Umbrellas in the Sky at the Cheonju Hanok Village
I got this shot at the Cheonju Hanok Village a few weeks ago. I guess this was done for artistic effect.
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You Can’t Visit Chuncheon City Without Having Chicken Ribs!
"Chicken Ribs" are a specialty of Chuncheon city, where Treasure had her dance performance a couple weeks ago. Of course, we made sure to have some too before heading back home.
All Of These Brands of Makgeolli Contain Aspartame
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...
Day Trip to Northern GyeongGi Province (May 23, 2010)
(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...
A Recap of Martin Roll’s Exclusive Interview on Korea Business Central
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...
Post-Election Banners in Front of Star Plaza in Seongpo-Dong
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...
This Is One of the Things I’m Talking About When I Refer to the Challenges of Speaking Korean in Korea with Koreans
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 Started Learning Korean This Way (Part 3 of 5)
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...
At the Korea International Boat Show 2010 Near Ansan
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...
