Survive & Thrive in Korea
This past sunday the Olympic torch came through Seoul. The route started at the Olympic Park Stadium and ran all the way to City Hall. I found out later that the route was beset by protesters, but at City Hall there were none that I could find. I found out at the last minute and […]
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First Korean astronaut Yi So Yeon returned to earth ther other day. The neophyte space farer told reporters the following: “During descent I saw some kind of fire outside as we were going through the atmosphere. At first I was really scared because it looked really, really hot and I thought we could burn.” Scary […]
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I thought it would be interesting to post some facts about Korea that you might not know. This way you will be ready for the Jeopardy Catergory or Trivia Pursuit game. Borders East – Japan (across the east sea) West – China (across the west sea) North- North Korea President Lee Myung Bak Population of […]
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Alia Sabur has just become the youngest professor in the world. Her appointment to Konkuk University in Seoul has also given her a spot in the world guiness book of records. The self proclaimed “girl genius” spotted the job opportunity on the Internet. She applied and despite not finishing her thesis and not having a […]
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A couple weekends ago I went with to Seoul Grand Park. Grand Park encompasses the Zoo, a lake, a Rose Garden, the museum of contemporary art and the Seoul Land amusement park. The day started off a little dreary, but sure enough the sun came out and blazed for the rest of the day. People […]
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There’s a cherry blossom festival going on in Seoul. I had planned to visit the festival grounds down by Yeouido near the Han River, but instead we found our Cherry blossoms in bloom at the Seoul Grand Park Zoo. There trees numbered in the hundreds and it was a spectacle to see all the flowers […]
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