Survive & Thrive in Korea
Figuring out your Korean Taxes, health insurance, and pension deduction sometimes feels like some arcane science. It’s enough to give a guy a headache. With all the numbers flying about here’s a chart that can help demystify the shroud of confusion around this issue. Salary Pension 9% Medical Insu rance 4.48% Income Tax . Total […]
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Face it, K-pop is everywhere. World wide folks from the USA to the United Kingdom to Botswana jam away to the latest K-pop sensation. I mean, I get the appeal: it’s catchy, flashy, and flirty. Who doesn’t love all those things in their pop music. Yet, if you don’t speak Korean then you are missing […]
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Ingredients: -pretzel twists -chocolate covered caramels/toffees -walnuts On a piece of wax paper or foil, lay down the pretzels so that they’re not overlapping each other. Place 1 piece of candy on top of each pretzel. It’s a good idea to make sure the pretzels are not too close to each other, so they don’t […]
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I love candles. They make the perfect gift. Beautiful, fragrant, and able to accent a room and make it pop. Just coming home and having a bath or laying in bed with a few candles and liquid lounge playing in the background can make an aggravating day at work seep away in a matter of […]
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The latest exhibition to dazzle Seoulites in Korea comes from an unexpected artist. Film director Tim Burton, known for his offbeat sense of the macabre, has his works of drawings, sculpture, paintings and film clips put together in an exhibition that delivers an unabashedly quirky glimpse inside the artists head. The show has all the […]
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Looking for a great winter time activity right here in the heart of Seoul? Well hit up the Ice Skating at the Hyatt Hotel on Namsan and skate away the afternoon or evening at their ice rink. They even had skates that fit my size US 16 so you should have no problem finding some […]
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