Survive & Thrive in Korea
You don’t need to go to China to experience the Chinese culture. Around the world every big city has it’s very own China Town to explore and experience and Korea is no different. You might think that China Town in Korea would be in Seoul, but you would be wrong. Instead it’s in the satellite […]
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Platoon Kunsthalle Night Flea Market Night Flea Market KICK ASS KOREA reason 5 As you approach the first thing you notice is the flicker of strobe lights splashed on the buildings. Then, as you come closer, the rumble of hip hop beats grows. Nearby, passerby on their own evening adventure slow, heads rubbernecking to see […]
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Platoon Kunsthalle Last year a new building went up in the posh neighborhood of Apgujeong. Actually it’s more than just a building, it’s a community. Originating in Germany the Platoon concept focuses on harnessing the power of artists through interconnectivity and collective purpose towards giving birth to creative ideas and seeing them nurtured to fruition. […]
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I’m surprised that after being in Korea for three years I haven’t had a post like this. I think I’ve taken the Korean Emoticons (smileys for us North Americans) for granted. The emoticons that you use are like your children. You just get used to them and kind of treasure them like old cartoons […]
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Top Ten Cafes in Seoul It goes without saying that anyone who knows Seoul knows that Soulites love their coffee. You can’t go one block without seeing a Starbucks, DeChocolate, Coffee Bean, Coffine Gurunaru, Café Bene, NesCafe, Angel in Us, Twosome Place or any of the other multitudes of coffee chains. However, what is harder […]
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In life there are several words that I love to say. In Korean those words are budae Jjigae and in French they are amuse bouche. I never dreamed I’d actually have cause to utter those two little French words outside of a conversation about Top Chef, but thanks to a new Café in Hongdae I’m […]
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