"I'm Not Fine" Movement: The Privatization of Korail
In order to find more information about the "I'm Not Fine" ( 안녕들하십니까 ) Movement I left an English comment on the completely Korean Facebook page hoping someone who knew enough English would bite. My informant was Gyuwan Lim. A high school student from Busan who…
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Weekly Photo : Saemangeum Seawall
World's longest man made dyke, they say. 33km. Photo shot from top of one of the island. Facebook GPTWT Page Link
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Ringing in the New Year: Daejeon Style
I know, I know; it's January 10 and I'm writing a post about new year's eve. Maybe my new year's resolution should have been to procrastinate less. For me, the new year always gives me pause to look back at the past year and how life has changed. My last new yea…
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"I'm Not Fine" Movement: The Letter
At the end of 2013, in my last Advanced Class of the year, my students started telling me the news of recent protests concerning the privatization of South Korea's national railroad Korail and the government's disturbing response. From what I understand, the Korean Fed…
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I'm Dreaming Of A White Tiger Christmas
Park Young Gun : I was invited to a Christmas party that was hosted by a friend of all of our bloggers, Guissell, a week before the Christmas day. It was a final exam week for me and couldn't put much thoughts on anything else. After the finals I was busy catching …
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the darkest day: solstice in Korea
I may not be heathen, but that did stop me from celebrating solstice by attending colLAB's 24 hours of art in Korea. colLAB is an art collaboration society based in Korea with members from all around the world. On Friday, December 20th, I went to a kamjatang restaurant and…
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Photos of Gunsan University
Gunsan National University, where Ashley teach and I study, not necessarily at the same time. It was a bit of an underdeveloped kind of school when I first came in at 2007. I remember it was rather plane beside construction sites everywhere and there were fences around th…
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An Abanadoned Part Of The Gunsan
Gunsan City, where all of our bloggers are currently residing, has been modernized very quickly with its economic sucesses in the past years as far as I can remember living here since I was born in the city. But there isn't much space left in the popular areas. Which mea…
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5flags [crossing the bridge]
[soundtrack] After a memorable night at the jimjilbang, it was now time to do what we thought would be impossible: cross the bridge into Gyeonggi province, home to Korea's capital city. I didn't even consider the possibility that I might not make it home in time f…
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New contributor: Brianne
On October 21 I stepped onto flight OZ 271 headed to Seoul/Incheon Airport. I was terrified. Before this I had spent my entire life in the Pacific Northwest, and had never spent more than a few weeks in another country. I have always prided myself on being emotionally stab…
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