The Castle Sunset: Making the Best of the Time that you Have
TweetOne of the best things about living in a “regular” apartment in Korea is that I actually get to see the sky. For the past many years I have the luxury of watching the man of the 2nd floor of the...
View ArticleQueer Links from the Week
TweetAll of the news for this week is about the wedding. Congrats! Looks like they got it registered?!?Hankyoreh: Filmmakers wed in Korea’s first-ever public same sex marriageKorean Herald: First gay...
View ArticlePolitical Firestorm in South Korea » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the...
TweetAn in-depth look at the current NIS scandal and the charges against Unified Progressive Party representative Lee Seokki. By Gregory Elich Political Firestorm in South Korea » CounterPunch: Tells...
View ArticleKuiwon’s Classical Chinese Primer – Reduplicated Monomorphemic Words
TweetDiagrams on the Conduct of the Three Bonds, or Samgang Haengshildo (三綱行實圖, 삼감행실도), was published in Classical Chinese in 1431 at the behest of King Sejong (世宗, 세종, 1397-1450) to educate commoners...
View ArticleL2W - Love Child, Man ♥ Man, & Japan Fish Ban
Tweet1. National1) Prosecutor General suspected of having a love childThe Chosun Ilbo, Korea’s largest newspaper, reported Prosecutor General Chae Dong-wook, 54, has a 10-year-old son from an...
View ArticleAnother post! This one, all about seafoo
TweetAnother post! This one, all about seafood. RT @aclipse: Seafood Feast Korea Style: Exploring Nampo, Busan http://t.co/zfw9D9DMlxBookin' it to Busan @arieldrosen
View ArticleNew Clubs in Itaewon: Gray and Action
TweetIvancity has had promos for these two clubs ever since I've left Korea. Has anyone been?I've heard Action is almost entirely Korean guys and a bit expensive. They have go-go boys, which I feel...
View ArticleKindness in Korea
TweetHi all, I hope things are going well. I wanted to write a post today about how completely floored I am that a people as kind as Koreans exist.You remember that post I wrote about that constant...
View ArticleKuiwon’s Classical Chinese Primer – Postfixed Monomorphemic Words
TweetA Manual on the Four Rites (四禮便覽, 사례편람, Saryepyeonram), written by Yi Jae (李縡, 이재, 1680-1746).This is a series of posts on monomorphemic words, which are words composed of two characters wherein...
View ArticleDear Korea #098 - Happy Holidays
Dear Korea #098 - Happy Holidays Tweet Happy 추석 (Chuseok) everyone!!! For those of you in Korea, I hope you’re all enjoying your time off! I can definitely say with confidence that I’m not envious of...
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Tweetby Ray HylandFor as long as I’ve been a resident of dear Dunboyne, there has been a tenuous but definite link back into Dublin City. An artery if you will, which pumps from the heart of the City...
View ArticleTemple Stay: Haeinsa Temple (Gyeongsangnam-do)
TweetThe library that houses the over 80,000 wooden tablets that make up the Tripitaka Koreana at Haeinsa Temple.Hello Again Everyone!!Introduction to the Temple:Haeinsa Temple (Reflection of the Sea...
View ArticleItalia Part 2: A renaissance of loneliness in Firenze.
TweetA significant factor in traveling is not the physical journey or the destination but the personal encounters along the way. Conversely it is often the ability to travel alone, be at one with...
View ArticleSunset Day
TweetIn honour of the Weather Channel’s Sunset Day event on Google+ I thought that I would show a few of my recent sunset shots. In the recent months, there have been some spectacular sunsets. Part of...
View ArticleYi Gok – Teasing the Moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival
TweetYi Gok (李穀, 이곡, 1298-1351) was a literati bureaucrat during the Goryeo Dynasty (高麗, 고려, 918-1392). He was of the Hansan Yi Clan (韓山李氏, 한산이씨); his courtesy name (字, 자) was Jungbo (仲父 , 중보); his pen...
View ArticleA Photo Shoot by Dezignsbyma
TweetBack in August, I went to visit my friend Antwon, who had started his own company called Dezignsbyma. He got into photography when he moved to Korea. Similarly, I picked up my first DSLR because I...
View ArticleMy Korean Wedding Part 1
My Korean Wedding Part 1 TweetA couple of weeks ago, I had what I thought would never happen, an actual wedding in Korea. Now, just in case you are confused, I have already been married for over...
View ArticleHappy Chuseok
TweetHappy Chuseok, see you next week.Wangjangnim.comTweets by @TheWangjangnim
View ArticleRemembering Joseph....
Remembering Joseph.... TweetI was saddened to read a couple days ago that Joseph Steinberg had died. Joseph was a prolific writer and had been a frequent contributor to Pusanweb/Koreabridge in our...
View ArticleKorea Burn 2013: A Wet Party, But Not an Enlightening Event.
Korea Burn 2013: A Wet Party, But Not an Enlightening Event. Tweet Originally Published on KimchiBytes.com Korea Burn 2013 was a disappointment this year. With that said, it was still my favorite...
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