When you think of online shopping the obvious names that come to mind are Amazon, eBay, Play.com usually. But if you are living in South Korea than these big names are not easily available, so where can you go??? Well the answer to people like us is Gmarket, It is similar to eBay (minus the
Apparently, there are plans afoot to airdrop 100,000 copies of ‘The Interview’ on DVD and USB stick into North Korea in an effort to undermine Kim Jong-Un’s authority. They’d better hope it doesn’t backfire. By the time I had suffered through Rogen and Franco’s nearly 2 hours of sloppily executed toilet humor I felt like
A celebration commending the Jangdan soybean, a vegetable known to have been served to rulers, was held a weekend ago at the Imjingak Plaza in Paju, Gyeonggi-do Province. Around 760,000 guests rushed to the three-day celebration between November 21 and 23 to appreciate recently reaped beans and to take an interest in the extensive variety
In kitchens the country over, families assemble to make conventional Korean dishes for Chuseok, one of South Korea’s biggest yearly occasions. This Sunday, family units will be occupied with creating songpyeon, half-moon-formed rice cakes, and different delights to present to precursors in energy about a decent gather this advancing Monday morning. Those stately tables, stacked
Go Heung-gon was occupied with slowing down strings to make a cluster of 12 that he would requirement for the “gayageum” or 12-stringed Korean zither. He worked always, even as he addressed the telephone, got visitors and talked at his workshop in Seocho-dong, southern Seoul. At the point when more nylon-wrapped steel and metal strings
An Op-ed written by HiExpat blogger: Andrew Fraser December 31st, 2014 As I started taking a look back at 2014 in Korea, I initially thought it would be nice to do a piece for the end of the year that tied both good and bad events together as a replay of what happened this year.
One of the unmissable delights of set out is to taste the nearby fortes of the area. Each one spot has its own local dishes or nearby sustenance contingent upon the attributes of the area. Some of them can’t be discovered somewhere else and may shift relying upon the season. Jeju Island, a well known
There is a brand of yellow milk contained in a container molded plastic flask. It is Binggrae’s Banana Flavored Milk, a refreshment that has been demonstrating supplements and filling individuals’ hearts for a long time. The brand of milk has quite recently turned 40, and the nostalgic item with its meaningful pudgy container has been
