Category: Seongpo-Dong

Last of the North Korean Liquor for Us

At the Unification Observatory on Sunday, we picked up a bottle of wine and a bottle of beer from North Korea. With the news that North Korea is cutting all relations with the South, I guess it'll be awhile before we get more premium North Korean products.  

Korean Fencing Will Make You Tall and Skinny

A local Korean fencing hall put this banner advertisement up at Nojeok Hill: [Translation]  HP Best Height (HP Sports) – Recruiting Members  "Mom, I want to be the best!" [photo of girl showing how tall she is] Specialized management of growth and obesity (weight, height, muscles, obesity, predicted height) Seongpo...

Close-Up Portraits of the Pigs in Chungang-Dong, Ansan City

I posted a number of photos about the concrete pigs in the vicinity of my office last month at the following links: /2010/03/more-pigs-and-now-benches-and-streetlights-too /2010/03/there-are-pigs-in-the-street I finally got around to taking closeups of the darling creatures:     

We Demand Our Artist Apartment Volunteer Jobs Back!

I haven't figured out exactly what's happened but apparently someone went around our apartment complex recently handing out free recyclable trash bags and having each recipient sign-off to verify that they received their bags.  Only problem is that it seems those signatures actually turned out to have been placed on...

Mayoral and National Assembly Elections in Ansan

Mayoral and National Assembly Elections in Ansan

Mr. Boo is a Man of Conscience and He Wants to Be Mayor of Ansan Mr. Shim Might Make a Good Mayor of Ansan Because He's Got Integrity Introducing Soong Huh for Mayor of Ansan Yet More Candidates for Mayor of Ansan… Mr. Jang, the Gyeonggi Province Assembly Candidate Who...