Does Korea Have the World’s Best Mothers?
That might be the opinion you hold if you’ve read a recent article by South Korean professor Kim Seong-kon in the Korea Herald. According to Dr. […]
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Bite Me: Misozoonistic Advertising
At what point in the slaughtering process do animals go from sentient beings to cuisine? Is it when they appear in front of us on […]
The 5 Types of Foreigners You’ll See in Metro Manila- as Seen by a Local
I’ve lived in the Philippines all of my life, but I have seen and talked to many foreigners to know enough about their motivations and […]
Happy 2,576th Birthday Buddha!
Buddha has shown up in temples, picture frames, rocks, and on mountains quite a lot in my travels around the Far East. His eyes are usually […]
White Western Men with Asian Women
What do you think when you see a white Western man with an Asian woman? Perhaps if I asked you this question whilst hand […]
Korean Women Need to Stand as One for Social Change
Last week I criticised the image that Psy is projecting to Korea and the world, but his most recent video does include some buffoonery based on the unfair treatment of women […]
Understanding North Korea by Seeing the Similarities with the South
With all the shenanigans that are going on North of the border, I wondered if there can be anything we can learn about North Korea […]
The Generation Gap in South Korea
I was asked the other day by a reader of one of my blogs if there is any country other than Korea that had such an […]
My Korean Grandmothers Memories of the Japanese Occupation and the Korean War
Instead of spending time over Seollal (Korean New Year) with my Father in-laws side of the family in Suncheon, where I live in the far […]
The Rise of the Chinese Tourist
Last week, I did what many of us teachers in South Korea do in the vacation and took a trip to Thailand to break-up the […]