Gongsanseong (공산성) does not rank high on the ‘most seen by foreigners’ list. Then again, neither does the city of Gongju. Naturally, the Lady in Red and I had to check it out.
Originally called Ungjinseong, the mud fortress was used by King Munjuwang (reigned 475-477 A.D.) as the Baekje capital during the Baekje Dynasty. In [...]
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Destination: Gongsanseong (Gongju)
Travel in Korea – Luke Warm iPhone App
Rob has written a well thought out piece on Korea’s almost constant seeking of some sort of brand for itself to promote to outsiders, but is always falling short because of it’s pigheadedness heavy handed approach(es)
Which is not to say there efforts aren’t well intentioned, and indeed the Travel in Korea’s (Is that the Korean Tourism Organisation [...]
On Filipinos, markets, and forced relocations
Source: my previous post on the Filipino Market.
In a move seemingly designed to placate the locals and remind foreigners of their secondary role, the Filipino Market in Hyehwa may be closing in the near future. I’ve blogged about this excellent once-a-week market before, while Extra Korea, Buhay sa Korea, and ZenKimchi have already weighed in. [...]
Life in Korea: Doing a visa run, Osaka style
Currency exchange note: As of the published date of this post, 1 Japanese yen was worth about 13 Korean won or 1.15 US cents. 1,000 Korean won will buy you 75 yen, while 1 US dollar will buy you 87 yen. See www.xe.com for up-to-the-minute currency rates.Not too long ago I had to do a [...]
KOTESOL Conference 2009 review
The 17th annual KOTESOL conference, held last weekend at Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul, was not precisely what you might call a tourist destination. For the serious English teachers or those in a more formal academic setting, conferences such as these are great chances to socialize and meet up with other serious teachers. It’s the [...]
Bangs Head Against Wall for the Umpteenth Time
Look about the English speaking section of K-Blogland and you will encounter no end of posts on Korea’s crap record in punishing sex offenders over the last little while. For a start see Gusts of Popular Feeling, for a primer. Amazingly the Korean side of the Internet has also been up in arms of late [...]
The slow process of changing laws regarding child sex crimes
I’m sure everyone is aware of the Na-yeong case and the current outcry for harsher punishments for sex criminals who target children. While it seems that this may lead to progress, the fact is that a similar uproar several years ago led to only small steps being taken, and another case after that led to [...]
Living in Korea? Studying Korean?
Take three minutes and fill out this survey. It’s painless
Seoul YMCA ‘Citizen’s Mediation Center’ is here to help protect your civic rights. Our main goal is to prevent any foreseeable inconveniences to foreign and domestic residents like you.
This survey is especially for foreign students to find out solutions to prevent any inconveniences may [...]
Survey Much?
Over the last couple of weeks I have been running a survey in an attempt to see what’s going on in the Foreigner community here in Seoul.
It is a very small sample – though not restricted to E2 Visa holders it equates to about 1% of the 20000 Language teachers in Korea. Neither should it [...]
Still Looking for Expats to Tell Us What They Think
Bloggers here at HoS and throughout K-Blogland are working to come together and figure out ways we can be more efficient in getting information on living in Korea, events and all sorts of stuff out to you, the reader.
As such we are still looking for some information by from you!
Your honest answers in the Survey [...]
K-bloggers and writers of Korea, unite!
If you are a fellow K-blogger or writer about Korea, a number of the biggest K-bloggers are inviting you to a new community for K-bloggers and writers. Any and all welcome, whether you started your first blog last week or are still tinkering with the finer points of Wordpress. Check out the Facebook group as [...]
Korean government issues new swine flu rules
Earlier today, the Korean government issued a number of new directives aimed at making people aware of the swine flu. Despite many recent stories in the Korean media about the swine flu outbreak, some people are apparently still unaware of what to do. Now translated into English, the first few regulations for Koreans have been [...]
