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Before you read on I must digest that this article has absolutely nothing to do with the late 1990’s hit arcade game of the same title. It does however follow a similar story line. Any of you that have lived in Korea for an amount of time would no doubt have dabbled in the un-nerving business of taking a taxi. Un-nerving ... Read More

Korean history is something the locals look at with great pride. Not considering the latest batch of their fermenting kimchi, the Koreans have been around for a very long time – about 700,000 years. This means Korean ancestors have been toiling the same earth right through the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages, up to the Bronze Age and to what is to ... Read More

Being an avid soccer fan, on my arrival in Korea I took it upon myself to follow the local K-League side, Gwangju Sangmu FC. The fact that they are a K-League side got me excited to be privileged to watch this grade of soccer every other week. Gwangju Sangmu also play at the Guus Hiddink Football Stadium (or World Cup Stadium ... Read More

Living and working in South Korea is sometimes overwhelming, but overall it’s a definite adventure. I have been in Gwangju for about three months now and it feels like there’s just not enough hours in a day. Every day goes by so quickly that I get lost as to where in the calendar I am.  I’ve been told that time will ... Read More

Foot and-mouth in South Chungcheong Province If you are living in and near the South Chungcheong Province take extra care, the highly-contagious foot-and-mouth disease has reared its ugly head once again. This time the disease has spread to a state-run livestock and veterinary research centre in Cheongyang, located 160 kilometers south of Seoul. Cattle and hogs within the centre and all animals ... Read More

Just when the Cherry Blossoms end their bloom, May comes along with something even more special - Buddha's birthday!  Buddhists and non-Buddhists from across the country will be rejoicing May 14 - 16 at the Lotus Lantern Festival in Seoul. Festival-goers participate in a glorious lantern parade that also features singing and dancing. This festival simply has to be seen to be ... Read More

April is by far the best month of the year, if for no other reason than the arrival of the Cherry Blossoms. Korea was pink mad as tree after tree delighted us with their bright and cheery petals, announcing to us all the arrival of Spring. The petals in Jinhae were no exception. The Cherry Blossom festival, March 23 to April ... Read More

Seeing Korea through the eyes of foreigners from a multitude of countries isn’t something you get to experience everyday. An Australian foreigner may see Korea as being too squashed together with no room to move, an English foreigner may see it as a land not unlike their own country but with better weather, and a South African foreigner may see it ... Read More

It’s the home of Jeonju Bibimbab, Korea’s best Bibibmap, the original seat of the Joseon Dynasty, the first Dynasty to effectively unite Korea, and is also a part of Korea’s modern culture scene, with a fantastic international film festival each year. I visited Jeonju for a day trip to check out the traditional architecture, and I was certainly not disappointed. ... Read More

It can be easy to forget you are in a foreign country when you live in Korea.Mega-sized grocery stores, cinemas, Starbucks, lots of foreigners and plenty of signs in English make it rather comfortable to live in Korea. But sometimes you look up from your teacher's guide and, as one of your students struggles to decide between the L or ... Read More