Video of the Week #2
Gusts of Popular Feeling featured this short scene from Lee Jong-ho’s film “Heavenly Homecoming of Stars” earlier in the week. The scene gives us some insight into rebellious 1970′s Korean youth...
View ArticleNorth Korea Enters the Fray on Chinese Social Media
The North Korean government’s official propaganda arm has reportedly joined the Chinese social media website, Sina Weibo. According to the Shanghaist, which refers to Weibo as a Twitter clone, On March...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak Used as Target Practice
In today’s photo of the day, we have a caricature of South Korean President, Lee Myung-bak in a bullseye, or should I say what’s left of him in a bullseye after the North Korean army got through with...
View ArticleSky Rockets in Flight…
It's Not An ICBM... Tensions in Northeast Asia are on the rise as North Korea has yet again given its intention to launch an “earth observation” satellite, which everyone knows is another word for ICBM...
View ArticleThinking of Going to Korea to Teach? (A Conversation)
Teaching Here is Fun While I’ve written before about what to think about while you’re waiting for your paperwork to go through, think of this post as even more basic than that. This is more for those...
View ArticleTeaching In Korea: The Money
Nope. Sorry. Ahhh, yes, let’s address head on the issue of money as a teacher in South Korea. As I have written elsewhere, you usually make about $24,000 a year as an English teacher in South Korea....
View ArticleWe Need To Talk About ‘We Need Surgery’
This post is in no way supposed to be unbiased. I love this band, and you should too. They rock! Way back when, Seoul’s expat music scene was amazing. This was back in about 2006-2007 and I was running...
View ArticleTeaching In South Korea: The Children
Ahh, Children We’ve talked about the money a lot, but let’s get to the nitty-gritty of what it’s all about — teaching ESL to South Korean children. What’s that really like? Well, I hate to break it to...
View ArticlePark Guen-hye: Would Her Election be South Korea’s Obama Moment?
Word on the street is that Korea is this close to electing its first female president in December. Park Guen-hye is said to be leading in the polls by as much as 20 points. Two peas in a pod? Some are...
View ArticleOne Small Step for a Woman, One Giant Leap Backward for the Nation
Park Geun-hye as depicted by Hong Sung-dam Well, she’s done it. Park Geun-hye has been elected the next president of South Korea, narrowly beating Moon Jae-in, a human rights lawyer formerly imprisoned...
View ArticleWhat Would Happen If There Was A War In Korea?
When I was living in South Korea, I would often try to pin down American military people there, asking them what we should expect should the suspended war between the North and the South heat up again....
View ArticleCould Be Something. Could Be Nothing. Or Both
Just when you think you might have North Korea figured out, it does something weird and provocative. The latest thing is, get this, they’ve declared martial law (not that anyone would be able to tell...
View ArticleBullying in South Korea
While Korea is still a relatively safe place to live, with generally lower crime rates than in the West (the US at least and less petty crime than Europe), it does not seem to be short on social...
View ArticleThe Generation Gap in South Korea
I was asked the other day by a reader of one of my blogs if there is any country other than Korea that had such an accelerated path from colony to third world to first world in such a short period of...
View ArticleAnalysis: Just Ignore North Korea
North Korea is just a punk who needs to be ignored. That’s the general consensus of the many articles I’ve read about what’s going on these days in the Korea. CNN has a really good read about this...
View ArticleUnderstanding North Korea by Seeing the Similarities with the South
With all the shenanigans that are going on North of the border, I wondered if there can be anything we can learn about North Korea without even stepping foot in the country. Do South Koreans have...
View ArticleThe Quiet Before The Storm?
This weekend, things seem pretty quiet in the Land of The Morning Calm. I wish I was there, I honestly do, so I could risk my life along with so many other people I know who live there now, but is not...
View ArticleEnough With All the Anxiety About NK Already
Editor’s note: This article has previously appeared on Robert’s website – http://bobstershouse.com/- To enjoy more of Robert’s writing and photography please have a look at his site. It’s happened...
View ArticleWhy Psy’s Image is not Good for South Korea
Recently, in the Guardian newspaper online, an article was written regarding the public faces of North and South Korea. There is obviously no doubt who the public face of North Korea is, but also it...
View ArticlePSA: Everything is Fine in South Korea, Mom
Editor’s note: This article has previously appeared on Douglas’s website–http://twokilosofbread.com/- To enjoy more of Douglas’s writing please have a look at his site. And that includes your mom. Mmm,...
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