There have been a number of primers on Korea popping up here and there lately, including Mike Hurt’s “things I wish I had known from my first day in Korea,” Foreigner Joy’s “Facts of Life” in Korea list, a “Thinks You Need to be Ready for in Korea” look at her first year here, but [...]
Archive > April 2009
Korean Movies Subtitled in English 2009/04/30-2009/04/03
Well as of this morning, there are no listings for 박쥐 (Thirst) or 인사동 스캔들 (Insadong Scandal), which is a bit of a disappointment, but they may well surface in the next twenty four hours. 7급 공무원 (Secret Couple) is still screening in Myeong-dong, Gangnam, Ansan and Busan and Mirospace in Gwanghwamun is screening four [...]
Things I Wish I Had Known from My First Day in Korea
This is actually a crosspost from my Metropolitician blog, but someone suggested I crosspost it here.
Blogs around the world are overflowing with “top ten” and “most lame” and all sorts of other lists, especially around the end and beginning of years. I’m not going to continue them, but merely begin a master list of things [...]
Forget Regular Boshintang: Time for DISCO Boshintang!
In case your puppy/accessory isn’t as cool as your neighbours’, here’s a way to make sure you have the snazziest pooch in Apgujeong:
USA Today reports that Korean scientists have adapted the DNA of a cloned dog so that it will glow red under ultraviolet light: geneticists have been combining cloned cells with a protein from [...]
Buddha Birthday Street Festival and Sparkledown III
cross-posted at roboseyo
So Sparkledown III started off by Anguk Station, at a tea room which most of us liked quite a bit: the tea tasted good, and the lady kept bringing free stuff by. Cool.
Live in or near Seoul? Must-Attend Lantern Festival
Hey there. Today’s the Buddha’s Birthday Lantern Festival in Jonggak.
If you live anywhere, ANYWHERE near Seoul, get your butt down to Jonggak (near Gwanghwamun) and check out the street festival. Build a Buddhist lantern, hang out with the peoples, take pictures, and all that cool stuff.
Seriously, the Lantern Festival is the best day [...]
Korean Movies Subtitled in English 2009/04/27-2009/04/29
This weekend is one of the two busiest weekends of each year for me, so I’ll keep things brief.
그림자살인 (Private Eye) and 7급 공무원 (Secret Couple) are screening round and about over the next few days…
Private Eye is on at the Myeong-dong Cinus Theater:
Monday (27th) – 0900, 1110, 1320, 1530, 1740, 1950, 2200 [...]
Photos of North Korea on exhibit in Jongno
From the Joongang Ilbo:
“Changing Social Landscape: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (1950-2008)” contains 70 pictures by nine photographers from different fields who visited the North to capture the land through their lenses over the last six decades.
And not just any photographers – they include photojournalist Margaret Bourke White and French documentary maker Chris Marker, who [...]
Got Nothing to Do this Saturday Night? Hongdae Scavenger Hunt
I’ve been getting facebook messages about this for a while:
Go to the facebook event page.
The FIRST EVER (that we know of) Hongdae scavenger party – Friday night to Saturday morning. Search high, low, and everywhere in between for lots of quirky weird stuff that makes life in Seoul so much fun. Hey, you’re already in [...]
Hang out with the cool kids at Hub of Sparkle
Hey there.
It’s short notice, but if you have any free time this Saturday afternoon, it being the weekend before Buddha’s birthday, and me being out of town that weekend, it’s a good time to hang around Jongno, which is strung up with lanterns all over the place!
On Saturday afternoon, at 3PM, I’m going to be [...]
Korean Government, Basic Act on the Treatment of Foreigners**
**Correction: Benjamin Wagner has reminded me that “While Professor Wagner strongly supports foreign English teachers and other migrant workers in Korea, he is not a member or representative of ATEK“: my description of him as “Benjamin Wagner, of ATEK” was incorrect. My apologies.**
I received an e-mail from Benjamin Wagner, of ATEK, with an attached PDF [...]
Buy the way…
…Uniqlo has changed their spring fashions, so download the screensaver or just stare mesmerized at the screen clock. They do an extended dance routine at the top of the hour.
