City out of Seoul – Gangneung

You had been travelling to Korea for more than once, and felt a little bored with Seoul already? No worries, let us head out of Seoul, and visit Gangneung in Gangwon-do! This name has been ringing in front of my eyes for quite some time and I decided to do some research about it. Though I have

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Saturday evening at Pororo Park

Since my son attends kindergarten during weekdays, every weekend I am always in a dilemma where to go to have fun with my baby. This time we decided to Pororo Park, named after the famous Korean cartoon haracter Pororo. I knew from some local forums where it was described as a very good place to

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Yeouido – The Wall Street of South Korea

Yeouido is a large sandy island on the Han River in Seoul. Yeouido is the financial and banking district of Seoul – the capital of South Korea. Typically, National Assembly Building of South Korea, Korea Financial Investment Association, Gospel Church, Building 63 and the headquarters of major corporations are all located on Yeouido Island (LG,

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Love Land in Jeju Island

Tourists cannot hide  from what they’re going to see once they enter Love Land in Jeju Island. Love Land in Jeju City (South Korea) has been operating for 10 years, since 2004. There exhibiting more than 140 sex-related statues, attracting a great number of tourists to come every year. All images are meant to sexual

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South Korean Education

South Korea is known for it’s advances in technology, business, and urbanization over the last 50 years, but one thing I don’t believe South Korea gets enough credit for is the schooling system in the country. As someone who has studied at Korea University – one of the SKY, or top three, schools in Seoul,

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My Self Study Methods

As promised in my previous post, I will share with you today about how and what I use for self study. I apologize for taking a little while to write it. Basically, I am a full time employee with fixed office hours, the only time I could start studying is when I return home, or on the

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Differences between South Korea and North Korea

Highlighting differences between South Korea and North Korea.While North Korea is ruled under a dictatorship, people in South Korea can live happily in a democratic society. Therefore, these two countries are “implacable” to each other although they share the same peninsula. In a project called “Korea-Korea,” Dieter Leistner, a German photographer made an album of

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