North Korea, Should We Be Worried?
So there has been a lot of hype about North Korea's big mouth lately with Kim, Jong-un ripping up the armistice between North & South Korea. A little history lesson: The two countries have been at war since 1950 but the fighting stopped due to an armistice inste…
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Choon Hyang and Namwon
To all those who would try to disturb the sanctity of Gwanghallu : Beware the tiger ! Have you heard the story of Choon Hyang? It's a story about a young woman, the daughter of a prostitute, who resisted the near fatal beatings of a corrupt politician while waiting…
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Noraebang Night Out
A video of bunch of us singing in Noraebang. No-rae-bang in South Korea is like a Karaoke with a party's own private room. There isn't a city in Korea without a thousands of these things. We got rowdy all we wanted. Plenty drunk. Photo of our crew…
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Overseas dad
After a few months in Korea, I saw something I hadn't expected to see: snow! I've been in Korea for more than two years. I like to return to Canada to visit my daughters. It's been years now that their mom and I found out we were friends. Since I moved away, Su…
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Dear Shine
Dear Shine, Hey man, how yah doing? It's Uncle Leif here, just putting a time capsule on the Internet, hoping that one day you'll read it. It's almost your second birthday. You were born on May fifth, which, as you probably know, is Children's Day in Korea . I…
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Cancer in Korea
Every year, approximately 190,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in Korea while 72,000 die of it. Cancer became the first leading cause of death in Korea in 1983. Cancer mortality has been steadily increasing over the last two decades and cancer deaths accounted for 28.2% of …
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Why do expats hang out with Koreans? BECAUSE IT'S AWESOME.
Photo op with cast members of Oneri, a Korean play put on in Daejeon starring 작은 누나 in the title role. Are you living and working in another country ? Why not make friends with the locals? Foreign English teachers have told me that Koreans only want to pr…
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New contributor: Leif
Photo from "Evil Geek-Out Convention" 2012, a night of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog , ghoulish treats, and plots for world domination. Enjoy your freedom while you still have it, SHEEPLE ! I've been in the Republic of Korea for two and a half year…
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Freedom Korea Part 3
School children and military style training. Big success needs a big plan. Korean who is older than 30 and considered having a respectful mind tend to command younger to have plans for 10 years ahead minimum, or 50 years ahead. It is supposedly one of few only secured p…
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Freedom Korea Part 2
Fear Korea do have Freedom that has given to everyone but it is considerably limited compare to Western countries and it is known as something of a dangerous idea for some Korean. It is one of the fear of unknown to most Korean. A fear that has also been controlled by f…
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