Hello again Earth fiends, North Korea is back in the news and this time it’s not blowing stuff up or shooting off a big bottle rocket. This time, it’s just doing the usual huge copyright infringement. That’s right, according to the BBC, at an official gathering some of your favorite Disney characters popped up to provide the [...]
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A few years back, when I was working at a newspaper for children learning English, we had an exchange program on the side that we operated. Well, one day, some of our students got in trouble when one of them mysteriously ended up with a broken arm and their trip to America had to be [...]
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When I was a little kid, I hated being yelled at for stuff I didn’t do. I’m still that way. The Korean government is on the warpath about pot and I am getting really annoyed that potheads are making it difficult for us who would rather enjoy legal drugs like soju. I know plenty of [...]
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Pretty much by definition, a Korean is Confucian. Confucianism is more a philosophy than a religion, but Koreans are so strict about it that it might as well be a religion. As I’ve said before that because my father acts pretty Confucian at times, I have a gut instinct for Confucian stuff. Well, for those of you [...]
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I highly respect The Marmot’s Hole for a lot of reasons. It’s one of the best places to keep tabs on what’s going on in Northeast Asia and I genuinely admire the fellow who runs it, Robert Koehler. Years ago, I posted pretty regularly there and had a blast except for one thing — the comment section [...]
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Now, I’ve seen it all. According to the folks over at Shanghaiist, a group of “high end” grave robbers have been using the cover of kimchi vendors to get some ancient booty. Police have apprehended a network of thieves, who under the guise of kimchi vendors, attempted to raid an Eastern Zhou Dynasty Tomb in Hubei province’s [...]
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If all this war talk has got you in need of a good laugh, the folks at College Humor have provided one with this funny cartoon about everyone’s favorite psycho absolute dictator Kim Jung Un. As the writers of 30 Rock will tell you, North Korea is so bizarre and so sad that the only thing you can do [...]
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This is the conclusion of a short expat story that I hope you have enjoyed. The first part is here. The second part is here. If you wish to give me a review and some help on how to make it better, please email me at migukin (at) gmail.com 5. After walking down several flights [...]
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We here at Asia Pundits thought it would be fun to use the FAQ form to address an issue dear to everyone’s heart: the dating scene in South Korea. Enjoy So, yo, how difficult is it to get a date as an expat in South Korea? It’s not difficult at all, really. You’re not going [...]
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While Seoul is a huge place, with some 13 million people or so, at times as an expat it can seem very very small. If you find yourself hanging out in the area of Seoul known as Haebangchon (HBC) you’ll understand exactly what I’m talking about. Humans are social creatures so we inevitably want to hang [...]
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