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Learn Korean Sentence Structure
TweetHave you ever wanted to learn about Korean sentence structure? You might have noticed that learning about sentence structure is tricky, since it's most often not taught past S.O.V. structure...
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Peter DeMarco on Photo Contests
Peter DeMarco on Photo Contests TweetLet’s face it, the idea of winning a photo contest and getting a the top prize is pretty tempting. They are designed that way or else no one would enter. You get...
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Boats N’ Bitches: Koh Lipe Pixelated
TweetThis is Koh LipeA tiny Thai island adrift in the Andaman sea, Koh Lipe is licentiously beautiful. Any muppet with a Nikon – such as I - can take a fabulous shot of the tropical island. Honestly,...
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Okryeonseonwon Temple – 옥련선원 (Suyeong, Busan)
TweetA man prays to the massive Mireuk-bul statue at Okryeonseonwon Temple in Busan.Hello Again Everyone!!Okryeonseonwon Temple is located in the heart of Suyeong, in Busan, just outside Haeundae and...
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May 18: Truth from within Solidarity
TweetThe atrocities that ravage countries are pushed into the shadows of history by those who are threatened by the weight of its truth. In the late 1970s Korea was very different. The country was...
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Locating Resistance, Commemorating Struggle
TweetIn any political movement, the act of raising political consciousness among new members is a crucial aspect of spreading awareness and building the movement. “Work classrooms” held for young...
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Summer Musical: Priscilla Queen of the Desert in Seoul
TweetThe gay musical for this season is Priscilla Queen of the Desert. If you haven't seen this musical, it's quite the flaming show about the journey of two drag queens and a transgender woman...
View ArticleFukuoka Bound - exerpt from the novel - El Nido
Tweet The ferry made its way out of a bustling Busan Bay on that bright Monday morning. As they passed through the heads, the waves had already begun to get bigger. Nev raised his eye brows to see if...
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Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak & The Haenyo (Jeju's Woman Divers)
Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak & The Haenyo (Jeju's Woman Divers) Tweet The lady divers of Jeju, or Haenyo (properly pronounced 'hay-nyaa': 해녀- or 'sea women') remind me a lot of the 'Ama women'...
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Temple Stay in Gyeongju City
Temple Stay in Gyeongju City TweetAs part of the summer programme (SPIKE) at UNIST, we went for a 2 day 1 night temple stay in Gyeongju City. Temple stays are getting more and more popular as a...
View ArticleSnoozing and Solidarity: The Importance of Devotion in the Korean Workplace
TweetThis is the second in a series of three posts looking at some of the starkest UK/Korea cultural differences I have encountered so far. It was sparked by a train of unfortunate events which led to...
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Late-Onset Culture Shock
Late-Onset Culture Shock TweetI think the hardest thing about living in Korea, as a foreigner, is what feels like constant scrutiny. Maybe it's easier in Seoul, or Busan, places where being a...
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Old Papers
TweetSorting through the piles of papers I always manage to accumulate, I came across some scribbles about Korea, written maybe a year ago: Korea is old men with pink umbrellas and serious-faced peace...
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5.18.2014
TweetBy Ana Traynin On this May morning at the 34th People’s Commemoration We are full of color Red spilled blood Black death and cherished memory Yellow ribbons of hope Green spring explosion of life...
View Article5 differences between Korean and American Elementary Schools
TweetI was recently asked to give a short presentation on my experience teaching at a Korean elementary school. I have been wanting to make more videos in and about my school, so this was the perfect...
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안녕히 가세요, Korea: Some Things We’ll Miss About You
안녕히 가세요, Korea: Some Things We’ll Miss About You TweetThis week we head back to America, which for all its school shootings and conspicuous consumption, will always be home. We will return to a pretty...
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Seosan Hyujeong – 서산 휴정 (1520-1604)
TweetThe Warrior Monk, Seosan HyujeongHello Again Everyone!!This is the sixth installment about prominent monks in Korean Buddhism. This week, I thought I would talk about another warrior monk: Seosan...
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Saint Augustin Thai Restaurant
TweetSaint Augustin Restaurant Review Thailand…When I think of Thailand I think of Paradise. I think of Escaping a dreary Seoul winter. I think of Lazy days spent lounging on white sand beaches,...
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Stories of Seoul: Amber
Stories of Seoul: Amber TweetThe second video in the Stories of Seoul series is quite the tear jerker. Bring out the tissues... The other day I had a conversation with a Korean university friend and...
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My Lowy Post on Japan’s Pointless, Self-Indulgent WTH? Review of the Kono...
TweetThis is a re-print of a post for the Lowy Institute on the recent Japanese review of the Kono statement on Imperial military sexual service during the war. (That’s Kono in the picture.)What the...
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