Update on the Pigs of Chungang-Dong
In the spring, I put up several posts here, here and here about the concrete pigs near my office here in Ansan. The following photos show how things stand today. Lookin' good!!!
Monthly Archive: October 2010
A Recap of Tom Pinansky’s Exclusive Interview on Korea Business Central – “Understanding Korea’s Legal Industry: Opportunities and Challenges”
Tom Pinansky is Senior Foreign Attorney at Barun Law, as well as “Of Counsel” to US firm Prety, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios. Mr. Pinansky is active with various chambers of commerce in Asia, as well as international arbitration. He’s lived and worked in Korea for over 20 years. To listen...
Haemi Christian Martyrs Memorial
After the 2010 South Choongcheong Province International Tourism Conference in August, we headed out to the Taean peninsula to visit the Cheollipo Arboretum. Along the way, we passed by the tower shown in the photo below and it looked interesting enough to stop and take a look. Turns out this...
Quick Photo at Manlipo Beach Before Heading Home
After leaving the Cheollipo Arboretum, we headed south a bit on our way home and passed by the Manlipo beach. (Click here to visit in Google Maps.)
Foreign Talent Leaving Korea Due to “Three Serious Difficulties”
Koreans are commonly concerned about how non-Koreans view their country, and one index for measuring this is the number of foreigners living in Korea. According to an article in the Jungang Ilbo today (“Foreign Talent Leaving Korea Due to “Three Serious Difficulties”), the number of foreigners living in Korea is...
My First Hike Up Suam Peak in a Long Time
Considering how much we enjoy climbing Nojeok Hill, you'd think we'd be more interested in taking the next step and climbing the peaks of Suri Mountain, which is only a fifteen-minute bus ride from our neighborhood. We finally went this afternoon. Besides getting caught in a rainstorm halfway up, it...
The Cheollipo Arboretum (1)
When I told my professor at Hanyang University that I was heading down to Yesan in August for the 2010 South Choongcheong Province International Tourism Academic Conference, he suggested we take a side-trip up the Taean peninsula to visit the Cheollipo Arboretum [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://www.chollipo.org/]. (Click here to visit...
Online Source of Photos of Old Ansan
I’m always amazed to think of the growth and changes in Ansan since I first arrived almost 17 years ago. But that pales in comparison with the transformation of what used to be a sleepy fishing village into a city of 350,000 people when I arrived in 1993 (Current population...
