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Britain in Korea 23 Jul 2010 | 04:11 am
Even though Korea has its own very strong ecomony (from electronic giants like Samsung to evil corporation Lotte which has a finger in every business pie), western influences seem to creep in everywhe...
Tandem Bikes and Couple Wear 13 Jul 2010 | 11:47 pm
Romance certainly isn’t dead in Korea – girls expect to be treated like princesses and have their bags carried for them or be whizzed around on the back of a tandem bike. Yes, that’s right. We’ve seen...
Soju Goggles 9 Jul 2010 | 12:41 am
We’ve all heard of beer goggles on a night out, but this advert proves that soju (Korea’s favorite tipple) is rather stronger…. Best advert ever? Definitely not advocating responsible drinking… http...
Beauty Treatments 5 Jul 2010 | 11:05 pm
As I have probably mentioned before, Koreans are very health conscious. They exercise and eat well as a rule, even into their old age. We met a man who claimed he was 70 by the river one evening (he w...
Korean Music Part 2 – Trot 5 Jul 2010 | 10:54 pm
All the kids might be listening to K-Pop, but there’s a more traditional form of Korean music that we often catch a glimpse of. It’s called ‘Trot’ and is basically folk music – and is listened to by e...
Election Time 15 Jun 2010 | 11:53 pm
Although we didn’t get around to actually voting in the UK elections, we did keep an (outraged) eye on the results and fighting via the Guardian… We’ve also experienced elections (for City Mayors) in...
Football Fever! 15 Jun 2010 | 11:47 pm
The World Cup has hit us here in Korea too and despite everyone’s tendancy to talk about ‘soccer’ (why? why??) instead of football, it’s been fun so far. Despite watching Green mess up, of course. Wha...
The Ajuma Phenomenom 11 Jun 2010 | 04:06 pm
Despite the modern influences in Korea, society remains strictly partriarchal. The men earn the money, spend all night drinking with business partners and come home to check the kids’ school grades. W...
The K-Pop Generation 8 Jun 2010 | 04:12 pm
As I mentioned before, Korean music is a little behind the times! Although things seem to be catching up a little on the electro front, the most popular music is straight out of the 90s. Think pretty-...
Intermediate Korean…? 24 May 2010 | 11:53 pm
For the last couple of months, I’ve been doing a language exchange with a korean girl and it seems to be coming along okay! Grammar is pretty simple as they only have three tenses: past, present, futu...
