Survive & Thrive in Korea
It’s late one evening. You’re in the mood for a snack. Nothing good is in the house so out you must go. Sure the near by CU or 7-11 will have all the snack goodness your heart desires, but fire noodles, honey butter chips, tteokbokki crackers, nor dried squid are sounding all that appealing at […]
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For many years Vegetarians living in Korea needed to move heaven and earth to find what the needed to survive in. At first, that might seem impossible to believe since Korea embraces veggies at every meal including breakfast. However, many of the dishes that look veggie friendly on the outside turn out to be soaked […]
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Editor’s Note: This probably is NSFW. Gone are the old days of Itaewon’s shabby street corners. Now a shiny gloss radiates off everything in the bright of day (at night there’s another story I could tell). You know the gentrification of a neighborhood is complete when the sex shop rivals the boutiques and […]
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Toy Land, Toy Land: A visit to Ipark Gundam Base No matter how old I get or where I am in the world, there is a certain magic in the air of a toy store. The bright lights and even brighter displays are by nature designed to entice you into spending as much time and […]
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I know you’ve seen them. Those little slot machines planted outside a GS 25 or grocery stores. Sometimes they’re next to vending machines. Other times they’re placed so randomly you wonder how anyone finds them. If you didn’t know already they’re called gachapon and the capsule toy vending machines originally come from Japan. The word […]
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If you’re a lover of video games then you need to know where to pick up the latest big thing to hit the consoles. If you’re looking for games then look no further than Video Game Alley in Seoul. It’s actually a basement floor of a building in Yongsan, but the entrance way possesses an […]
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