Survive & Thrive in Korea
For the last few weeks Korea has been gripped by a frenzy of nationalism not seen since Kim Yuna skated her way to Olympic glory. To be sure that epic event had everyone glued to their TV screens whether they were at home, in a bar, or at work, but now even that is eclipsed […]
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When my friend Kalli suggested to my brother and me that we attend her friend’s exhibition I admit I was a little hesitant. I had visions of pretentious overwrought crap with snooty vigliante art students ready to take down passerby with incoherent jabs of “insightful” art theory. It turns out I was completely wrong. The exhibition combined the work of a photographer, fashion designer, and sound engineer […]
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The 사무실 Transcripts from a “frustrating-when-it’s-happening”, but “funny-in-retrospect” foreigner-infused Korean workplace. Gaston : Rolanda…what language do they speak in Italia? Rolanda : Ummm…Italian? Gaston : Well, when I called the Korean consulate there I didn’t know what to do because all of the options to connect to the different departments was in Italy-en. (**Strongly re-worded […]
Continue ReadingThere’s no doubt about it: Seoul is one huge city. It’s so massive and overwhelming that a new comer might be fooled into thinking that the alternating spider web of side streets and skyscraper thoroughfares are all there is. That would be a shame since Seoul really does have a bunch of unique neighborhoods with […]
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The Other Hongdae I love surprises. This is especially true when the surprise is unexpected. I had thought that I knew Hongdae, but I just recently discovered that what I thought I knew only amounted to the tip of the iceberg. Hongdae, it turns out, has so much more going on. You see, when I […]
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Did you know Korea is the birthplace of taekwondo? Gold stars for you if you did. Despite having this nugget of knowledge buried in my brain I never actually went out in search of more insight about the martial art until I ran across a promo for a demonstration happening at Gyeonghuigung Palace. Never one […]
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