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I have been on something of a campaign against makgeolli with aspartame. I mean, if it's a traditional Korean drink that's part of the "well-being" craze in Korea these days, should they really be putting toxic chemicals into it? Doesn't make it any worse than Diet Coke, but I'm not...
(1 of 10) – Driving There (2 of 10) – Byeokjae Cemetary (3 of 10) – Yongam Temple (4 of 10) – Tomb of General Yun Gwan (5 of 10) – Military Base Soup for Lunch (6 of 10) – LG's Display Production Facility (7 of 10) – Hwaseokjeong Overlooking...
Martin Roll is a world-renowned thought-leader on value creation through brand equity, and the eighth interviewee in our Korea Business Interview Series hosted at KoreaBusinessCentral.com. Martin Roll is Danish by origin, but currently based out of Singapore. He spent most of his career in international advertising and media before setting...
The winners and losers of the June 2 elections followed up the next day with a new set of signs. The green one here is from Ansan Mayor-Elect Cheol-Min Kim, who says, "To the Great Citizens of Ansan. Thank you. I will take thorough care of the well-being of the...
The following is an extreme example; I don’t usually get corralled into conversations like this in Korea anymore, though, for obvious reasons, it used to happen a lot more often when I taught English. Fortunately for me now, my ace-in-the-hole is that I can converse in Korean. Without that, this...
I Got a Tutor I think one of the cardinal rules of studying Korean has to be this: “Reject all invitations to trade English study for Korean study.” The first reason is that if you trade one hour of English for one hour of Korean, you’ll spend one hour talking...
GyeongGi Province is working to develop a boating industry and 2010 was the third year to host the Korea International Boat Show [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://koreaboatshow.org/en/main.do?cmd=mainInfo] at Jeongok Port near Hwaseong City, which is just south of Ansan. We found several yachts we’d like to buy once I increase my...
I recently posted a photo of a campaign going on at Artist Apartments to eject the current team of homeowners association volunteers. (Click here to view.) Recently the following notice was attached to our monthly management bill. See translation below it. Public Notice #2010-32 Public Notice There is currently a...
Someone who reached the top of Nojeok Hill recently left the following tag at the top. Here's what it says: Seoul, Gwangjin – Moon Jeong-Nam The Nation's 4,000 Mountains and Hills In Commemoration of Reaching the Summit Mountain #4396 I'm not 100% certain about the situation here, but it appears...
