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Ask a Korean! News: Not All Jeff Meyers Hate Koreans

Perhaps the readers may remember Mr. Jeff Meyers from Australia, who won the "Hate the Korean" contest back in October. Well, Mr. Jeff Meyers from Los Angeles, California would not let the Jeff Meyers name slandered this way.------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: My name is Jeff Meyers...‏ From: ...

Merry Christmas everyone! For everyone in America, the Korean wishes a happy time with your family. For everyone in Korea, enjoy the second Valentine's Day. (If you are single, do yourself a favor and just stay hom...

Being Black in the Kimchiland

Dear Korean,I want to teach English in Korea in February. How badly am I seriously going to be treated, assuming I get a position? It's not like America is fat friendly, or Black friendly for that matter, but I hear Korea is 100 times worse. I'm a great person, kind, intelligent, and genuinely interested in learning about Korea and it people and culture. Will that be enough in the long run, or should...

Ask a Korean! News: Yearly Tradition Happens Again in National Assembly

New York Times reports the yearly tradition of Korea's National Assembly, getting into fights. Right around this time last year AAK! reported a spectacular battle in the National Assembly involving, among other things, a cane and a phone. As 2008 is drawing to close, the Korean was actually wondering why a fight has not broken...

Ask a Korean! Wiki: Korean Lessons in Alabama

Dear Korean,I am a 35 year old English-speaking American living in Birmingham, Alabama. Is there anywhere local for me to take Korean language classes? I have tried local Korean Catholic churches but they tell me they are all for kids. I would like to learn in order to visit the country one day as a Tang Soo Do student.Anonymous CowardBirmingham, Alabama!! The Korean's first college roommate was from...

Lesson in Cultural Gap through an Exercise of Translation

We all have our own way of passing time when we are stuck in a boring situation. We look around, shift weight on our legs, and daydream. One of the things that the Korean does is to translate everything he sees and hears into different languages that the Korean knows. Most of the time it is English to Korean or Korean to English,...

Ask a Korean! Wiki: Theatre Programs in Korea?

Another chance to help a fellow reader, folks.Dear Korean, My girlfriend and I are both adopted Koreans living in Minnesota. We're both actors in our late 20's, and are exploring possibilities regarding teaching theatre in Korea for a period of 6 months or more next year. While it's pretty easy to find opportunities to teach English at schools, privately, or in hagwons, I'm curious if you would...

Iodine makes you smarter. Remember what has a ton of iodine? Seaweeds! Remember Korean women only eat seaweed soup for three straight weeks after giving birth? When Korean women breastfeed, they are essentially feeding "get smart" juice to their babi...

The Matters of Ornithoids and Apis Mellifera

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Now, a moment with the latest creation of Korea's greatest musician ever.Taiji is g...

A bit old, but a nice article on the New York Times about immigration and returning to the mother sh...

As the Year-End Gift Giving Period (YEGGP) approaches, the Korean will recycle last year's post on gift-giving for Koreans. Please refer all gift-giving questions and suggestions here.For those who are too lazy to click, here is a quick summary: there is no ultra-special, super-secret, culturally-relevant "Korean gift", except for a select few occasions. Stop being so scared about appearing to be...

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Korean would like to wish all readers happy Thanksgiving, wherever you may be.Thanksgiving is truly the Korean's favorite holiday, although sadly it is increasingly becoming an inconvenient roadblock for American retailers to get the Christmas shopping season going early.Thanksgiving is the most American of all holidays, save perhaps the Independence Day. It is the day for immigrants. The Pilgrim's...

Dear Readers,The Korean got an early start on the Thanksgiving Break, and decided to visit California. See you again so...

Ask a Korean! News: "Charity Angel" and the Insanity of Anti-Communism

Recently, the Korean had a spirited debate on the Marmot’s Hole, on the topic of whether Sunshine Policy was a failure. The Korean’s position was that it was not. Although Sunshine Policy may not have been the most smashing success, in the very least it enabled engagement between the two Koreas. And the Korean believed that...

Nice article about Michelle Rhee, a Korean American chancellor of the D.C. public schoo...

As the Korean had said, Europe is pretty far behind America in eradicating raci...

Three interesting articles about education.Racial Imbalance Persists at Elite Public High SchoolsSchool District Tries to Lure Asian ParentsStart-Up Teaches Math to Americans, Indian-St...

The Korean gave an interview with UCLA Radio about our new president.The Korean realized he hates his own voice. (But it sounds so great once it reverberates through the Korean's cranium.....

How Dare You Call Me by My Name!

Dear Korean,I was wondering why when you first meet a Korean, you can't casually call them by their first names. I've become acquainted with this guy on a professional level and we've talked on several occasions, but he has never addressed me by my name – come to think of it, I don't think he's ever asked what it was – even...

Ask a Korean! Wiki: Books about Korea

Dear Korean,I was wondering if you could list a few Korean books for me about its culture and history. I am 100% Korean but I was born in the U.S. and so I don't know much about Korea's history. I wanted to educate myself since my college doesn't offer any classes. LinaDear Lina,The Korean would offer Carter Eckert's Korea Old and New. Since it was published in 1991 it may be a little dated, but it...

Really awful pictures of Unit 731 experimentations can be seen he...

Ask a Korean! News: Depressing News about Depression

Actress Choi Jinsil's death highlighted, among other things, the inadequacy of Korean approach for mental illness, particularly depression. On that theme, Dong-A Ilbo reports that nearly 80 percent of depression patients in Korea stop taking anti-depressants within three months without consulting their doctors. Amazingly, 53 percent of the patients decide to stop the treatment after only one month,...

Ask a Korean! News: Hollywood to Cure Oldboy's Deficiency by Removing All Asians

Old readers of this blog would know that this is a topic that really pisses off the Korean:Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are in early discussions to collaborate on a remake of Chan Wook-park's "Oldboy." ... Spielberg had been looking for an opportunity to make a film with Smith, who would play the kidnapped man if all the...

President Barack Obama Series: The Korean's Thoughts

The Korean is quite happy about this result. When the Korean first saw Barack Obama – at his televised speech at the Democratic National Convention four years ago, the Korean was convinced that Obama was going to be the president someday. He just didn’t think it would happen so soon. Especially as a racial minority, the rise of Barack Obama to the top truly gives the Korean hope. But beyond the...

President Barack Obama Series: Interlude

Now, for a moment of levity --In 8 years, there will be schools named after Barack Obama! There will be "Barack H. Obama Elementary School" or "OHS - Obama High School".Even more amusing is, what would the school mascot be for OHS? The mascot for every single John F. Kennedy High School that the Korean knows of is "Fighting Irish", a decidedly racial mascot. So what about Barack Obama High School?...

President Barack Obama Series: Korea's Reaction

Dear Korean,What is the Korean news media saying about our new president-elect Barack Obama? My mom reports that according to some Korean radio program, an Obama administration would not be beneficial for South Korea. 진짜? Is that the consensus in S. Korea?Annalog Dear Annalog, First, a shout-out to your lovely blog. For the ease of writing, “Koreans” in this post means “Koreans in Korea,”...