There’s no doubt about it. Koreans love their coffee. So much so that it’s impossible to walk a single block in this country without crossing a packed coffee shop franchise, posters of celebrities advertising overly sweet mix coffee, or a cleverly designed theme cafe. As such, it’s no surprise that one of the country’s biggest food-related …
South Korea’s English and Chinese radio station tbs eFM (101.3Mhz) will hold an annual concert on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 to mark its seventh anniversary. This year’s concert theme will be gugak, traditional Korean music, and will be performed under the title “Seven Colors of Gugak.” The concert is slated to be held at the …
There’s plenty going on this month in Seoul and around the peninsula. Below are the events and exhibits that seem particularly interesting. Check them out!ArtLinda McCartney Retrospective Venue: Daelim Museum, 21, Jahamun-ro 4-gil, Jongno-gu, SeoulHours: Tuesday-Sunday 10AM – 6PM / Saturday 10AM-8PM / Closed Mondays – Ticket sales end 30 minutes before closingAdmission: Adults W5,000 / …
So I know you are all just itching to find out how to win the awesome gifts featured in my previous post. And now I’m here to tell you how. In the spirit of the upcoming holidays, I have decided to change things up a bit and challenge all of you to participate in a …
Recently, there has been a number of startling cases highlighted in the international media concerning one of the biggest measles outbreaks in the US since the early 90s. We’re seeing up close the effects of how a single child not being vaccinated can lead to hundreds being infected. Fortunately enough, most Americans have access to …
If you haven’t heard yet, Ironman, Captain America and The Hulk are headed to Seoul, South Korea. Contrary to what you might think, their visit has less to do with battling trigger-happy Kim Jeong-un and more to do with their filming “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” the sequel to the 2012 Hollywood blockbuster. It’s rumored that the city …
The excitement is palpable, as it always is just before any dance competition. Upbeat Latin tunes echo through a hall of dressing rooms that buzz with giddy conversations in a number of languages. Inside, flamboyantly dressed men ensure that every tassel of their costumes is in place while their female partners apply thick eyeliner and …
There’s no doubt that cartoons are loved all around the world. Comic books and animated television shows conjure up images of childhood, Saturday mornings, and spent allowances. Yet, there are few places where cartoon culture is as prevalent as Eastern Asia. In Korea, comics are taken to a whole new extreme. Manhwa literally means “comics” …
I won’t try to pretend that I’m an art enthusiast. I’m not. Sure, I enjoy going to museums and looking at paintings and sculptures and photographs, but I’ve always been the type of person that is entertained by these types of art rather than moved or inspired by them. I wish I could say that …
Korea wasn’t always an incredibly modern, high tech, “bbali, bbali” (“hurry, hurry”) country. In fact, back in the day before it was a nation of Samsung and skyscrapers, its residents preferred a simpler, slower paced lifestyle. I remember when this fact was first brought to my attention last year. I was walking with a Korean …