Two of my favorite Korean foods - 떡볶이 and 순대 (GO! Billy Eats)
TweetHave you ever tried 떡볶이 or 순대 before? These are two of my favorite Korean foods - especially 순대.떡볶이 is made with soft rice cake (떡 means "rice cake"), and is a sweet and spicy dish that you can...
View ArticleHow to Order from Gmarket in 2015
TweetWhat is Gmarket?Gmarket KoreaGmarket GlobalDo I Need to Know Korean?What is Gmarket?Gmarket is the leading shopping mall website in Korea. Almost anything you can think of—appliances, food,...
View ArticleSeongdeokam Hermitage – 성덕암 (Masan, Gyeongsangnam-do)
TweetThe golden sunshine early on a Saturday morning over the port of Masan from Seongdeokam Hermitage.Hello Again Everyone!!Located just west of the Masan port, and lying on the eastern slopes of a...
View ArticleDore Dore: A Sinsa Cafe That Takes the Cake
TweetJust when I think I've found all the great cafes Seoul has to offer, another crops up on my radar. Unsurprisingly, the latest find is tucked discreetly off the main strip of Garosu-gil in...
View ArticleThe vicious cycle of education
TweetEducation means a myriad of things to many people; however I would like to depict it as the influential catalyst of two contrasting cycles, one vicious, and the other virtuous. It seems apt to...
View ArticleThe values of Peace Education
TweetIn an analysis of the work of Elise Boulding, Morrison (2008) describes peace education as having “embraced the idea of connectedness, caring and the importance of thinking globally and acting...
View ArticleA definition of bullying
TweetBullying can be described as a form of aggression, and these aggressive actions tend to culminate in a variety of negative consequences for the victimized party in question. It can develop as an...
View ArticleKoreatown emerges in Allston-Brighton
Tweetzergsprincess:I’m checking out Allston-Brighton tomorrow, so I wanted to give you guys are glimpse of it before I share my own thoughts.Originally posted on Immigration Talk:I was really excited...
View Article2015 New Year Party @Muldwinda!!
Tweet Happy New Year Mamas & Papas!It’s a brand new year, and we feel like celebrating! The team here at MMPK have big plans for the makgeolli industry this year, and we thought, what better way...
View ArticleThe Dignity of Continuity: Preserving Korean Farming and Food Sovereignty
TweetBy Ana Traynin“Before, no matter how hard they worked or how little they earned, farmers had always had at least the assurance that they were doing the necessary work of the world, and that before...
View ArticleQueer Links from the Week: Tudor's op-ed, part-time sex work, and lesbian...
TweetUhm Jung-hwa and Kim Hyo-jinDaniel Tudor writes an op-ed for the Jung-ang Ilbo (in Korean) using statistics from last month's Gallup Poll to argue that Saenuri Party will have to embrace same-sex...
View ArticleMy Top 5 List for 2014: 5 Biggest Foreign Policy Events for the US in Asia
TweetI love these hoky, end-of-the-year lists. But I don’t know much about genuinely interesting or cool stuff, like the top 5 classical music pieces or architectural masterpieces of the year. So...
View ArticleThe only thing to fear is change itself…. Wait…
TweetIt was only temporary…but…last week, in the immortal words of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, my new Korean life got totally flip-turned-upside-down. Now-I’d-like-to-take-a-minute,...
View ArticleNow and Then: The City of Gyeongju
TweetAnapji, in Gyeongju, during the 1950s.Hello Again Everyone!!The city of Gyeongju, in Gyeongsangbuk-do, has a long and storied past that is closely tied to the Silla Kingdom. From 57 B.C. to 935...
View ArticleLearn Korean in 2015 With These 5 Articles
Tweet2014 was a great year for Korean learners around the world, and also for the team at 90 Day Korean. Over the past 12 months, we’ve helped over 4000 people to get settled in Korea, read Hangeul,...
View ArticleStudy Korean in Korea: A Waste of Time?
TweetWhether you’re thinking of coming to Korea, on your way to Korea, or you’ve lived here for years, the question frequently comes up: Should I study Korean in Korea?Great question! This commonly...
View ArticleRelease
TweetWhen you open your heart and you open your mindYou might be surprised what you will findPeople more willing to say yes than noA thousand doors to where you want to go Strange new places,...
View ArticleThese are my top albums of 2014 in no particular order. I...
TweetThese are my top albums of 2014 in no particular order. I listened to these albums on repeat, I love them, and they defined this year.Sleep Party People - FloatingSlow Magic - How to Run AwayThe...
View ArticleHow I celebrate old and new in Busan
How I celebrate old and new in Busan TweetHello peeps!! Happy new year!!Glad to be back to write this blog after so much hectic during the end of the year before.Well to cut it short I am writing...
View ArticleMore Queer Podcasts: I'm Doing Fine and 6 Light Rainbow
TweetI introduced QueerCast back in October, but since then have found a bunch of LGBT podcasts. Ranging from talks about queer history and LGBT rights to podcasts that sound more like listening to a...
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