Survive & Thrive in Korea
Forget April Fool’s Day because in Korea it’s all about the fish. My students would point and say something like it’s snowing or your shoes untied and if I looked they shouted Fishing and started making the hand motions of reeling in a big one. Another student explained that April 1st became fools day because […]
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Finally! I found this out on the Chosunilbo website. There have been so many movies I have wanted to see, but really didn’t bother because there were no English subtitles. Well that’s all ending with CJ Entertainment introducing new Korean films with English Subtitles at the Yongsan theater complex! Now you can rush out and […]
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Move over Tyra Banks. Ford‘s Supermodel of the World contest has just takent the spotlight off America’s Next Top Model, if it was every really on her is debatable, and firmly on to Korea’s Seung-hyun Kang. Fifty women from around the world are brought together to compete for the 250,000 dollar Ford Contract prize. […]
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Yeah, yeah, hate me if you want to, but I will come out and confess that I love Rain. No, not the cool drizzle falling from the skies on a hot summer night, though I love that too, but the Korean version of Usher who has poplocked and shoulder rolled his way into my heart. […]
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Last weekend I went with some friends to see the show B-Boy Korea. I have to say that when I first arrived in Korea I didn’t know that the hip hop and b-boy culture was so big here. From kids done up in latest gear, listening to both American and Korean rap, to teens sporting […]
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That’s right, Bjork, the maven of musical madness, will be arriving in Seoul on February 16, 2008 as a part of her World Wide Volta tour. She will be performing at the Olympic Hall of Olympic Park and this will be the icelandic songstress’ first ever appearance in Korea. I for one have already gotten […]
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