricter attendance policy than normal. For book discussions, 3 no-shows in a rolling 3-month period will prohibit you from attending any other book discussion for 2 months after your last no-show. In order to avoid a no-show, please update your RSVP no later than 10pm two nights before a discussion. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation! If you need to drop off because of Covid symptoms or exposure or a positive test or any other illness, there will be no penalty to no-showing or dropping late.*

Join us for a thought-provoking conversation as we discuss ***Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It* by Cory Doctorow** Here's the summary: **Explaining the process of the “enshittification” of digital platforms over time and what to do about it.** Cory Doctorow's *Enshittification* takes a witty yet incisive look at the tech landscape, where platforms like TikTok, Facebook, and Google start off great—before they inevitably turn terrible. In this contemporary moment of digital decline, Doctorow explores how tech giants lure users in with convenience and then degrade their services over time, squeezing profit at the cost of user experience. With a mix of sharp humor and deep insight, he unveils the slow creep of "enshittification," turning the online world into a worse place, one algorithm at a time. **Let’s meet at Caboose Commons in Fairfax to enjoy some good discussion and meet new friends.**

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