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Tea Therapy: Samcheongdong's Healing Restaurant
TweetThese days, I'm trying hard to alter my lifestyle to be a healthier, happier me. This entails everything from establishing a morning routine of drinking lemon water, stretching and dry brushing to...
View ArticleConference Conversations and Photos from #kotesol2014
TweetThe 2014 KOTESOL-KAFLE International Conference October 4-5, 2014COEX Seoul Photo AlbumConference ConversationsAhmar Mahboob Scott Thornbury David Hayes Angel Lin and Heesun iTDi Panel Members of...
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한국어 Ronald McDonald Spreads the Gospel in Gimhae
TweetA new McDonald’s opened recently in Gimhae–not that far from the old one, but this isn’t a post to complain about that. While our group was meeting to head over to a local orphanage (aren’t we the...
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The Dalmaji Limited - A walk along Busan’s abandoned railway
The Dalmaji Limited - A walk along Busan’s abandoned railway TweetA walk along Busan’s abandoned railwayOriginally constructed in 1918 as part of the Donghae Nambu line, the tracks were abandoned last...
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Contest Winners – KPOP Now!
TweetThank you all for participating. We had a good response and everyone seemed to have their heart poured out in their participation to the KPOP Now contest. All of them participated very well. And...
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Korean Gallup Opinion Poll on Hangul and Hanja
TweetMay 23, 1980 Edition of the Kyunghyuang Daily News.IntroductionIn commemoration of Hangul Day, which is on October 9, the Korean Gallup Poll recently ran an opinion poll on Koreans’ views on...
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ELT Not-Live: Reflecting on #kotesol2014
TweetELT Not-LiveReflections on the 2014 KOTESOL-KAFLE International ConferenceOctober 5, 2014Download AudioParticipantsLinks MentionedConference Conversations at #kotesol2014Defense Language...
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The Asian Games experience
The Asian Games experience TweetAsian games 2014 was held in Incheon in South Korea! After missing the opening ceremony and all the games in the first week, I got a chance to go to the stadium on the...
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Celebrating a language-Hangul day
TweetHanguel day is a National holiday here in Korea to celebrate the creation of the script of the Korean language. It was created by King Sejong who is depicted on the 10,000won note. Though the...
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Registration for October 18th Meeting Open!!!
TweetWe have a hankering to go old school for the next meeting! The thing about the no-frills locations is that they usually only serve something in the way of Seoul Makgeolli, so we trawled Naver for...
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You Should Get a TESOL to Teach ESL in Korea
TweetIs teaching English abroad, specifically in a country like Korea, cool? Yes, it’s cool.Is it challenging and frustrating at times? Yes, it is. Does it make you want to go back home at times? Yes,...
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Stepping Out Of Seoul
Stepping Out Of Seoul TweetIt can be pretty hard to find proper tourist guides for South Korea, especially if you want to look outside of Seoul, and it annoys me. Why? Because there are so many...
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Adoption: what are we really buying into?
Tweet By Taryn AssafAs a non-adopted person, I’ve never given adoption much critical thought. Having never intimately known anyone adopted, I have always imagined it like this: the adoptee, I thought,...
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My October Diplomat Essay: Russia between Empire and Modernity
TweetThis is a re-up of an essay I just wrote for the Diplomat (posted here). And that image to the left comes from this famous (notorious, really) tweet. If that doesn’t capture the values clash...
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2014 International Mask Festival – Andong, South Korea
2014 International Mask Festival – Andong, South Korea TweetMasks: Pretty cool!Food: Pretty good!Performances: Okay.Location: Okay.Overall: Pretty…okay.A few weeks back, on September 27th and 28th, I...
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Another Queer Weekend: Cherry Bomb Festival, Queer Films, and Bars in Jongno
TweetThis weekend, Very Queer at Indie Plus is screening four queer films: two in Korean, one that looks bilingual, and a fourth in French.On Saturday, the Rabbit Hole is hosting its first Cherry Bomb...
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Nature Republic’s BB Cream for Men
TweetI saw this BB cream for men while I was shopping for pasalubong (gift) in Nature Republic. It was on sale, along with sunscreen, so I was thinking of buying a set for my uncle who is crazy about...
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Vlog Entry #5: 2014 International Mask Festival – Andong, South Korea
TweetThis video takes you along with me as I travel to Andong, South Korea for the 2014 International Mask Festival! To read more about my experience, check the related post here!To view the original...
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Fellow Pinoys in Korea, Let’s Vote for MICA… ^^
Tweet Photo Source: MICA 미카 – Gollayan/Cercado Sisters on FacebookThis Friday (October 10th), MICA will be performing on Superstar K6’s first live broadcast, together with other finalists. With MICA’s...
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