Ben Heine: Penciling in Seoul
TweetMultidisciplinary artist Ben Heine has been on the radar of art enthusiasts and contemporary artists alike for a few years now. He has proved himself to be one of the more unique artists of the...
View Article4 Foods in Korea You Probably Won’t Like
TweetNot everything you can eat in Korea is going to be delicious. Many foreigners come here and right off the boat the moment they eat anything, they say it’s “delicious”. It doesn’t even matter what...
View Article10 Unusual Korean Foods for the Daring
Tweet10 Unusual Korean Foods for the DaringI hope you brought your appetite with you, because today we are going to discuss some dishes truly unique to Korea! Some are loved and some are loathed, but...
View ArticleFilm Pre-Screening: Night Flight at Lotte Cinema
TweetLeesong Hee-il's next film looks great and film aficionados who can't wait for its release have the chance to see an early screening. Night Flight explores not only homosexuality, but also the...
View ArticleConfucianism Doesn't Explain Everything, but it can Explain Quite a lot
Confucianism Doesn't Explain Everything, but it can Explain Quite a lo TweetSince the Sewol disaster and some rather simplistic reporting of Confucianism being in the reason for so many student...
View ArticleKorean course meal
TweetThat day, kimchi boy brought me to a korean restaurant. These are not the restaurants that serve typical korean food like samgyetang, bibimbap, kimchi stew...They are course set meals. For the...
View ArticleQ&A video + Update about my second book!
TweetWe have a new Q&A episode this month, featuring your questions. If you have any questions of your own, feel free to send me a message either through YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Google, or...
View ArticleYou Are Here Cafe: Opening Day!
TweetWe went to Seoul last weekend for a very special occasion! Our friends at Talk to me in Korean along with Eat your Kimchi of Youtube fame have officially opened up a cafe together! It’s called You...
View ArticleSinheungsa Temple – 신흥사 (Sokcho, Gangwon-do)
TweetThe Beautiful Bronze Statue of the Buddha at Sinheungsa Temple in Seoraksan National Park.Hello Again Everyone!!Sinheungsa Temple, which means “Spirit Arising Temple,” in English, was thought to...
View ArticleDoing US Taxes in South Korea
TweetMany U.S. individuals living abroad are either unaware that they have the same tax filing requirements as those living at home, or believe that they do not need to file a return if their foreign...
View ArticleLearning Korean – Book – An Illustrated Guide to Korean
Tweet For those of you who have been learning Korean by religiously following Chad Meyer’s and Moonjung Kim’s illustrations here is your opportunity to own some of these illustration and read it at...
View ArticleLooking For Seomyeon John
Looking For Seomyeon John TweetBack in 2003, when there were only two subway lines and every Busan traveler had to make their way through Seomyeon, there was a man named Seomyeon John. He lived in the...
View ArticleNo Direction Home
TweetWow, it's been a long time. All my grand intentions to keep up on my writing while I went back home for 2 weeks evaporated under the pressures of 3 towns in 2 weeks and more family and friends to...
View ArticleMy Lowy Post: Relax (again), Japan is Not ‘Re-Militarizing’
TweetIf there is any one trope in Korean and Chinese international relations writing I don’t like, it is the causal, constant, angry insistence on reading Japan as always ‘remilitarizing.’ In just...
View ArticleKorean Superstitions That Just May Save Your Life
TweetStepping on cracks, walking under ladders, black cats crossing your path, a rabbit’s foot, and crossing your fingers—all superstitions that are said to affect your levels of luck. Whether or not...
View Article5 Day Trips from Seoul
TweetKorea is a rather small country. In fact, it's possible to travel from Seoul in the north to Busan on the southern coast in a matter of a few hours by KTX, the nation's high speed train. So...
View Article4 Years in Korea – How Korea Has Changed 2010-2014
4 Years in Korea – How Korea Has Changed 2010-2014 TweetI can’t believe I’m saying this, but July 13th marked 4 years in Korea for us! We’re a little bit late on celebrating this, but with our Youtube...
View ArticleFines for Overstaying a Visa
TweetAfter calling immigration, and being told that there were no fines (definitely wrong, but that's the person you want to speak to if you have violated the law, ha), I looked them up and here they...
View ArticleKorean Men's Style for Your Boyfriend#1. "Dapper Casual"
Korean Men's Style for Your Boyfriend#1. "Dapper Casual" TweetOriginally Posted on Trazy.com The Trazy Crew went on a daily journey with our friend Glenn to explore what’s trending now in Korea’s...
View Articleabout "Busan Cinema Center"
TweetI would first like to introduce myself as a Korean student currently attending Sajik Girls' High School. I am also the president of a school club, "Creator" where we publish yearly magazine about...
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