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  • 3.0 Magnitude Quake Rattles Seoul

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:20 am
    By Park Si-soo Staff Reporter A magnitude 3.0 earthquake occurred with its epicenter located just outside western Seoul, Tuesday evening. Some citizens, apparently alarmed by a recent major tremor...

  • Ewha Womans University President Lee Bae-yong speaks ...

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:20 am
    Globalization: Ewha Womans University President Lee Bae-yong speaks during an event to celebrate the upcoming Seolla holiday with foreign students on its campus in western Seoul, Tuesday. / Courtes...

  • Single East Asian Currency Proposed

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:20 am
    By Cho Jin-seo Staff Reporter The continuing economic woes in Europe and the United States are cultivating a spirit of regionalism in China, Japan and South Korea, so much so that the three East A...

  • Australia’s Tightened Immigration Rule Affects 800 Koreans

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:19 am
    By Lee Tae-hoon Staff Reporter Australia has rejected 20,000 immigration applications, including those by hundreds of Korean nationals, in a major overhaul aimed at attracting highly skilled labor...

  • Visa Problems Big Headache for Foreigners

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:19 am
    By Kim Sue-young Staff Reporter What troubles foreigners living in Korea the most are visa-related problems, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) said Tuesday. They also compl...
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    Big News Network

  • 3.0 Magnitude Quake Rattles Seoul

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:20 am
    By Park Si-soo Staff Reporter A magnitude 3.0 earthquake occurred with its epicenter located just outside western Seoul, Tuesday evening. Some citizens, apparently alarmed by a recent major tremor...

  • Ewha Womans University President Lee Bae-yong speaks ...

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:20 am
    Globalization: Ewha Womans University President Lee Bae-yong speaks during an event to celebrate the upcoming Seolla holiday with foreign students on its campus in western Seoul, Tuesday. / Courtes...

  • Single East Asian Currency Proposed

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:20 am
    By Cho Jin-seo Staff Reporter The continuing economic woes in Europe and the United States are cultivating a spirit of regionalism in China, Japan and South Korea, so much so that the three East A...

  • Australia’s Tightened Immigration Rule Affects 800 Koreans

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:19 am
    By Lee Tae-hoon Staff Reporter Australia has rejected 20,000 immigration applications, including those by hundreds of Korean nationals, in a major overhaul aimed at attracting highly skilled labor...

  • Visa Problems Big Headache for Foreigners

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:19 am
    By Kim Sue-young Staff Reporter What troubles foreigners living in Korea the most are visa-related problems, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) said Tuesday. They also compl...
 
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    Inside World: South Korea News

  • Hexion Plans Monomer Plant in Korea

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:46 am
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  • Hexion Specialty Chemicals to Build Plant in Onsan, Korea

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:46 am
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  • Samsung Gets the AMOLED Out

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:46 am
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  • Hexion building Korean plant

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:15 am
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  • Germany advises S. Korea to prepare for early inter-Korean reunification

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:17 am
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    U.S. News: South Korea

  • Obama Faces Daunting Challenges in Far East Tour

    By MARK S. SMITH Associated Press Writer Facing a daunting array of Asian challenges, President Barack Obama left Thursday on his first major trip to the region, where a surging China and newly assertive Japan are chipping away at America's standing on diplomacy and trade.

  • Navies of 2 Koreas Exchange Fire Near Border

    By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press Writer A badly damaged North Korean patrol ship retreated in flames Tuesday after a skirmish with a South Korean naval vessel along their disputed western coast, South Korean officials said.

  • North Korea Threatens Nuclear 'Fire Shower' Against the United States

    North Korea stepped up its threats against the United States today, warning that the Obama administration's recent pledge to provide nuclear defenses to South Korea could invite what the state-run media called a "fire shower" of nuclear retaliation.

  • South Korea Completes First Space Center

    HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press Writer SEOUL, South Korea—South Korea has completed its first space center and plans to launch a satellite from the site in July, the Science Ministry said Thursday, about two months after rival North Korea claimed it shot a satellite into orbit.

  • North Korea's Nuclear Gambit Tests International Community

    U.S. and South Korean forces along the world's most heavily fortified border were on their highest alert level in three years last week, following an apparent nuclear test by North Korea over the Memorial Day weekend and apparent preparations for the test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
 
 
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    World news: North Korea | guardian.co.uk

  • US human rights campaigner freed by North Korea returns home

    Adam Gabbatt
    7 Feb 2010 | 3:19 am
    Robert Park, who crossed into communist state with letter for Kim Jong-il protesting about political prisoners lands in LAAn American missionary and human rights activist who was arrested after entering North Korea on Christmas Day has returned to the US.Robert Park, 28, was detained for 43 days after crossing the border from China carrying a letter to North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il. He is believed to have been attempting to draw attention to the tens of thousands of political prisoners said to be held in the communist state.The Korean-American, from Tucson, Arizona, was welcomed by family…

  • North Korea to release US human rights activist

    Adam Gabbatt
    5 Feb 2010 | 1:29 am
    Robert Park to be freed by Pyongyang after his 'sincere repentance' at trespassing into the countryAn American missionary arrested after entering North Korea is set to be released, according to the state-controlled media.Robert Park, 28, was arrested after entering the country on Christmas Day carrying a letter to its leader, Kim Jong-il. He is believed to have been attempting to draw attention to the tens of thousands of political prisoners said to be held in the communist state.KCNA reported this morning that an investigation into Park, a Korean-American human rights activist, had found he…

  • North Korea sacks Kim Jong-il's financier after sanctions

    Daniel Nasaw, Justin McCurry
    4 Feb 2010 | 11:08 am
    Head of 'Room 39' replaced after foreign travel bans, South Korean agency claimsIt is the nerve centre of North Korea's money-making operations, the department dedicated to raising hard currency for Kim Jong-il while his country teeters on the brink of collapse.Room 39 is responsible for some legal ventures, such as the country's limited exports of ginseng and other items. But according to defectors, most of its energy goes into drug-trafficking, sales of weapons and missile technology, and the production of counterfeit US dollar bills.Today, it was reported the department's head – Kim…

  • Senior communist falls victim to North Korea's currency disaster

    Justin McCurry
    3 Feb 2010 | 10:28 am
    Finance chief purged after revaluation of won leads to social unrest and famineNorth Korea has purged a senior communist party official for his role in the disastrous currency revaluation that has triggered social unrest and threatens to cause another famine, according to reports in South Korea.The country revalued its currency, the won, last November for the first time in 50 years to help bring down inflation and regain control over its fledgling free-­market economy. North Koreans were obliged to exchange old won notes for new at a rate of 100 to one, but a cap on the amount that could be…

  • North Korea detains American man

    28 Jan 2010 | 1:38 am
    Arrest comes as US officials seek consular access to another American, thought to be a missionary, detained last monthNorth Korea has detained an American man for illegally entering the country from China, the second arrest of a US citizen it has reported in the past several weeks.The man was detained on Monday and is under investigation, the North's official Korean Central news agency said in a brief dispatch. It did not identify him by name or provide other details.In Washington, state department officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The US embassies in Beijing and…
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    South Korea News.net

  • 3.0 Magnitude Quake Rattles Seoul

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:20 am
    By Park Si-soo Staff Reporter A magnitude 3.0 earthquake occurred with its epicenter located just outside western Seoul, Tuesday evening. Some citizens, apparently alarmed by a recent major tremor...

  • Ewha Womans University President Lee Bae-yong speaks ...

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:20 am
    Globalization: Ewha Womans University President Lee Bae-yong speaks during an event to celebrate the upcoming Seolla holiday with foreign students on its campus in western Seoul, Tuesday. / Courtes...

  • Single East Asian Currency Proposed

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:20 am
    By Cho Jin-seo Staff Reporter The continuing economic woes in Europe and the United States are cultivating a spirit of regionalism in China, Japan and South Korea, so much so that the three East A...

  • Australia’s Tightened Immigration Rule Affects 800 Koreans

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:19 am
    By Lee Tae-hoon Staff Reporter Australia has rejected 20,000 immigration applications, including those by hundreds of Korean nationals, in a major overhaul aimed at attracting highly skilled labor...

  • Visa Problems Big Headache for Foreigners

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:19 am
    By Kim Sue-young Staff Reporter What troubles foreigners living in Korea the most are visa-related problems, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) said Tuesday. They also compl...
 
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  • 2010 International Hanmun Summer Workshop

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:36 pm
    (Literary/Classical Chinese Translation Course for Graduate Students and Junior Scholars)The Academy of Korean Studies is offering a three-week intensive course at its campus from Monday 5th July to Friday 23rd July with the aim of providing foreign and Korean graduate students or junior scholars with practice translating from Literary Chinese into English.  The course will run for 6 hours per day Monday to Friday for three weeks.  To be eligible, candidates should have a command of elementary Literary Chinese grammar and knowledge of at least 300 to 400 Chinese characters (hanja), plus an…

  • Announcement: 2010 Korean Studies Grant

    3 Feb 2010 | 10:56 pm
    Strategic Initiative for Korean Studies (SIKS), which is part of the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS), is pleased to invite applications for the 2010 Korean studies grants. SIKS grants for 2010 fall into the following five areas: 1) English Translation of Korean Classics Library 100, 2) Publication Grant, 3) Curriculum and Teaching Materials for Global Korean Studies, 4) Korean Studies Institution Grant, and 5) Laboratory for the Globalization of Korean Studies. Especially, Laboratory for the Globalization of Korean Studies is a new long-term project. Members of a lab may consist of two or…

  • Kyujanggak fellowship announcement

    10 Dec 2009 | 8:51 pm
    The Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies would like to invite applications for its 2010-2011 fellowships. The fellowships provide Korean Studies researchers with the opportunity to use the Kyujanggak collection as well as other resources at Seoul National University to carry out their research projects or prepare a manuscript for publication. Three kinds of fellowships are available: the junior fellowship for PhD students (three months), the fellowship A for Korean Studies faculty, and the fellowship B for recent PhD graduates without a full-time position (six or ten months).Benefits vary…

  • Call for Panel proposals: 3rd Kyujanggak International Symposium on Korean Studies

    3 Dec 2009 | 5:02 am
    The Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies at Seoul National University is pleased to announce the third Kyujanggak International Symposium on Korean Studies, to be held August 27-28, 2010. The conference theme is “The Japanese Annexation of Korea, 100 Years After: Looking back at 1910 – 강제병합, 100년 전을 뒤돌아 본다.” 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of the forceful annexation of Korea by Japan, an occasion to reflect on the causes and continuing significance of this event. Following the precedent of the previous Kyujanggak symposia, the plenary panel of the symposium…

  • KF POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS 2010-2011

    3 Dec 2009 | 4:57 am
    The Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign welcomes applications for postdoctoral study at the University of Illinois funded by the Korea Foundation's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Applicants will apply simultaneously to the Korea Foundation and the University of Illinois; selection by the University of Illinois does not guarantee Korea Foundation selection, but the University of Illinois will advise the Korea Foundation of its selected candidate(s). Scholars must have received their Ph.D. in a subject related to Korea within five years of…
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  • A Korean-American Missionary's Venture in North Korea

    kawandc
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:24 am
    News item: Robert Park (photo), a Korean-American missionary is released from North Korea after 43 days of detention following his illegal entry into North Korea via the border with China.When going into North Korea, Park proclaimed that he was willing to become a matyr to promote religious freedom and change in government there, but when he came out, he was attributed as saying about "complete religious freedom" in North Korea.Something is amiss here. Was his turnabout a condition for his release? Park has remained silent since his release. He needs to shed light on what had transcribed,…

  • War Rhetorics Flare Again in Korea's West Sea

    Korea Report
    28 Jan 2010 | 9:39 am
    Contrary to conciliatory New Year's Day messages, war rhetorics and artillery shells are being tossed across by both sides of Korea. Angered by the South Korean government's leaked emergency contingency plan for possible North Korean regime collapse, North Korean authorities have increased their warlike statements.On top of this, North Korea has fired artillely shells near the disputed sea border with South Korea, for which South Korea responded likewise. The photo shows a narrow sea border area on North Korea's west coast, observed from South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island in disputed waters in…

  • Another Standoff in the Korean Peninsula Peace/Security Issue

    Korea Report
    19 Jan 2010 | 10:46 am
    Looks like another standoff in the peace/security issue in the Korean Peninsula: North Korea demanded the lifting of sanctions and proposed a negotiation for a peace treaty to officially end the Korean War as prerequisites for rejoining the six-party talks on nuclear disarment, for which the U.S. and allies rejected, countering that North Korea should participate in the six-party talks first. All these issues have been aired before, but the parties still cannot agree on the format and approach towards meaningful resolution.The National Campaign to End the Korean War (based in North America)…

  • The New Year Brings Positive Signs

    Korea Report
    6 Jan 2010 | 8:40 am
    Judging from the New Year's messages from both North and South Korea, with conciliatory references to peace and renewed dialog, it looks like 2010 may bring some positive changes in inter-Korean relations and multilateral efforts at peace/security guarantees in the Northeast Asia. Happy New Year.

  • Another Disgraced Tycoon Gets Freed in South Korea

    Korea Report
    30 Dec 2009 | 10:36 am
    It looks like it takes a "CEO President" (Lee Myung-bak of South Korea, who was a Hyundai executive) to pardon another ex-CEO (Lee Kun-hee of Samsung, photo), who was convicted of tax evasion and embezzlement. The given reason for this gesture was to boost South Korea's bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics, using Lee Kun-hee's membership (though suspended during his conviction) in the IOC. But this kind of special treatments for Korean jaebol (conglomerate) leaders brings back the fear of unchecked collusion and corruption between the government and the conglomerates -- something from South…
 
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    Korean Lanuguage Notes

  • How do you say "elk" in Korean?

    3 Feb 2010 | 7:03 am
    My dictionary says elk is 말코손바닥사슴. A deer with a horse's nose and hoofs?UPDATE: 말코손바닥사슴 is the Korean word for "moose," not elk. The word is descriptive since 말코 means "horse nose" and 손바닥 means "palm," which most likely refers to the palm-shaped antlers of the moose. 사슴 means "deer." Photo of a moose from WikipediaThe Korean word for elk seems to be 와피티사슴, which comes from the Korean transliteration of "wapiti" (와피티). Photo of an elk from WikipediaBy the way, can anyone count how many elk are in the following video?

  • When do Korean children learn to swear and hate Japan?

    12 Dec 2009 | 4:15 am
    I am not sure, but the kids using vulgar language to spew hate on Japan in the Gangneung (강릉) dialect in the video below are supposedly in the second grade at the Wansan Elementary School (왕산초등학교) in Gangneung.민경:오늘 여게 사람들이 이리 마니 모였으니 내가 가슴에 담아 도던 얘기를 한 마디 할게요내가 이 얘기를 안하면요 살아도 산기 아니고요내가 쌔가 빠져 죽어도요 눈을 못 감을 정도로 한이 될기래요.성령:이런 진생 같은 간나가 꼴깝하고 자빠졌네지 나이가 몇 살이라고뭔 놈의…

  • Have you read "Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar"?

    31 Oct 2009 | 11:14 pm
    It cost me an arm and a leg (72,000 won), but I bought Edwin G. Pulleyblank's book, "Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar." When it first arrived, I thought I had been ripped off because it was only a flimsy, little 206-page book, including Contents and Index pages. It did not look like it was worth 72,000 won, which is the most I have ever paid for any book, but after reading the first forty pages, I have changed my mind. It was a good investment.Though the book is not that well written or organized, it is crammed full of short-and-sweet grammar rules with one or two example sentences for…

  • What does 苟且偸安 mean?

    23 Oct 2009 | 11:52 pm
    Yesterday, I bought a Korean book entitled "이이화의 한문 공부," which teaches the basics of classical Chinese writing. I bought the book not only because it was the only book in the store that taught the basics of classical Chinese, but also because it looked pretty good, at least in the store. However, after getting it home and reading more of it, I noticed a few problems.One of the problems with the book is that it assumes the reader already knows the Korean pronunciations for the Chinese characters used in many of the book's example sentences. In other words, the book gives you…

  • Does 乳以 mean the same as 以乳?

    21 Oct 2009 | 4:18 am
    Today, I was reading the 四字小學(사자소학), which was a book that Korean children used to study in traditional Korean schools (書堂 - 서당), when I came across something I did not understand. Why does 以 come after the nouns in lines 3 and 4, but before the nouns in lines 5 and 6?[My] father () gave life () [to] my (我 body ().My] mother () raised (鞠 my (我 body ().懷我With [her] stomach () [she] sheltered () me ().哺我With [her] milk () [she] fed () me ().溫我With () clothes () [they] warmed () me ().飽我With () food () [they] filled () me ().From what little I know…
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  • Picture of the Day: Weapons Loading Competition

    GI Korea
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:10 pm
    Senior Airman Hector Millan prepares tan air-to-ground missile to be loaded onto an F-16 aircraft while inspectors watch in the 4th quarter weapons load crew competition at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 29. They are all weapons load team members from the 51 Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Stephenie Wade

  • General Sharpe: “The Whole World Will Be A Stage For USFK”

    GI Korea
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:48 am
    Here is something interesting that USFK Commander General Walter Sharp mentioned while addressing Korean military cadets: On strategic flexibility, GEN Sharp mentioned, “In the beginning, the USFK will be coordinating with partner countries in the region. Eventually, the whole world will be the stage for the USFK. This is to deal with issues that menace the security of the world.”  [USFK website] This has been long suspected but it appears the ultimate goal for USFK is to become a deployable force around the world much like the Marines on Okinawa currently are.

  • North Korean Military Command Center Located On Mt. Baekdu

    GI Korea
    9 Feb 2010 | 2:06 am
    Here is what a Hong Kong think tank is reporting about a secret North Korean military facility on Mt. Baekdu: The North Korean leadership is believed to have established a temporary command center near the Chinese border, apparently to prepare for a military emergency, a think tank in Hong Kong has reported.The Kanwa Information Center said its analysis was based on satellite photos and informed sources. It also said more than 10 helicopters, likely for use in evacuation, are stored in an underground facility of the Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces in Pyongyang. According to the…

  • Robert Park Returns to the US After North Korean Misadventure

    GI Korea
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:18 pm
    It will be interesting to see what Robert Park has to say in the coming days, but for someone just released from North Korea he sure looks quite grim: n American missionary who strode illegally into North Korea on Christmas Day and was detained there for 43 days was welcomed back to the United States on Saturday evening in an emotional reunion with family members at the Los Angeles International Airport. Robert Park was greeted by his parents and brother in a private location at the airport after arriving on a commercial flight from Beijing. Earlier Saturday, the 28-year-old Korean-American…

  • Thailand Concerned About North Korean Retaliation?

    GI Korea
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:49 pm
    Here is an update on the North Korean arms shipment that was detained in Thailand: Nearly two months after the seizure here of a charter plane carrying 35 tons of weapons shipped from North Korea, the mystery remains as to where the rockets and other armaments were headed. Iran, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates were reportedly listed on the flight plan; the former Soviet republic of Georgia was cited as the charter company’s operations base; and the captain has said that Kiev, Ukraine, was the destination. This week, Iran denied that it was the intended recipient, according to…
 
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  • Obstetrics and Gynecology Doctors

    admin
    25 Jan 2010 | 5:05 pm
    Title: 산부인과 여의사 / Obstetrics and Gynecology Doctors Chinese Title : 妇产科医生 Also Known as : OB/GYN Doctors Genre: Medical, Romance Episodes: 16 Broadcast network: SBS Broadcast period: 2010-Feb-03 to 2010-March-25 Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55 (more…)

  • A Good Day For The Wind To Blow

    admin
    22 Jan 2010 | 5:57 pm
    Title: 바람 불어 좋은날 / A Good Day For The Wind To Blow Chinese Title : 风吹好日子 Also known as: Windy But Pleasant Day Genre: Romance, family Episodes: 100+ Broadcast network: KBS1 Broadcast period: 2010-Feb-01 Air time: Monday to Friday 20:25 (more…)

  • Dandelion Family

    admin
    20 Jan 2010 | 5:12 pm
    Title: 민들레 가족 / Dandelion Family Chinese Title :蒲公茵的家族 Previously known as: 장미와 민들레 / Roses and Dandelions Genre: Romance, family Episodes: 50 Broadcast Network: MBC Broadcast period: 2010-Jan-30 to 2010-July-18 Air time: Saturday & Sunday 19:55 (more…)

  • The Woman Who Still Wants To Marry

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    4 Jan 2010 | 6:18 pm
    Title: 아직도 결혼하고 싶은 여자 / The Woman Who Still Wants To Marry Chinese Title : 仍想结婚的女人 Also known as: City Lovers Genre: Romance Episodes: 16 Broadcast network: MBC Broadcast period: 2010-Jan-20 to 2010-Mar-11 Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55 (more…)

  • Pink Lipstick

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    1 Jan 2010 | 5:23 pm
    Title: 분홍 립스틱 / Pink Lipstick Chinese Title : 粉红色唇膏 Genre: Romance, family Episodes: 100+ Broadcast Network: MBC Broadcast period: 2010-Jan-11 Air time: Monday to Friday 7:50 AM (more…)
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    HanCinema News

  • New and upcoming DVD releases - 2010/02/09

    The Sword with No Name - DVD 3-Disc + Photobook First Press Limited Edition (2010/02/27)The Sword with No Name - DVD 2-Disc (2010/02/27)Kill Me - DVD First Press Edition (2010/02/25)Short! Short! Short! 2009 - DVD First Press Edition (2010/02/24)Yoga - DVD First Press Edition (2010/02/23)Kim Hyun-joong - Special Fan Meeting (DVD + Making Book + Poster In Tube) (English Subtitled) (2010/02/17)High Kick Through The Roof - DVD Vol. 1 10-Disc (No En Sub) (2010/02/16)Today and the Other Days - DVD (2010/02/16)IRIS - DVD Premium Limited Edition (English Subtitles) (2010/02/16)Ae-ja - DVD 2-Disc…

  • Korean dramas now airing

    OB and GY (Korean Drama, 2010) , Good Days when the Wind Blows (Korean Drama, 2010) , Dandelion Family (Korean Drama, 2010) , The Woman Who Still Wants To Marry (Korean Drama, 2010) , Pink Lipstick (Korean Drama, 2010) , The Slave Hunters (Korean Drama, 2010) , Pasta (Korean Drama, 2010) , Jejoongwon (Korean Drama, 2010) , Master of Study (Korean Drama, 2010) , Wish Upon a Star (Korean Drama, 2010) , The Reputable Family (Korean Drama, 2010) , Mrs. Town (Korean Drama, 2009) , My Wife is Back (Korean Drama, 2009) , Life is Good (Korean Drama, 2009) , Three Brothers (Korean Drama, 2009) ,…

  • [REVIEW] Variety show "Family Outing" (2010/02/08)

    Season 1 finale of variety show "Family Outing" [SBS] "Family Outing" - Final episode, SBS TV (Sunday, 5:10 PM) The family's last trip was no different from any other. The family members still played games, continued to play the game of love sticks in the hope they might avoid the dreaded early morning chores, huddled in a single room to go to sleep and made breakfast when they woke up. Except

  • "Dong Yi" hopes to brighten up your 2010 (2010/02/08)

    Entire cast consisting of +60 members came together; including Han Hyo-joo, Ji Jin-hee, Jeong Jin-yeong, Bae Soo-bin, Lee So-yeon, Kim Yoo-seok, Jeong Dong-hwan, Lee Kye-in, Choi Ran, etc. - Director Lee Byeong-hoon - "I hope people feel happier in 2010 due to 'Dong Yi'".- Scriptwriter Kim I-yeong - "I will try to write characters that everyone will be glad to portray". This is the saga of Roy

  • Kim Beom's Movie Picks (2010/02/08)

    Actor Kim Beom [Chae Ki-won/10Asia] Kim Beom has grown as an actor everytime we see him. The young boy that first appeared in 2006 TV series "Rude Women" as a child who takes good care of his single mom, made himself known to the public through MBC sitcom "High Kick!" and made his presence more prominent through just a few series of appearances in the beginning of "East of Eden" playing the chi
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    Star East Asia Entertainment News

  • Joo Ji-hoon joins army

    Webmaster
    7 Feb 2010 | 6:36 am
    Korean actor Joo Ji-hoon has joined the army last month to fulfil his mandatory two-year military service. Read the rest of Joo Ji-hoon joins army This article is brought to you by Stareastasia Entertainment News

  • Sun Mi takes leave from Wonder Girls

    Webmaster
    25 Jan 2010 | 2:57 am
    Wonder Girls member Sun Mi, aka Mimi, has announced that she will be leaving the group to take a break from her music career and to pursue her study. JYP Entertainment said, “Mimi had a truly memorable, once in a lifetime experience while living in the U.S. and touring over 50 cities. We support her decision to pursue an academic career at this time. We will also support Mimi if she chooses to return to singing after her academics are complete. In the meantime, she plans to frequent JYP facilities and continue her dance and vocal classes.” Mimi will remain with the Wonder Girls in…

  • Lee Byung-hun questioned all night by authorities

    Webmaster
    25 Jan 2010 | 2:47 am
    Korean actor Lee Byung-hun, who is engaged in a legal battle with his former girlfriend, was questioned by Korean authorities last week. Read the rest of Lee Byung-hun questioned all night by authorities This article is brought to you by Stareastasia Entertainment News

  • The Karate Kid (2010) trailer

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    8 Jan 2010 | 7:30 pm
    Movie trailer for the new Karate Kid, starring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith. [Video credits to mandcClassics] This article is brought to you by Stareastasia Entertainment News

  • Jun Ji-hyun to appear in new film with Zhang Ziyi

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    8 Jan 2010 | 7:25 pm
    Korean actress Jun Ji-hyun is set to appear alongside Chinese movie star Zhang Ziyi in a new film by Wayne Wang, titled Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, which is based on the same title by Chinese-American writer Lisa See. Set in 19th century China, the film chronicles the lives of two women – Lily and Snow Flower – and their intimate lifelong friendship. Zhang is set to play the main character Snow Flower while Jun’s role in the film has not been decided as of yet. Wanye Wang, a Chinese-American filmmaker, has directed several notable movies such as The Joy Luck Club (1993),…
 
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    Steve Thoughts

  • Enough With the Robots Already

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:53 am
    Robots can't feel love, but apparently they can act in Korean-style melodramas.

  • When It Comes to Asian Ice Hockey, No One Does It Better

    3 Feb 2010 | 6:12 am
    Went to the another Anyang Halla hockey game this past weekend. It's the first one I've been to since sometime shortly after I got here, and it was a lot of fun. A 4-3 overtime victory for the home team, and a clinching of the top seed for the playoffs.Congratulations guys!***Saw my janitor-buddy again after work today for the first time since the school went on winter vacation and I shifted to my vacation work schedule.'Hey, you ready?''Yep, time to go home.''Okay. What's this?' (taking note of my beard and pointing to his face)'Oh, yeah.''Why?' (not the first time I have been questioned for…

  • Paranoid Android

    2 Feb 2010 | 4:57 am
    In response to my last post, I've come across a whole bunch of new articles in the local paper. It seems every time I load up the Korean times, I come across a new story about how Korean engineers are developing some new machine to put someone out of work and make life better for everyone else. Golf CoachesMaidsFirefightersSurgery, Farming, and Valet ParkingSchool SecurityHome SecurityQuestionable ActivitiesScary...

  • A Bicycle Built for Two

    28 Jan 2010 | 8:36 am
    Asia...the robot capital of the world, or so I have always been told. With new reports hitting the news on a seemingly daily basis about the newest technologies coming out of Tokyo, Seoul, or somewhere else in the Eastern hemisphere, one might expect to be overtaken by sensory overload of neon lights, robots, and people in space suits the minute they enter any of Asia's major international cities.Fortunately or unfortunately, that's a bit more science fiction than real life, though I have always been a bit surprised and slightly disappointed by how non-futuristic my time here has been…

  • 빵구똥구

    25 Jan 2010 | 5:55 am
    Well, this has become a rarity over the past few weeks. An evening at home, a cup of coffee, good music, and enough time to sit and relax for a bit. Sure there are still at least six or seven other things that I could be doing right now, such as studying for my Korean class or practicing for my 단소 lesson tomorrow, but since I've been so busy lately and want to keep this blog active, I figured now is as good a time as ever to bring you up to speed. (By the way, I started using Google Analytics to track the number of views I'm getting on this site, and it seems that at least a few people…
 
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  • Plums

    4 Feb 2010 | 12:48 am
    Stu and I had some of our nearest and dearest over for dinner and I used this as an excuse to use some of the excessive plums from my Mum's neighbours tree.I made a sugary, buttery, vanilla mixture and cooked the plums half on each side, for 12 minutes. Then, I scooped the cooled mixture into muffin tins and covered each pudding with puff pastry, tucking it down the sides (one was pastry-less for gluten free Al.)We tucked into our delicious lamb, paua, potatoes and beetroot & feta salad while the desserts cooked in the oven.Once it's cooked, you flip the dessert over so the fruit is on…

  • Campus A Low Hum

    2 Feb 2010 | 1:05 pm
    Campus A Low Hum 2010, this year was held in Bulls at an old abandoned school site. Three days of music, long lost friends, tents and parties.From 10am to 2am, there is constant, awesome music being played all over the place. The most novelty stage, though less effective in terms of sound was the pool. It was even more awesome when filled with balloons.One of my favourite, un-posed pictures EVER!So many great activities, art and exercise classes and general hanging out in the mostly sun.Best partying night for me was night two. Anthony, Stu and I made up the A Team and danced our pants off to…

  • Road Trip #3: Whangarei

    1 Feb 2010 | 5:01 pm
    Continuing my journey of my unseen New Zealand, I squeezed in the car with the band and we drove from Raglan, through Auckland and two hours north to Whangarei which was exciting because I had never been up this far.The reason I wanted to got to Whangarei, was to catch up with this fabulous character (who is still rocking in his Korean gears):Tom and I completely chilled out for two days at his family home - he showed me around his new dentist office at Whangarei hospital, took me up Parihaka hill, we walked along the harbour and took me to eat some delicious food.Here is his amazing dog Lulu…

  • Road Trip #2: Raglan

    31 Jan 2010 | 2:02 pm
    After the Hamilton paradise visit - Holly and I drove half an hour east to Raglan. It's pretty much a surfers paradise, and because I am not a surfer it is also a beach sitting, book reading paradise. Holly and I ate some delicious fish & chips wrapped in the Waikato Times and drank some delicious lemon & paerora on the water front, we then went over to the main beach and watched a most romantic sunset.I met up with Stu, who was mid way through the Julian Temple Band tour - to which he was being the sound man. Julian's music suits the Raglan lifestyle perfectly.We then spent the next…

  • SORRY! I'm back, really! I've been in Hamilton.

    30 Jan 2010 | 7:48 pm
    It's been a long time, I know and my non-blogging has been on my conscience for this entire month. But I have some good excuses. 1) The first week and a half of this year I did nothing but Wii and read "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini . 2) I then went for a wee trip around the North Island - of which I will start blogging about today, then we will be all caught up and I can tell you what I am doing next, which is quite exciting.On the 15th of January, I flew to Auckland and stayed with my Aunty. The next day, she drove me one hour South to the metropolis of HAMILTON. Hamilton is…
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  • Thailand vacation - Day 7

    24 Jan 2010 | 6:20 am
    We woke up early for our final day (Friday) because we were going to be picked up at 6:30 am for the Flight of the Gibbon adventure that we had signed up for. We packed up all of our things and checked out of our hotel before we left, but they said that we could leave our bags in their lobby until we came back later. The Flight of the Gibbon is also another fairly well known attraction. They showed us a TV show that had featured it, and it was supposedly voted the “best attraction in Chiang Mai”. It involved zip-lines strung from the tops of trees throughout the rain forests! It…

  • Thailand vacation - Day 5 and 6

    24 Jan 2010 | 6:16 am
    The next morning (Wednesday), we woke up early to leave on a trekking tour. We climbed into a van that was full of people speaking various languages that we didn’t understand. We also noticed that we were the only people there that were under, like, forty. I thought that it was probably because there were also overnight two and three day tours, and there were also tours that included white water rafting, so I guess that we choose the “old people tour” that was just a single day trek and a calm bamboo raft ride. After a bit of a drive into the forest (during which one of the…

  • Thailand vacation - Day 3 and 4

    24 Jan 2010 | 6:03 am
    We arrived early in the morning (Monday), having gotten a little sleep, but not quite feeling like a new day should be starting just yet! So, we started to explore the city. The weather was perfect—a little cooler than in Bangkok, and there was far less traffic and people. We got breakfast at the first McDonalds we spotted, failed again to find a free wireless internet connection, and then pulled out our list of good hotels in the area. We started at the top of the list, and started asking around for where a certain street name, and were pointed in the right direction. We came to a few…

  • Thailand vacation - Day 1 and 2

    24 Jan 2010 | 5:44 am
    The 6 hours in the air from Seoul to Bangkok passed uneventfully. We arrived in Bangkok at the airport around 10:30pm (Saturday night), ready to find a bed. We exchanged some money, failed to find wireless, and then grabbed some hamburgers at an airport restaurant. After eating, we went outside to catch a taxi. There weren’t very many taxis, and we later found out that we should have gone to another place down stairs to catch a taxi, but we finally grabbed one. After telling him the name of our hotel, we got in. We had been told to be sure to get a taxi that runs the meter, because…

  • A Video

    23 Jan 2010 | 3:17 pm
    We played Monopoly in my English Camp two weeks ago. It took up the whole day, so it was a great idea!
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  • Extended Absence

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:47 pm
    I went home over Christmas for a surprise visit and stayed for quite a while.Before I left, there were some things that happened at my school that made me sure I had no desire to come back. My old co-worker had a contract from Jan 1 to Dec 31. He did not use some of his vacation or sick days and made a deal with the school to allow him to leave a bit early so that he could be home for Christmas. They agreed. On his very last day in Korea, when he was supposed to be paid all of his final stuff, they told him that they had changed his contract to start March 1 so he was leaving before his…

  • Since I haven't updated in a while....

    21 Dec 2009 | 2:04 am
    ...I figured I'd write a few sentences, or paragraphs, or novels. It snowed. It was pretty. Then it started to melt and everyone started slipping and falling. We laughed at one another. I won a snowball fight against my students, although I'm not sure I can call it a true win since they were too afraid to actually hit me. I'm not sure if I should be ashamed about throwing snowballs at students. Now the snow has completely melted but I'm hoping for a white Christmas. The forecast says its unlikely. But the forecast also said that it would be sunny and it the upper 40's on the days it was…

  • Problems in Jeollanamdo

    14 Dec 2009 | 11:25 pm
    There’s been a lot of problems and conflicts with contracts recently in Jeollanamdo and I believe it will have negative consequences for the students of the province. I don’t have any hard documents to back up these statements apart from some emails sent by our liaison in the Jeollanamdo office of education explaining things to us.Jeollanam-do is a more rural province in the Southwestern part of Korea. It has small towns and thousands of isolated islands. Travel within and out of the province takes planning and lots of time. There are some travel hubs and I’m fortunate to live in one of…

  • 'Tis the Season for Kimchi Giving...and it makes me very happy

    14 Dec 2009 | 12:37 am
    Dealing with the social and cultural politics of a public school here in the Land of the Morning Calm can be rough at times. The administration and I try to find middle ground but sometimes we fail and I want to poke them in the eyeballs. But I don't.One amazing thing about my particular school is the involvement of the parents. Moms and dads alike are there each and every day, not all of them but many. They help clean and decorate classes. Sometimes I leave work for the day and leave some student artwork or assignments on my desk and come the next morning to find that they've come in, tidied…

  • A Baker's Dozen

    6 Dec 2009 | 7:27 am
    One of the drawbacks of working in Korea is that I have misplaced many things that are important to me. My quick wit is on hiatus, my conversation skills took a walk, and my vocabulary went on sabbatical. Many of us legal aliens groan about these things. We spend so much of our day in an environment where our language skills are limited to what our students know and are able to learn. We actively think and speak in simple sentences, we use hand gestures to help them understand (I can no longer say "no" without raising my arms in an X), and we limit our vocabularies to the basics.What I…
 
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  • Winter Camp! Superheroes!!! (and how I really feel about teaching)

    26 Jan 2010 | 2:01 am
    I love teaching winter and summer camp. The classes are small, the students are well behaved and want to learn, I'm able teach fun material that the students and I enjoy, there are no pesky co-teachers watching over me and constantly interrupting, and I'm done by noon.This past week the students had to create a superhero and write a short paragraph describing their superhero. We then glued all the superheroes and descriptions onto poster-board. Here is what they came up with (the 1st graders writing is much better than the 2nd graders).First Graders:Second Graders:(Click on the pictures to…

  • Vice Guide to North Korea (and other hells)

    25 Jan 2010 | 12:41 am
    Vice Magazine/ TV do a travel show in which their correspondents travel to some of the worst places in the world; places you would never want to go and place you can not go to. I came across the Vice Guide to North Korea a while ago and have been meaning to post since then. It's kind of long but worth watching and informative. Here's the link if it's taking too long to load: VG to NK Part 1/3 Vice Guide to North Korea Part 1 of 3Vice Guide to North Korea Part 2 of 3Vice Guide to North Korea Part 3 of 3I decided to check out the newest Vice Guide, Liberia, while I was on the site. All I have…

  • Christmas & Winter in Korea, Plus My School Gets a Face Lift

    19 Jan 2010 | 3:51 am
    ChristmasChristmas in Korea... Last Christmas eve, I taught a regular day of classes and spent the evening on the subway going to sign up for a Korean class. On Christmas day, I went out with other foreigners for a Christmas dinner, but that was it. It didn't feel like Christmas, but I didn't feel like I missed out on Christmas because the absence of Christmas trees, lights, decorations, music, etc... made it feel like just another day.This year however, I went home for Christmas. I don't care if Christmas has become too commercialized or lost its true meaning (I'm not religious so the true…

  • "Your Totally Stimulating Blog Bores Me"... to paraphrase Ashley. Well I Hope This Somewhat Interests You

    6 Dec 2009 | 2:03 am
    Yes I have not updated my blog in a very long time, but there is a reason for that. I decided to take advantage of the cheap health care in Korea and get invisalign. I have been extremely happy with my treatment, but paying for it, in addition to sending money home every month has left me with very very little disposable income. Consequently, I have not been doing much. However from here on out, and after Christmas that will change because my treatment will be over.Here is something I recently learned and found interesting... ummm unusual.Pregnancy in KoreaNot too long ago Christine and I…

  • "How Do I Get To Dr. Fish?"

    2 Oct 2009 | 9:16 pm
    Ever since I posted about my trip to Dr. Fish people have been asking me how to get there. I will do my best to explain. If you know your way around Hongdae you should have no problem finding it; if not it may be a little tricky.Go out exit 5 at Hongdae (sometimes called Hongik University)Walk STRAIGHT until you get a "busy" street. Take a LEFT up the street. Keep going STRAIGHT until you get to "Eoulmadang Gil" the street that leads to the main shopping street in Hongdae. If you are unfamiliar with the area walk up the right side of the street there will be a small street sign marking it. Go…
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  • Wonder Girls at H-Mart Lynnwood, February 13

    Kwang Lee
    2 Feb 2010 | 7:13 pm
    Here’s your chance to meet the fabulous Wonder Girls!  The word is out that they will be at two H Mart locations this month.  But in order to meet them, you have get yourself a copy of their latest album, “Nobody”, Rainstone Remix (English Version) at your local H Mart store.  That will be your [...]

  • Register & Comment To Win An Apple iPod Shuffle!

    Kwang Lee
    26 Jan 2010 | 12:01 pm
    This is our first big promotion for KoreaMelon!  We are planning to give away a lot more prizes throughout the 2010 year.  Right now, you can win a brand new Apple iPod Shuffle 2GB, Silver, 4th Gen (Newest model) just by registering with us and posting at least one comment in any of [...]

  • Peter Sings: 이 노래 “This Song” by 2AM (cover)

    Kwang Lee
    23 Jan 2010 | 4:37 pm
    One of my Facebook friends, Peter forwarded me this video of him singing “This Song” by Korean group, 2AM.  And he’s not even Korean, but he sings it better than the rest of us!  Haha!  Are there any recording studios out there in Korea that would take him on as a new foreign Korean singer?  [...]

  • I Didn’t Blink!: Racist Face-Detection Cameras?

    Kwang Lee
    22 Jan 2010 | 10:15 am
    Looks like some Asians have been experiencing some discrimination from their new Nikon face-detection cameras.  “Did someone blink?” it would ask, even when you think you haven’t squinted.  A similar thing happened to a black person on an HP Pavilion laptop.  His built-in camera couldn’t detect his face, but worked fine on a Caucasian.  Okay, [...]

  • South Korea Burger King Murder File Reopened

    Kwang Lee
    20 Jan 2010 | 3:20 pm
    This is a story about a murder of a South Korean university student 13 years ago.  He was found dead on a bathroom floor at a Burger King in Itaewon, a popular nightlife destination in Seoul for mostly foreigners and U.S. military personnel.  22 year old Cho Chong Pil was stabbed multiple times in the [...]
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  • Raw Horse Sashimi in Seoul

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:52 am
    Here we have raw horse sashimi mixed with sesame oil and topped with a quail egg. Around the plate is Korean pear. It looks like the morning sun, doesn't it? The story goes that LPGA golfers would seek out horse sashimi places because it would help improve their game. I'm not sure if it works, but I do know that Koreans have won a butt load of golfing championships. Coincidence? Hmmmm... Here are

  • My grandmother started to teach me how to make banchan (반찬), side dishes.

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:20 am
    It must be the Korean way of *hinting* the need to marry you off soon. Well regardless of hidden meanings or codes, I'm just happy to be spending an afternoon with my grandmother learning how to make banchan(반찬), side dishes that accompany the main meal.Today she taught me how to make black bean in soy sauce banchan (콩자반)Ingredients (it seems that Koreans cook in ratios, so that's how I'm listing

  • From the K-food blogosphere: tteokbokki in angry sauce

    7 Feb 2010 | 3:03 pm
    From zenkimchi.com there is a great series of posts frim Tammy of Calikorean cooking. She is doing 12 days of tteokbokki. Today we have Arrabiatta Tteokbokki. Seoulfoodyo is eating kimchi stew made from three year old kimchi. Jenny from foodcoma911 is eating Military Stew at Ewha University. Finally, shinshine posts about her thoughts on the Japanese food expo that was recently

  • Potato and Pork Bone Stew

    7 Feb 2010 | 6:40 am
    Potato and Pork Bone Stew My friend Steve Hatherly from TBS eFM radio has been telling me about this amazing potato and pork bone place for over a year and so we finally decided to go check it out. The place is amazing and it's ALL, about the soup. They must cook the pork bones 24/7 because the broth is so thick and luscious that its what I perceive molten gold would taste like (I mean if

  • Where to Watch the Superbowl 2010 in Seoul TOMORROW

    6 Feb 2010 | 7:27 pm
    This is a repost. BTW, I am going to meeting a couple other football fans at the Wolfhound for breakfast and football. Come out. It starts at 8:25AM Dan Go Saints and Colts! (that's who are playing right?)I received this message from my buddy James: Hi Daniel,Before I ask google, I was hoping you can help me with something. I was wondering if there are places in Seoul that will be showing the
 
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  • Updated: The Quest for Pho in Seoul

    2 Feb 2010 | 3:29 am
    I meant to post at least once a week, but I got caught up in all sorts of projects, particularly a podcast for preschoolers. (Aren't you curious?)I'm so happy to finally have a chance to share my pho findings.After a number of disappointing visits to various Pho chains around Seoul (Thanks for nothing, Pho Hoa!), I had pretty much given up all hope of finding anything close to the pho I had

  • 5 Jan 2010 | 5:30 pm

    5 Jan 2010 | 5:30 pm
    Elle Magazine puts out a publication called Elle à Seoul that profiles trends, eateries, and shopping destinations throughout Seoul. It's one of those magazines that I would never pay money for, but can't wait to read for free at a cafe or salon. I love looking at all the glossy photos of pretty things and pretty places. This month's issue has a feature on two of my favorite things: Dessert Cafes

  • Current Obsessions: Current Snow and Eye Sight

    4 Jan 2010 | 1:04 am
    I woke up this morning to see a massive blanket of snow across the whole 'hood. Apart from Tahoe, I've never seen so much snow in my life! It snowed a few times last winter, but I don't recall ever seeing this much snow in Seoul. Needless to say, I'm pretty excited.Cyndi has a sore throat, so we decided to trek to the pharmacy. Very prudent, I know. The Iditarod dogs weren't available, so we had

  • New Eyes for the New Year

    1 Jan 2010 | 6:04 pm
    What the what? It's 2010! Where did the year ago? I'm currently blogging from the eye doctor's office. That's right. I'm finally getting the Lasik surgery. I chickened out last year, but now I'm ready. The next time I blog, I shall have 20/20 vision, or so they tell me. See you later.

  • Blame it on the Pop

    28 Dec 2009 | 7:01 pm
    United State of Pop 2009 (Blame It on the Pop)
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  • 3.0-magnitude earthquake in Gyeonggi-do Tuesday at 6:08 pm.

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:56 am
    Around 6:15 on a bus heading out of Seoul today, a display flashed across the bottom of the TV screen saying that a 3.0 magnitude earthquake was detected north of Seoul today at 6:08 pm. KBS Global has the only coverage thus far in English:A three-point-zero magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Gyeonggi Province on Tuesday evening.The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said the quake occurred at 6:08 p.m. with the epicenter eight kilometers north of Siheung.It's not uncommon for South Korea to experience small earthquakes, and browsing the Earthquake Information page from the…

  • Gwangju's got a Vietnamese restaurant.

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:29 am
    Not sure when this opened, since nobody from my Brian in Jeollanam-do Sangmu bureau tells me anything, but it's a new addition since the last time I was in the area. A Hoa Binh (호아빈) restaurant is now in Chipyeong-dong, behind Columbus Cinema near the E-Mart in Gwangju's Sangmu area. You'll find a map here via Naver, and one on the Hoa Binh website. It's accessible via buses 지원45 지원50, and if you're going by subway you can head out exit 3 of Uncheon Station (운천역), make that right, and walk along the park until you come to, and go behind, the movie theater.You people laugh…

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    9 Feb 2010 | 6:25 am
    Lee Min-ho's lookin' good for Etude House.

  • Top ten for '09, a month late.

    8 Feb 2010 | 1:00 am
    In case you missed it, I was in the Korea Herald on January 5th with a list of ten stories I felt were among the biggest to my readers. I think I've qualified that enough. Like I said in the third paragraph:The following is a list of the stories I consider most relevant to, and among, my readers, many of whom happen to be English speakers and English teachers. I don't write "relevant to foreigners" or "among expatriates" because though we might all be called the same word in Korean, we're a diverse group of people. And I'm aware that there's a ton of people who don't read the papers, don't…

  • South Korea has world's fastest internet, US 18th, says "State of the Internet Report."

    7 Feb 2010 | 8:20 pm
    From the U.S. News & World Report, passing along results from the Akimai's "State of the Internet Report" for the third quarter of 2009:What do South Koreans, Romanians, and the Swiss all have in common? On average, they enjoy faster Internet connection speeds than Americans, according to the quarterly "State of the Internet Report" issued by Akamai, a technology company in Cambridge, Mass., that sells fast data delivery to businesses and other enterprises that put content online. The company looked through its data for an average connection speed throughout the United States and found it to…
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  • Korean Sociological Image #31: Gender Roles & Korean Holidays

    James Turnbull
    7 Feb 2010 | 1:34 am
    ( Source: RaySoda ) With apologies to teachers of Korean children everywhere, tired of their proclivity for repeating the nonsensical foreign words found in Korean advertisements, there is actually much to be admired in KT’s recent olleh (올레) campaign. For under the rubric da guraerul dweejeebeora (다 그래를 뒤집어라), or “turn the things that bug you on their heads,” it has a definite self-depreciating streak, poking fun at various groups of Koreans and their habits in a way that feels curiously similar to British humor. Coming from a society notorious…

  • Open Thread #6

    James Turnbull
    6 Feb 2010 | 12:36 am
    ( Source: Fabror Sid ) Fashionably late, but I made it! What’s on your mind this weekend folks? Filed under: Open Threads

  • The Kafkaesque Korean Beauty Trends of 2009

    James Turnbull
    6 Feb 2010 | 12:23 am
    ( Source: Unknown ) Confused about all the new buzzwords used to describe Koreans’ bodies these days? Here’s my translation of an article that gives a quick guide. The author implies that most of them arose organically from the public’s interest in certain actors in Korean dramas, but of course it’s largely companies and the media that are constantly trying to create new consumer trends (read: new reasons for people to feel dissatisfied with themselves). Yet while most of these have no basis in reality, are essentially useless, and/or are so contrived as to be quickly…

  • Oh? Oh…! (Updated)

    James Turnbull
    1 Feb 2010 | 7:24 pm
    ( Source ) Call me old-fashioned, but although music videos can have a huge effect on my enjoyment of songs, I still try to judge them on their own merits. By that criteria, all of Girls’ Generation’s hits have fallen flat for me, no matter how photogenic the girls are But then I found a remix of their latest hit Oh! by the Greek trance DJ “Ariea”, and I immediately fell in love with it. Like he says on his blog, he put a lot of work into it. And it shows. True, it’s actually the only one of his K-pop remixes that I like, that of Abracadabra…

  • The Dire Need for Sex Education in South Korea

    James Turnbull
    1 Feb 2010 | 6:26 am
    ( Source: Naver Movies ) As you probably suspected, only a very small percentage of Korean teenagers are having sex. The average age that they started though, was as young as 14, and that doesn’t just affect them academically. Or at least, that’s the take-away message of the news article below, which I was pleasantly surprised to see on the front page of Yahoo! Korea last week. Unfortunately it is rather sloppily written, raises more questions than answers, seems to ignore teenage prostitution and – in a typical irony – required age verification to search for it again…
 
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  • The Eighth Day: Texas-style BBQ sauce with Tteokbokki

    Tammy
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:00 am
    Posted by Tammy If Koreans are the kings (and queens) of Far-East Asian BBQ, then Texas reigns supreme as far as American BBQ is concerned. With heavy Spanish, Czech and German influences, Texas BBQ is bold and full of flavor. The Texan tradition of slow smoked BBQ is the opposite of the Korean quick grilling but the Texan method of BBQ forces the toughest cuts of beef to submit in tender submission. The traditional Korean way of making tteokbokki reminds many ex-pats of gnocchi’s chewey texture. Some Americans have an aversion to tteokbokki because of the texture of the noodles.

  • New Blog: A Frog in the Kitchen

    ZenKimchi
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:59 pm
    I’m always on the look out for new Korean food blogs, especially ones with unique angles.  A Frog in the Kitchen takes a French approach to Korean cuisine.  Written by French expat Tiffany Bernard in both English and Korean, the blog tackles a good bit of lifehacking (my new catchall word these days) by making French foods with Korean ingredients and then some.  She even makes a mold out of a Korean butter package so she can stack ratatouille in tower form and garnish it with a glorious strip of bacon.  Girl has mad knife skills, too. A Frog in the Kitchen If you appreciate…

  • The Seventh Day: Chicken in Mole Poblano Tteokbokki

    Tammy
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:00 am
    Today, I’m bringing tteokbokki to the new world, first stop in Mexico. Due to the labor-intensive nature of traditional Mexican mole sauces, I didn’t make this mole from scratch. The mole that Americans recognize is Mole Poblano. Wikipedia says, “Mole poblano is prepared with dried chili peppers (commonly ancho, pasilla, mulato and chipotle), ground nuts and/or seeds (almonds, indigenous peanuts, and/or sesame seeds), spices, Mexican chocolate (cacao ground with sugar and cinnamon and occasionally nuts), salt, and a variety of other ingredients including charred avocado…

  • Charity Bazaar for Haiti

    ZenKimchi
    7 Feb 2010 | 5:54 pm
    Marks&Spencer and Habitat for Humanity will hold a bazaar February 10th (2-8 p.m.) and 11th (10:30 a.m.-8 p.m.) at Geuckdong Sports Centre in Apgujeong.  All earnings will be donated to Habitat for Humanity in Haiti. If you appreciate ZenKimchi why not buy us a cup o' coffee? Like it? Share it!

  • The Sixth Day: Beef Bolognese Tteokbokki

    Tammy
    7 Feb 2010 | 7:00 am
    Posted by Tammy Today’s tteokbokki recipe keeps us on the Italian peninsula by using Bologna’s famous sauce as the wardrobe for the tteok noodles. When I lived in Korea, I did not know much about cooking. My cooking skills was limited to grilled cheese sandwiches and the occasional one pot meal, usually featuring a couple of chicken breasts thrown in a rice cooker with 2 cups of rice mixed with random spices thrown in for flavor. The last 3 months or so I lived in Korea, we had a Korean woman who made lunch for us every day. When she wasn’t making Korean foods like japchae,…
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  • Winter English Camp in South Korea: Camp #2, Day 1 -- My Teaching Nightmare Becomes Reality: Zombie Student Attack!!!

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:38 am
    Yesterday was day 1 of my second two week English winter camp. Unlike the previous two week camp that wrapped up last Friday, where there were blue skies every day, yesterday morning was gloomy and overcast.I wondered if there was any kind of portentous meaning in the gray skies and tried to shake it off as I walked into my office. I turned on my computer, printed out a few things, and then made photocopies of stuff I needed for day. To give you an idea of what I was copying (especially if you've never done a camp in Korea) here is a list of what I prepared. 1. Classroom English Rules 2. Camp…

  • Winter English Camp in South Korea: Camp #2, Day 1 — Lesson prep in Korea is the Achilles Heel of EFL teaching

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:15 am
    I'm still writing up the first English camp I just finished this past Friday and will try to post the series (it covers 8 days) some time this week. This morning I came to school and did the small bit of prep I needed to do for my second two week winter English camp. Then the events of today reminded me yet again why lesson prep in Korea is pretty much the Achilles Heel of EFL teaching. Let me explain. Last December I organized an informal winter English camp workshop at my high school for other foreign teachers who wanted to collaborate ideas and materials. About 9 teachers showed up and we…

  • Bugs and Apartment Life in South Korea - A giant cockroach visited my girlfriend today . . . no, really.

    4 Feb 2010 | 4:42 am
    A giant cockroach visited Julianne in her apartment this afternoon . . . no, really.I've had several different apartments in Korea over the years and never really had a major problem with bugs. I'm not saying there haven't been bugs, but the number and type haven't been anything like a serious infestation or problem. I don't know what the actual percentage is of foreign English teachers who are placed in apartments that have bug problems. I'd have to say based on how many teachers I've heard talk about it as a problem that it'd be something like 25% or so. The majority of apartments in Korea…

  • EFL Foreign Teacher Motivation - What do you do when you don't feel like teaching but have to?

    4 Feb 2010 | 4:40 am
    It's a gorgeous day outside with a clear blue sky and not too cold a temperature . . . and I really don't feel like teaching. I decided that it'd be interesting to write about "What do you do when you don't feel like teaching but have to?" and see what other teachers in and out of Korea do. Here are some of the things I've done in the past. 1. Put on a tie. I normally wear a collared shirt and cotton pants or dress pants when I teach. During my five years of teaching I have gone through periods where I dressed much more casually but I found that my behavior and motivation tended to be a…

  • Winter English Camp Konglish: "shampoo and rinse" and "wash towel"

    3 Feb 2010 | 4:50 am
    I'm way behind on writing up the seven of nine days of winter camp I've taught so far . . . I have pictures of the guys doing stuff, and stories galore . . . but for now a small story will have to do. Oh, before I get to the story there's one other interesting thing that happened today at camp. The students I'm working with are NEW freshman--technically they're still middle school students right now--and the Korean education cultural organization of the winter break period threw me a curve ball today. Let me explain. The winter break is not a consecutive block of time off from school. Korean…
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  • CNNGo | Han River Reborn

    Gregory Curley
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:46 am
    My piece on Seoul’s new massive USD 84 million waterfront development project is up. “Viva”, the second largest of the three islands – weighing in at 2,000 tons – was the first to be rolled into the Han River over the weekend. Filed under: CNNGo Tagged: CNNGo, Korea, Korean Photography, Seoul

  • Tracey Tomtene Photography | NYC

    Gregory Curley
    7 Feb 2010 | 10:16 pm
    Got an email this morning from my friend Tracey. She’s put together a slideshow of shots she took in New York City. I was so damn impressed I wanted to share. Filed under: Digital Photography Tagged: Korea, Korean Photography, New York, Seoul

  • Jazzin’ It Up

    Gregory Curley
    7 Feb 2010 | 7:46 pm
    I was out exploring a few jazz bars other night with some friends. Our first stop was JZ, a tiny little venue in Apgujeong. It’s where guitarist Jean Oh sits in with the house band from time to time when he isn’t playing his regular gigs at All That Jazz in Itaewon. A truly talented musician, he was kind enough to give my friend and I his latest CD. Jean lived and studied in New York before coming back to his native Korea. Go visit his website if you get a moment to get a better idea of just how good he is. Filed under: Music, Nightlife Tagged: Jazz, Korea, Korean Photography,…

  • Behind the Lens | Derek Winchester

    Gregory Curley
    7 Feb 2010 | 4:34 pm
    I’ve featured Derek’s work on here before. A regular contributor for SEOUL magazine, he’s also very active in the shutterbug community. This interview is the first in a series I’m getting off the ground. You can view the full interview and grab links to Derek’s work here. Filed under: Behind the Lens Tagged: Flickr, Korea, Korean Photography, Seoul

  • Magnum | Korea in Focus

    Gregory Curley
    3 Feb 2010 | 8:08 pm
    Some awesome shots on Magnum Korea’s site. Especially the works of Alex Majoli and Gueorgui Pinkhassor. Then again, I’ve always been a sucker for moody lighting. On a related note, I’ll be starting a new series next week called “Behind the Lens” that will feature a collection of interviews from some of my favourite photographers based here in Korea. Really looking forward to getting some fresh insight and I hope you (my loyal visitors!) will feel the same. Filed under: Behind the Lens, Images of Korea Tagged: Korea, Korean Photography, Magnum, Seoul
 
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  • Happy Birthday New Zealand

    Stafford
    5 Feb 2010 | 7:01 am
    170 today!

  • Integrating Listening Strategies Into the Classroom

    Stafford
    4 Feb 2010 | 9:45 pm
    This paper focuses on the classroom integration of learner strategies. It provides an overview of the development and recognition of learner strategies as a field associated with learner autonomy. It then focuses specifically on listening, examining the difficulties encountered by a group of Korean middle school students (aged 13 – 14) in undertaking listening tasks. After discussing listening strategies a lesson plan is presented and critiqued for it's possible benefit to the learners in question in the hope that the integrated teaching of strategies will help them, not only complete…

  • Crackdown on Illegal Tutoring Ineffective

    Stafford
    3 Feb 2010 | 6:24 pm
    Hey Kang ShinWho... Get a FUCKING clue mate! In what is the second of a series of articles by Kang on illegal tutoring readers are given this to start: Many students take private English lessons for writing and speaking to prepare for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and TOEFL test for admission to U.S. universities. But many of those teaching are doing so illegally. The education authorities have no immediate measures planned to crack down on illegal private tutoring by foreigners.  OK. Good one. Why not write an article about a subject that even the authorities don't really give…

  • $86,805 - I'd Like A Share of That

    Stafford
    2 Feb 2010 | 11:12 pm
    You will recall yesterday's post on English teachers teaching private lessons illegally, where I dryly noted that the sums made through such activities often paled in comparison to what are essentially bribes, offered to our Korean counterparts. Obviously I was too inflamed by Kang Shin Who's boring rhetoric to consult a real newspaper (well one trying to be real) and so missed this piece in The Joong-Ang entitled: Officials to offer rewards to catch corrupt teachers From the article: In the wake of allegations of corruption in the education sector, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education…

  • iYawn

    Stafford
    2 Feb 2010 | 11:05 pm
    In what is quickly becoming the overused word of the year (February has just begun remember) The Korea Times has another article on Smartphones, that says very little new and would be hardpressed to be called news.  Although sales of iPhone fell from 10% in December after an initial surge for the device to 6% in January, or 200,000, to about 150000 units. You'll note though that KT is on target for 500000 iphones in three months, only The US has sold as many units as quick or quicker. Anyway go read the rest on your own.
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  • Moldy and Messy

    gyopowife
    27 Jan 2010 | 6:52 am
    Lately life has been moldy and messy. The bedroom closets were infested with mold because of the difference in temperatures between inside and outside, the back side abuts an exterior wall. As a result we had to vacate the master bedroom and sleep in the baby room, clear out the closets, wash everything, navigate around mountains of stuff that used to be hidden away, get mold removal estimates, have the closets and the interior wall rebuilt and try not to become hypochondriacs for weeks. Needless to say I learned some Korean, gompangi/곰팡이 (mold) and saengi-da/생기다 (to form).

  • Snow Day

    gyopowife
    3 Jan 2010 | 6:48 pm
    Woke up this morning to serious amounts of snow. Tree branches look strained under the thick snow. Hubby attempted to drive to work but couldn’t find the street. The only functioning mode of transportation today is the subway, which is packed.

  • Merry Christmas

    gyopowife
    25 Dec 2009 | 4:40 am
    We wish you a Merry Christmas! Here’s a picture of our little tree (less than 22 inches tall). It was purchased at Daiso for 3,000w, the silver and gold balls came in a pack for 2,000w, the candy canes are handmade, the garland is a re-purposed styrofoam pouch, the star was made using part of  a kitchen sponge, and the tree skirt is actually an artfully clipped pillow cover.

  • Lady Cab Driver

    gyopowife
    23 Dec 2009 | 12:36 am
    The one day we venture outside in the cold we actually hailed two lady cab drivers. The first one drove fast and furious, trying too hard to keep up with the “guys.” The second one was dressed in hanbok, traditional all the way down to her shoes. I had to take a picture to memorialize the day (not a holiday) and the outfit. Lady cab drivers are rare, probably accounting for less than 10% of taxi drivers in Seoul.

  • Christmas Trees in Korea

    gyopowife
    16 Dec 2009 | 12:57 am
    Christmas trees have popped up all over Seoul. I’ve noticed that there is a lot of blue used in Christmas displays here. Blue lights, blue ornaments, blue garlands…which I would instead associate with Hanukkah. Oh well, at least it’s festive.
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  • raining

    9 Feb 2010 | 3:18 am
    it's raining, not snowing;went to school. it was not too bad.i survived. only two more days to go, oh no, three.so many kids who like me; thank you.One of my favorite sweets brand, HANS (;they are super sweet!)sweetie world!Feel like sleeping for another eight or nine hours. I need to go to bed in an hour.Love the sound of the rain...

  • sleep

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:33 pm
    **Called in sick.Went to bed at around 4 pm yesterday; didn't wake up once till this morning.Finally got up at around 8 am. 16 HOURS of SLEEP! I was planning on 20 hours though.*

  • this week

    6 Feb 2010 | 10:02 pm
    the last day at SETIFeb 1: Group Presentation / the unforgettable PowerPoint Slides...Feb 2: Closing Ceremony, Mad for Garlic, Gumiphoto zone(?) at 괴산휴게소Feb 3: Gumi, Juleno's at Yatap on the way backFeb 4: Back to school.romantic skyFeb 5: School Began. Apgujeong. Get-together. Momchoi & Angel-in-us, Tango shoesFeb 6: School. Lunch meeting, Avatar at Cinus, Chicken, Milk tea @ Cuppa Cuppa, Beer @ BarbarosaAvaira contact gel lensesFeb 7: TEPS!!!(The bus broke down on the way, had to run looking for a taxi, then had to run again to be in the classroom at the last minute; what…

  • Apgujeong

    6 Feb 2010 | 5:33 am
    *Get-together on Friday (Feb 5)*Dinner @ MomchoiCurryOmuriceCafe Latte / Hot chocolate / Red Orange (mine) / Green tea@ Angel-in-us K, Chan, Gune, and me lovely timelove you all

  • avatar

    6 Feb 2010 | 5:28 am
    Watched Avatar (3D) at Seohyeon Cinus G. Not too excited, not too disappointed. Chan was right when he said the movie's like a mixture of Laputa & Mononoke hime.Mad for Garlic;; one of my favorite!Sauteed Fresh Mussel w/ tomato sauceGarlic Snowing PizzaCrab and Lobster PastaGarlicpeno PastaGarlicholic RiceCuppa Cuppa ; one of my favorite, too!Milk Tea was GREAT! Loved it to the last drop!
 
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  • How to Dance K-Pop Style 2009

    Eat Your Kimchi
    21 Jan 2010 | 4:20 pm
    ShareLast year, we brought you our most popular video to date, How to Dance K-Pop Style, 2008. In that video, we showed you all of the dance moves that our students couldn't stop doing in our classes. A year has passed since then, and now those moves aren't going to be useful to you in your classes. Well, you could try doing them, but you'll surely get a lot of groans. So, now that 2009 is over with, we have a whole new list of songs and moves that you need to know. So click on the picture above for our latest installation, How to Dance K-Pop Style, 2009.

  • Super Crazy Korean Snow Day!

    Eat Your Kimchi
    5 Jan 2010 | 3:29 pm
    ShareTwo days ago, Korea saw it's heaviest snowfall since something like forever. It was magical! Snow doesn't usually fall heavily here in Korea. Last Winter, snow would fall occasionally, but would melt away a couple of hours later. On January 4th, 2010, though, something close to 26 cm of snow smothered Seoul. Anyhow, the whole point of this backstory is to tell you that this snow day was AWESOME! Spudgy loved it, probably because he never saw snow like this before. We went out to the park to tape Spudgy hopping around in the snow, and happened to get a lot more than just Spudgy acting…

  • Merry Christmas From Eat Your Kimchi!

    Eat Your Kimchi
    24 Dec 2009 | 6:39 pm
    ShareWe're feeling in the Christmas spirit, so here's a quick video we slapped together of Christmas at Simon's Korean Middle School. Simon makes students write letters to Santa, then picks the best one from each of his classes (he's got 22), and then, on Christmas Eve, he goes from class to class, throws open the door, yells HO HO HO, and gives a small present to the winning student. Oh, and he's dressed up like Santa the whole time. The suit's really itchy, by the way. Spudgy's got a Santa suit of his own, and he's not too fond of it either. Anyhow, here's a small video to match the…

  • How to Get Sushi Delivered to Your Home

    Eat Your Kimchi
    14 Dec 2009 | 6:24 pm
    ShareWe love sushi. We were really excited when we saw that Korea has Sushi Conveyor Belts, but since then the novelty has worn off, and we haven't really eaten much sushi since. Fortunately, someone sent us an email recently to tell us about Sushi Mom, which does Sushi Delivery. Yes. That's right. SUSHI DELIVERY! We don't have to go to the conveyor belts anymore! Sushi can come right to our house! What's great about this place is not only the awesome sushi, but also the fact that you don't have to stumble around on the phone trying to explain your order, because the owner speaks perfect…

  • How to Become a Teacher in Korea

    Eat Your Kimchi
    28 Nov 2009 | 9:28 pm
    ShareWe have received a lot of emails from people asking us how to become a teacher in Korea. It's a complicated process at times, with a lot of documents that need to be signed, stamped, and delivered. However, before you get to that process, you need to make two important decisions: 1) Do you want to teach at a public school or private tutoring school 2) What recruiter do you want to use to get you to KoreaIn this video, we'll give you our honest opinions and experiences with public and private schools. Sure, not everyone will agree with this, since everyone has different experiences, but…
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  • Meltdown commencing … wait, not yet, damn it, I’m not ready

    wevegotseoul
    19 Jan 2010 | 10:53 pm
    Not done my paper – but what I have done is looking ok ,,, I think. The stress of the 22nd is building and spilling over into daily mini melt downs… crying headaches + stress headaches and I think changing weather patterns (and I got me some PMS) is making for heavy sleeping combined with a withdrawal from humanity, for the moment. Lights on, me under the covers, as husband comes home: “What are you doing?” me: “Hiding.” “From what?” “Life” “Oh….. ok.  For how long?” “Mmm, right now?  No, not that long, just…

  • a year already

    wevegotseoul
    14 Jan 2010 | 4:56 am
    It’s my birthday which means that a week from now it’ll have been a year since my mom passed away.  As if it’s been a year. Priorities have certainly changed as has definitions of “taking a break” – now it means, “maybe I’ll wash the dishes, to at least stand up from reading all these flipping journal articles.” whoa, the good times, let me tell you, they just don’t stop around here. Back to the dishes though – really, if I could just get the pipes to unfreeze so that I could have some hot water to wash them in!  that would…

  • I’ve got my idea trapping hat on tight – don’t touch it!

    wevegotseoul
    3 Jan 2010 | 6:49 pm
    holy hell I can’t focus.  I seem to max out at 9 minutes and then need to stop, think, assure myself of all the hard work I’ve done and then check the clock for affirmation…. yikes. I also remembered my ever-so-autistic-need-but-we-all-have-one-not-in-a-mocking-kinda-way to wear a toque while researching/writing papers … perhaps I just need the reassuring pressure against my head ??? What’s your autistic thing? According to this list I’m doomed as I suffer from all of this, on a daily basis, in some sort of rotational order …

  • OOOOoooo

    wevegotseoul
    2 Jan 2010 | 11:34 pm
    this is pretty neat!

  • wake up call

    wevegotseoul
    2 Jan 2010 | 5:50 pm
    It was August when I moved to Taiwan and it was hot.  Way hotter than I was used to and ergo gave up on makeup for a while as it was just melting off my face anyway.  About 3 weeks in a friend was having a birthday party at a fairly swanky place and so I figured that I should put on some makeup and dress up a bit. I also had a room mate at the time.  A rather evil girl that had definitive ideas about how the world worked and your role in it.  She continuously lamented about her desire to live alone.  Now I, never one to want to deal with conflict, took that as a strong hint to get a new…
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  • Korea: World Hub of Veiled Threats

    9 Feb 2010 | 1:56 am
    HT Idiots' CollectiveSee here.

  • Korea Tourism: New Slogan Ideas

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:30 pm

  • Mailbag: Ask An Insecure Kyopo Who Can't Speak The Language, Posing As Food Ambassador To Feel Like A Korea Expert

    2 Feb 2010 | 8:42 pm
    (another actual letter from reader this time: we are so excite!)Dokdo Is Ours is happy to introduce another expert to the ranks of our advice columnists; as always, Dokdo Is Ours will always be happy to accept your letters requesting advice from any of our stable of advisors. It is time now for:Ask An Insecure Gyopo Who Can't Speak The Language Well Who Seeks Relative Cultural Credibility by Repeatedly Playing Food Ambassador To Foreigner Friends At Cheap 고기집s: Hello everyone. It is I, Insecure Gyopo Who Can't Speak The Language Well Who Seeks Relative Cultural Credibility by Repeatedly…

  • Letter to Ask a Korean Promotional Brochure: Korea's Dirty Secret Theme Park

    30 Jan 2010 | 6:41 am
    Dokdo Is Ours is very happy for have a letter writeing from fan. You can read. We has other letter too from reader that are wait for publish... patiently and don't worry. It is happen.Dear Korean Promotional Brochure:The Korean government has long been making crazy slogans and rolling out aggressive advertising campaigns promoting Korea as a tourist destination ("Visit Seoul Year 2010-2012" and "Happy Suwon" are two of many slogans). Bearing this in mind, I've long wondered why the DMZ tours to Panmumjeom aren't promoted more? It's something unique to Korea that no other country can offer and…

  • KT "Special" Report: Korean Women To Take Over Korea; Robots To Take Over Housekeeping

    27 Jan 2010 | 5:25 am
    Korea Sees Neo-Matriarchal SocietyI'm not making this up. I couldn't make this up if I tried.Korea Times Rule of Journalism #54:Just make shit up. Seriously. Any old shit. Connect it to any other shit you can think of. We have a paper to fill!PS: Robots are cool. Add robots if you can. Or ninjas.(ps: come back and tell us more about Korea's matriarchal society when Korea's higher than 115th in the fucking world in the Global Gender Gap Index)
 
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  • C ya

    27 Jan 2010 | 4:31 am
    I will be dropping off the face of the planet for the next week or so. So much to do and I have no help for the next four or five days. In that time I somehow have to do a bunch of editing, some writing, a tonne of laundry, and whatever else pops up. At least Sejin will be home by Monday, so that thought will keep me going.I'm taking some editing to bed with me now. *sigh*

  • Very, very impressed

    22 Jan 2010 | 11:42 pm
    I was so scared to wean Grace. I was almost ready to do something drastic, like leave the house for a few days. Boy, am I glad I didn't. She has had no problem at all adapting. I think choosing to wean her myself, low-key, here at home where I can constantly reassure her was the best decision. It has been so much easier on her than if I had disappeared. What a huge relief!I see sleep in my future! Last night Grace woke up only twice, and didn't need me to go in to her. She whined a couple minutes and went back to sleep. Last night was the first night I did not have to get out of bed -- at…

  • Working hard

    22 Jan 2010 | 5:20 am
    Grace and I have been working hard on weaning the for the last few days. That's why you haven't heard much from me. My apologies if I should have gotten back to you about something, or if I've been out of touch for too long. I've really had to put everything else aside for the last few days and focus on Grace.The good news is that it is going well. She's been night weaned three nights now and not too much fussing about it. I wish I would have given it a shot earlier, but I was afraid. The first night was tough, but since then, she hasn't been very upset about it. She wakes up now and then,…

  • Ravelympics 2010

    19 Jan 2010 | 3:13 am
    I haven't knitted/crocheted in so long, so Ravelympics 2010 is the perfect even to force me back into it. Ravelympics is an event held over at ravelry. You start your project anytime after the Olympics opening ceremony and must finish by the closing ceremony. According to the ravelry group, there are only 24 days left until the Olympics. This means I must start deciding on a pattern. Last time I was in the baby dressage category and did Presto Chango, which turned out really cute.I think this time I'll do something for myself. But I have to be careful not to pick something too involved that I…

  • O.M.G

    15 Jan 2010 | 4:44 am
    Picture this: Grace and I are sitting in near darkness in the living at 2:00am. We're watching Sex and the City. I'm eating a sandwich and some ice cream. Grace is happily flipping through her books and playing with the remote control. She figures out how to turn the TV on and off. That was last night. Who knows what tonight holds? My daughter has decided she does not want to sleep at all. She ended up going to sleep at 2:30am and getting up at 8:00am. I got up feeling as if someone had hit me in the face with a sledgehammer. Oh, and I have a head cold. It was a great day. I spent all morning…
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  • I Know How They Feel

    9 Feb 2010 | 3:19 am
    I'll grant you, the off-tune warbling of really drunk Korean girls that sometimes leak through the walls and halls of local noraebang 노래방 or karaoke singing rooms can sometimes run a chill up my spine.I'll even consider that a note or two of my own has missed the mark on occasion ...Still, that's no reason to kill somebody. Unless you're in the Philippines. The NYT is reporting on a category of crime in that steamy archipelago dubbed "My Way Killings" by the media there for the frequency with which Ol' Blue Eyes' killer tune seems to be involved in the violence.... many karaoke bars…

  • 'Winter Story in Seoul Plaza'

    6 Feb 2010 | 10:21 pm
    While strolling past City Hall this afternoon, this exhibition caught my eye, titled 'Winter Story in Seoul Plaza: The Antarctic'. As the program brochure explains:Be the team members of the Antartic King Sejong Station in Seoul Plaza. The story of Seoul Plaza Winter Story is consisted of your application to the Antarctic King Sejong Station to be the member of its crew and through learning of the Antarctic, experiencing the living style in here sseing directly various spectacles and then finally being certified as the honorary members.The exhibition consists of a half-dozen buildings that…

  • It May Explain A lot

    4 Feb 2010 | 6:05 am
    1) Yesterday was the last day of camp, so I'm finished with school until March 2. Yipee! To celebrate, I went to 3 Alley in Itaewon for a delicious salmon filet with seafood risotto. But they were out of risotto. Boo!2) We also celebrated in class with a little party, involving some cake, snacks and cola products. We watched whatever videos on YouTube were of interest. On of my students pulled up this one, which is pretty funny, if a bit long:3) I was directed today to this "This Modern World" cartoon from Salon (at this link, which tends to redirect to the front page, with attendent…

  • Car Nation

    1 Feb 2010 | 1:53 am
    One of my students, whose English name is Harry, has become quite the little chatterbox. I can't really boast that camp has improved his English that much, but his confidence is through the roof.He was complaining today that his father is taking a one-week business trip to America, and taking his mother along with him, but leaving Harry and his little brother at home. His father, he said, is quite respected in his company, but treats him like a soldier. This means he orders him around.One the one hand, Harry admits he doesn't like being treated as a child, but on the other, he is afraid of…

  • A Few Notes

    31 Jan 2010 | 5:19 am
    1) Three day left of winter camp, but who's counting? After that, no school until March 2, which is Korea's version of the Tuesday after Labor Day, when American grade school traditionally starts the academic year.Similarly, the date follows a holiday, 삼일 Sam-il or 3 - 1, the date of one of the first displays of the Korean independence movement against Japanese occupation. To give you an idea of the moral influence the US once exerted in the world, the authors of the movement were inspired by Woodrow Wilson's speech in which he outlined the "fourteen points" of national…
 
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