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Flying to Korea in December
TweetIt is a challenge getting a December air ticket to Korea.December is the month where school kids are having their holidays and many families are traveling to winter countries to escape from the...
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TweetHuffington Post Korea: Will you be Kim Gay's Guardian? (Korean)The Commentator: North Korea says rights criticism a gay plot; no gays in its countryYoutube: Being Gay in Korea: Find partner? PDA?...
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TweetWorking beyond the scope of a visa costs as follows:Minimum fine: 1 million wonOver 3 months: Up to 5 millionOver a year: Up to 10 million2 years: 15 million3: 20 million (max)Deportation and...
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Korean Convenience Store Food! GS25 Spaghetti & Meatballs
Korean Convenience Store Food! GS25 Spaghetti & Meatballs TweetSome Korean interpretations on international foods are perfectly fine, especially in recent years. The number of burger joints is...
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Taking Down Samsung’s No Union Policy: The Samsung Electronics Service Union
Taking Down Samsung’s No Union Policy: The Samsung Electronics Service TweetOn July 29th, The International Strategy Center’s Policy and Research Coordinator Dae-Han Song and Communications...
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Koreabridge Typhoon Center - TS Fung Wong to Hit on Wednesday
Koreabridge Typhoon Center - TS Fung Wong to Hit on Wednesday Tweet Latest Satellite Image * Latest Storm TrackKorean Meteorological AdministrationTyphoon Safety GuidePast Typhoons: Sanba Bolaven...
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Many faces of Siem Reap- Bayon Temple
TweetOur trip to Siem Reap started with my favorite Temple of the lot, The Bayon Temple after a sumptuous breakfast at the resort. We needed every bit of that energy to walk through the beautiful...
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I Can't Stay but I Don't Want to Leave
I Can't Stay but I Don't Want to Leave TweetI'll be moving soon, and this fills me with some conflicting emotions. On the one hand, my current place is a sort of glorified dorm room, with no kitchen...
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My September Diplomat Essay: “After Six Years, Is there an Obama Doctrine?...
TweetThis is a re-post of a piece I just published at The Diplomat this week. And that picture is Clausewitz. I attended a strategy training seminar this past summer at Columbia (apply for it if you’re...
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Screening of First Dance at Ewha
TweetOn the 2nd of November there will be a screening of "First Dance", a documentary that captures the wedding of a lesbian couple and their friends and family's reaction to their journey. After the...
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Eating Korean “Hangover” Soup While Sober (Haejang Guk 해장국)
TweetHaejang Guk (해장국) is a popular soup in Korea. Generally, it’s made with pork or beef, and ox blood. The last part probably sounds a little, like, “whuh??”, but trust me the soup is good.It has a...
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Children Banned from (Some) Restaurants and Coffee Shops in Korea
Children Banned from (Some) Restaurants and Coffee Shops in Korea TweetWhen two restaurants in South Korea were asked to pay damages for two separate accidents involving children who were dining with...
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A Boring Film of Bangkok
TweetBangkok is many things to many different people. For Kyeonghwa and I, it was at first a scary shithole after someone stole our bags from a Tuk-tuk.However, after a few days I grew into the city....
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siren eun young jung: Yeosung Gukgeuk: Tradition (Un)Realized
TweetThis Friday there is another opportunity to see siren eun young jung, who had a lecture performance earlier this month titled Gender Bender Fencers as part of Arko Art Center's Tradition...
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Pilgrim’s Progress: A Queer Journey from Korea to America
Tweet by Ralph KarstI met Sung-min Song (not his real name) in October, 2009, when she was an applicant to the private all-English high school where I taught English in Cheonan, South Korea.No—that...
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Sending Balikbayan Box from Korea through LBC
TweetThese days, you can’t trust just any courier company to deliver your package safely to your loved ones. If you choose the wrong company, it might take forever before the package gets delivered, or...
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ELT Live#4 - How do students feel about going online with materials,...
TweetELT Live#4How do students and teachers feel about going online with materials, assignments, and portfolios?September 24, 2014 Participants JeffLebow.net Google+ Twitter YouTube Diigo...
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Kiri-no-Sato Takahara Hotel: A Refuge on Japan's Kumano Kodo
TweetThis is my fourth trip to Japan, but something is different about this visit. I've bypassed the major cities and tourist hot-spots and ventured off the beaten path to Takahara, a small mountain...
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Another Queer Weekend Gravity Bar Opening in Jongno and the Switch Meet Market
TweetThis weekend a new bar is opening in the Jongno Bar. Although the official opening isn't until October 2nd, there is a pre-opening this weekend with free anju! There tag-line is 'Don't blame...
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Reframing Reunification
Tweetby Stephanie ParkI don’t remember exactly when I learned about Korea’s division into North and South; but I do remember the immediate conviction I felt that the two should be reunified. I didn’t...
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