Whistling at midnight or buying your lover grilled chicken wings are two of several things that Koreans avoid because they don’t bring carry good luck with them. Like any country around the world, there are some superstitious beliefs and taboo topics also within Korean society. Understanding this can help you from being getting stares from
Jeju is tranquil and simple, makes every tourist feel like they going back to that familiar hometown way off in the far far distance. Setting your footsteps on this beautiful and seductive land, you just can’t stop yourself from unconciously walking around all the famous places, feeling the wonderfulness of the windy hills and joining
A few days ago, at 1am, I suddenly found myself with severe cravings for Japanese style ramen. I tried to suppress them, but failed miserably, and thus I found myself walking the streets around Sinchon station in an attempt to find a place that could satisfy my cravings while the icy wind threatened with hypothermia.
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Have you ever applied for an English-teaching job in South Korea? If you are white, landing a job might be a lot easier. But for non-white teachers, it could be a different story. Did you know that you could be denied a job in South Korea because of reasons other than your lack of teaching
In Sinchon at the outskirts of the bar and nightlife area is a small café with the, for most westerners, the rather eye catching, name “The Pie Hole”. Whether the name is meant as a joke is unclear. Joke or not I’ve found it to be a great source of entertainment, but then I could
Mysterious sinkholes, decreasing water levels in the lake nearby, and a series of safety issues has been giving the Lotte World Tower a bad rep. Lotte is in the process of building the tower, which is to be Seoul’s tallest building and 6th tallest in the world. This giant entertainment center, which will include hotels,
Namaste/Hello/ Hola, I work as a Strategy executive in an Engineering company in Korea. Since its small company we don’t have many foreign employees except me and one more colleague. Since only we two are from another planet, we are always curious about Korean Culture. And the most popular among these are “how often do
