Stories from the Scene

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Editor’s Note - A version of this interview originally appeared in Jon Twitch’s zine - Broke in Korea.  Jon has graciously allowed Asia Pundits to reprint this interview in the hope that readers in Korea and abroad can inform themselves about the various cults that are active and originate in South Korea. Armed with this information, hopefully our loyal [...]

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Editor’s note: This article has previously appeared on Robert’s website – http://bobstershouse.com/- To enjoy more of Robert’s writing and photography please have a look at his site. It’s happened before since I’ve been living here in Seoul, and I suspect that again in the future I will have to reassure the people back home that I’m [...]

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Disclaimer: All names, dates and locations have been changed for obvious reasons. “I didn’t really understand the gravity of what she was actually doing, of what she was risking. I was more selfish; thinking why isn’t she round here now jumping my bones?” This is Part Two of the salacious conversation my good friend Horatio [...]

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Disclaimer: All names, dates and locations have been changed for obvious reasons  “It was definitely the best sex I’d ever had, cause it was so forbidden. As a 23 year old guy that’s all you want. That’s all you’ve read about and seen in porn films. I was living the fantasy myself… I didn’t think [...]

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Wild Bangkok nights.

Life in Asia is a little different. For the first time traveller, coming to these shores can be a huge culture shock. The food, the sights, sounds and smells are all so different. In Thailand I have eaten some stuff that I would have thought highly improbable a few years back. I have always been [...]

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I stand on the platform, one foot touching the strip of bumpy yellow flooring, waiting for the subway to arrive at Itaewon Station. Thirty minutes ago, I was in the sauna, having three months of dead skin scraped off my body by an fifty year old ajumma wearing a sheer, black bra and panties set. I’m feeling [...]

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When I told a friend a while ago that myself and Herself (and +1 of course) were aiming to return to Ireland in the future, he was shocked. “Jeez man, I thought you were done with the west. I had you down for a lifer”, he responded in near disappointment. I was kind of struck [...]

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Today I did something I’m not proud of. Rewind back to this morning. I’m one of the few bloggers on this planet that has no internet connection at home. The (Chinese) firm I work for provided me with a really nice apartment for a very convenient price, but for three months, the internet connection has [...]

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A strange event occurred last week that involved me and got me thinking about how a newbie to Korea might have viewed it and indeed how I judged it. It began while at was working out at the gym. Recently, a Korean girl started coming to the gym who paid particular interest to me, first by [...]

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Daegu at night

I am a liar.  A charlatan.  A purveyor of disinformation.  Creator of false hope.  Progenitor of impossible dreams. All week long I sing Hokey Pokey and claim “that’s what it’s all about.”  But is it? If what it is all about is traveling to a bustling metropolis filled with light, fashion, music and night life [...]

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