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Queer Links from the Week
Tweet8Asians: Kylan Arianna Wenzel Is First Transgender Woman Allowed To Compete In Miss California PageantActup.org: Gay soldier, after repeated attempts to seek help from military, commits suicide...
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Healthy Kimbap
Healthy Kimbap TweetKimbap is eaten for breakfast, lunch, and dinner here in Korea. It is truly a staple in the Korean diet. Usually, seaweed and white rice are wrapped around spam, egg, tuna, and...
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Korean Unification 1: it will cost WAY more than people think
CSIS Conference on Korean Unification 1: it will cost WAY more than pe Tweet The University of Southern California Korean Studies Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies are...
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Koreans Love This Cosmetic Procedure
Tweet Sooner or later you're going to learn about this popular cosmetic surgery in Korea.tommyreddragon.blogspot.comSee My Videos on Youtube!powered by Log into vote0
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The Asia Fail
The Asia Fail TweetIn the Old World, people went to the New World to start anew. Once America became settled, folks would head “out West” to shake away their demons, with destinations such as...
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USC/CSIS Conference on Korean Unification (1): it will cost WAY more than...
TweetThe University of Southern California Korean Studies Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies are running a joint Korea Project: Planning for the Long Term (pic to the...
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"Moving out and moving on!"
TweetAccording to my "Big Day" iphone app, I've got 39 days left in Korea...With 39 days and counting, I knew it was about that time to start sorting through stuff and packing boxes to ship home. So,...
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Are Korean Parents Getting More Than They Bargained For When They Send Their...
TweetTraveling to other countries can profoundly change a person and when they live in other countries this change can be even more pronounced. Spending a long time in another part of the world can...
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Pacsafe Camsafe Venture V25 Review
TweetThe Pacsafe Camsafe Venture V25 is a 25 litre feature-laden camera pack that will give you great piece of mind while traveling this winter vacation. It is brand new on the market here in Korea and...
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Spin Kicks, Spirituality, and a Sunrise: Templestay at Golgusa Temple
Spin Kicks, Spirituality, and a Sunrise: Templestay at Golgusa Temple TweetIt's never a bad idea to start out a new year with a few extra good karma points... you never know when you'll need them....
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The Snowy Night by Moon Tae-jun
TweetTranslated by Chae-Pyong Song and Anne RashidPhotography by Anne RashidThe Snowy Night by Moon Tae-junOh, my lover who had pure eyes; oh, the silver scales that occupied your eyes. Tonight snow...
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Bohyunsa Temple - 보현사 (Goseong, Gyeongsangnam)
TweetThe beautiful view of the East Sea from Bohyunsa Temple.Hello Again Everyone!!Just a kilometre down the road from Munsuam Hermitage, with perhaps an even more impressive view of the East Sea, is...
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Yi Min’gu – Snowing on the Day of the Major Cold
TweetYi Min’gu (李敏求, 이민구, 1589-1670) was a Chosun dynasty literati bureaucrat. He was of the Jeonju Yi Clan (全州李氏, 전주이씨); his courtesy name (字, 자) was Jashi (子時, 자시); and his pen name (號, 호) was Donju...
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Christmas is over...
TweetI was pleasantly SUPER surprised when the Christmas cards came rolling in this year! Some were from old co-workers in Arizona, some from college friends, others from family and friends back home!...
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TweetAs part of a package of things I will be giving to my students to say goodbye to them, I made this video. It's a collection of photos and videos from our various field trips over the past two...
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Stay Or Go
TweetThis eternal question is not as simple as it seems: should I remain in Korea, or should I go somewhere else? “Seek not in the wide world to find a home,” writes Murasaki Shikibu, “but where you...
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Photos From The Day’s Adventures
TweetA sticker my wife chose to fix to the rear windshield of our new car which says, in loosely-translated English: “I’m a stupid woman driver.” Literally it says: “Kim Yeo-sa is taking”, Kim Yeo-sa...
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Seven KPop Alternatives to “Gangnam Style”
TweetDon’t get us wrong–we love Psy. Love him. Ric and I are probably responsible for at least 300,000 of those millions of YouTube video hits, and we NEVER get tired of the ubiquitous “horse dance”....
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VU in Vietnam Part 2
TweetVU in Vietnam Part 2Traveling around Vietnam is all very well, but what’s a vegan to eat? Restaurants catering to tourists usually offer a separate section in their menu of exclusively vegetarian...
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Ta Prohm
TweetTa Prohm was one of my favorite temples that I visited in Cambodia, and it’s not too surprising. Along with Bayon, Ta Prohm had that feeling of being a lost temple filled with potential discovery,...
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