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2010 is a milestone of sorts for foreigners in Korea. An interesting article about foreigner demographic in Korea, translated below.* * *Recently, the squid boats leaving from Ulleungdo often feature...
Dear Korean,My question is related to food. Don't remember where I saw once that it was said that koreans used to "bastardize" the world food. One classic example is pizza, where all kinds of ingredients are put together, with no particular reason or logic. So my question is: Do koreans simply change the international...
Interesting report on how South Korea's soft culture is impacting North Koreans. Below is a translation.* * *A new report investigates the contours of "Korean Wave" in North Korea through detailed interviews with North Korean defectors. Kang Dong-Wan, researcher for Korea...
[Read more reviews from the Korean from the Library Mixer. To join, click here.] [Series Index]29. 015B [공일오비]Also known as: 空一烏飛 ("A single crow flies in the sky.")Years of Activity: 1990-present? (last regular album in 2006)Members:Regular membersJang Ho-Il [장호일] - GuitarJeong Seok-Won [정석원] - KeyboardTemporary membersJo Hyeon-Chan [조현찬] - DrumJo Hyeong-Gon...
Dear Korean,My husband will be teaching for two weeks this summer in Korea. We will be entertained by faculty and I need ideas for hostess gifts. Do you have any suggestion?SThis is one of the most frequently asked questions to the Korean -- i.e. some variation of "I am visiting Korea and want to bring gifts. What is appropriate?"Obviously, a gift that reflects a deep consideration for the recipient...
The Tiger Cub extraordinarie, Sophia Rubenfeld-Chua, started a blog. A sample:Q: Why did you decide to start this blog? A: When the whole world’s calling you a mindless robot, you kind of get the urge to start talking! Even though "Sophia" in the book is much more impressive than Sophia in real life. I think I’m sullying my impeccable image one post at a time, but so be it. ...Q: If your mother prevented...
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Interesting NPR interview about Asian Americans and leadership. A sample:If we look at the current U.S. census, what you find is Asians are the most educated group within the United States right now. They surpass their Caucasian counterpart in education. They also surpass a Caucasian counterpart in terms of earnings per capita. And in some of the research, they also surpassed all other groups with...
Seo Taiji's secret marriage/divorce is so ridiculous that the Korean MUST. TALK. TO. SOMEBODY. He didn't want to overdo live chat, but what the hell -- this is the craziest (Korean) celebrity scandal in 30 years. It must be discussed. Let's chat tonight at 11 p.m. EST. Just show up here on ti...
I can't close my jaw. I will be in shock for the next 24 hours. If you want to talk here, feel free.-UPDATE- For those who do not know the magnitude of this story, here is the equivalent scenario: Suppose the news broke that Michael Jackson died by suicide. But turns out, he actually has been dead for 10 years and no one knew about it. AND turns out it was Brad Pitt who handed him the pills...
The Korean has to throw a bone to all the K-pop fans who visit this blog, right? :) This is actually a fascinating op-ed that shows an aspect of how the celebrity market operates in Korea. Translation below.* * *To make sense of the "JYJ Internet Station Case," we must trace back to "Seonggyun'gwan...
Dear Korean,Have you seen this review of Kyung-sook Shin's Please Look After Mom? Besides the offensive comment at the bottom about "kimchee-scented Kleenex," it took me a little while to articulate why this review was so triggering for me. I understand that Corrigan doesn't seem to like books that are marketed toward a mass audience and/or books that seem to be written for the sole purpose of making...
Dong-A Ilbo recently ran an awful story about a Cambodian woman who was killed by her Korean husband, with a silver lining that the police was determined to bring the killer to justice. Translation below.* * *On March 18 of last year, a fire broke out in the bedroom of an apartment...
The Korean said this before, but it is worth repeating -- although the world focuses a great deal on the terroristic dictatorship of North Korea, it would do well to focus on how South Korea escaped from its own series of dictators, who were only marginally less terroristic. And the translated article below gives a vivid picture of just how horrendous South Korean dictatorship was.Just a little bit...
[Read more reviews from the Korean from the Library Mixer. To join, click here.] [Series Index]30. Sinawi [시나위]Also Romanized as: SinaweYears of Activity: 1986-present (last album in 2006)Members:Current MembersShin Dae-Cheol [신대철] - GuitarLee Gyeong-Han [이경한] - BassLee Dong-Yeop [이동엽] - DrumKang Han [강한] - VocalFormer MembersKang Jong-Su [강종수] - DrumKim Min-Gi...
[Series Index]So after three preceding parts, here we are now -- the most fun part of the series where we will look at Confucianism in contemporary Korean society and compare/contrast with what we know already. In fact, the Korean could have jumped straight to this post, but he opted to take a slower, more prodding route...
