Survive & Thrive in Korea
One of Korea’s most significant cultural monuments, namdaemun, burned to the ground earlier this week. The tragedy has been all what my students will talk about. Namdaemun is supposedly the number one monument in Korea and a source of great pride. Namdaemun was a 610 year old national treasure. A suspect has come forward and […]
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Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year Holiday, also known as Chinese New Year. The streets are pretty deserted with people off and about on their vacation holidays. Even the subway system seems desolate which is unusual since every other time I feel like I’m trapped in a sardine can. I’m […]
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The viral madness of youtube has now infected Korea. Yup, Korea is the nineteenth country to have their very own youtube infrastructure. Now Koreans at large don’t just have to stream videos from the main youtube site and can now create and view their very own content to share with the world. Visit Youtube Korea […]
Continue ReadingIt’s Extreme Makeover time for Korea as newly minted President Lee calls in his team of aesthetes to beautify Seoul and, oh yeah, the rest of Korea too. You can read it about it Here on the Chosun. According to lawmaker Maeng Hyung-kyu, who heads the presidential Transition Committee’s subcommittee for planning and coordination, “Design […]
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Which is basically what the article in the Korea Times should be titled. The new Prez’s transition team is considering issuing visas to teachers from English speaking Asian countries such as the Philippines. The articles hits on the head when commenting that Nationality is not a legitimate qualification to teach. They want to open the […]
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The Austrailian Open is underway down under and Korea has it’s very own Lee Hung Taik already making waves into the second round. Now I discovered that in Korea if a Korean player is in the tournament that they will show that match over and over and over no matter what. During the US Open […]
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