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Author: Brian Dye

I’m a blogger, writer, and urban explorer. I worked in South Korea’s ESL field for the 15 years. My one year contract turned, unexpectedly, into a journey!
Top Ten Cafes in Seoul

KMK: Top Ten Cafes in Seoul

June 8, 2010January 7, 2016 Brian Dye150112 Comments on KMK: Top Ten Cafes in Seoul

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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KMK: Cafe Noi in Hongdae

June 6, 2010July 29, 2023 Brian Dye6822 Comments on KMK: Cafe Noi in Hongdae

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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Queer Seoul

KMK: Queer Seoul Series Part Four

June 5, 2010July 28, 2023 Brian Dye6883 Comments on KMK: Queer Seoul Series Part Four

Queer Seoul Series An Expat Guide to Queer Seoul Part IV: Power of Pink I hate to sound cliché’ but people really do need people and Babs had it so right. That’s what’s it all about: People, community, socializing and sharing. It’s always easier to get along in the world when you’re surrounded by like […]

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KMK: Queer Seoul Series Part Three

June 5, 2010July 28, 2023 Brian Dye9161 Comment on KMK: Queer Seoul Series Part Three

Queer Seoul Series An Expat Guide to Queer Seoul Part III: Vex in the City When it comes to gay night life in Seoul my online endeavors revealed it all revolves around Itaewon and Jongno. You can think of Jongno as an older gentleman, dignified, set in his ways who likes to partake of the […]

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KMK: Queer Seoul Series Part Two

June 5, 2010July 28, 2023 Brian Dye8901 Comment on KMK: Queer Seoul Series Part Two

Queer Seoul Series An Expat Guide to Queer Seoul Part II: Thar be gays, in Dem Online Waters, Matey! Trust me when I say that the internet is where all the gay people are at. Those two million souls I’d been looking for? Found them. Well, I’m sure it’s not exactly two million and change […]

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Top Ten Cafes in Seoul

KMK: Cafe Soon and Club Espresso

June 4, 2010July 29, 2023 Brian Dye10833 Comments on KMK: Cafe Soon and Club Espresso

Café Soon and Club Espresso If you’ve lived in Seoul for any amount of time you know that Coffee is the life’s blood of the people. Coffee houses literally dot the landscape like a break out of the hives. I can’t walk a block without seeing someplace selling coffee whether its’ a franchise, a mom […]

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