North Korea has been a topic that has interested me for a long time. Being an avid socialist in my youth, I was interested in the cause of communism around the world. I did my research, but it was usually from a very biased view. Coming to South Korea, I had an opportunity to study
If I had to make an analogy to Taebaeksan’s lack of notoriety, I would compare it to Korea! Korea happens to be in a bad place geographically. Stuck between two eastern giants, Korea is often confused with Japan and China and generally not known very well by foreigners. Although Taebaek would probably not get confused
The Boryeong Mud festival is, um, just that: a festival with a lot of mud. When I say a lot, I mean that there is enough to swim in and paint tens of thousands of people, literally! This event takes place in the summer time and lasts for about 10 days. Starting very recently,
Thinking of learning Korean? What better way to experience a culture or society than to learn the language? If there is a way, I can hardly think of it. For many, the difficulty in learning a whole new unrelated language and the hours required, are outweighed by the fact that most people foreigners will only
Walking through the streets of Korea, one would be pressed to not see an occasional interracial couple walking hand and hand. At one point in Korean history, this would have been almost impossible to see. Even though there is still somewhat of a social bias against said relationships, they are abundant in their numbers. Although
She is the princess of South Korea . During the 2004-2005 season, She placed second at the Junior Grand Prix Final, earning Korea’s first international medal in the history of figure skating.Making her senior international debut in 2006, she came to prominence when she claimed two gold medals in a row at the 2006-2007 season
Working in a Hagwon in Korea has positives and negatives to it. Depending on the Hagwon you end up in the positives could outweigh the negatives or vice versa. As for the Positives: The Pay: The pay is better than other first time teaching jobs. There are exceptions to this, but generally for first time, teachers
Even though individuality is what I always believe in , there is no denial that we have always been and will be associated with our ancestors and history where we were born . We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories and we give up our backs and allow religious myths
