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SO the "body for Apple products" idea hasn't been slowing down so much in China. Apparently a young female jiulinghou (someone born in the 90's) has tweeted on Weibo (the Chinese version of Twitter) that she would sell her virginity in exchange for an iPhone4. She tweeted it was her "dream to own a iPhone4 but her father won't let her ... Read More

This is how Korean's sort their differences. After being hit with the ball by the pitcher, this is how one batter reacted to the assault. Great Korean baseball fight I thought you all should see! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7D8aDp3RUs&feature=player_embedded ... Read More

July has a few winners sure to make your time in Korea even more of an enjoyable experience. A few are even guaranteed to help you cool down as summer gets into full swing. Among them are the Boryeong Mud Festival, where you can become a 7-year-old again for a day, roll around in some mud, and have mud fights. ... Read More

By Andrew Farrell, of SpeakingKorea.com At first glance, Sinnam looks like any of the other tiny fishing villages in the sparsely populated province of Gangwon-do, backing up onto the Sea of Japan, in South Korea. Located approximately 280 kilometres east of the capital Seoul, and within earshot of North Korea, Sinnam is one of the remote villages that soon ... Read More

A great summer cooler! Naeng myun (or naengmyoen) is a Korean cold noodle dish made of thin, slightly chewy buckwheat noodles topped with egg, meat, vegetables, and a savory, vinegary ice-cold broth. Although it is now a summertime food among Koreans, its origins are in the North Korean mountains as a wintertime staple. Buckwheat grows well in high altitudes, and it ... Read More

There’s nothing better than finding a bargain, or haggling your way to one, amongst the hustle and bustle of some of Korea’s greatest markets. And unlike the flea markets of the western world, the Korean markets offer some great cheap fashion, food, accessories, home ware and other great products, all of it new, instead of the old second-hand junk you’d ... Read More

By Darrell Slater Playing golf in Korea is like stepping into a world that you may feel you do not belong. It is a past-time that is usually only afforded to the more privileged of Korean society. Tradition and club rules have precedent everywhere. Two foreigners infiltrated one of these renowned courses and put these rules to the test. Last month, myself ... Read More

By Maggie Short As much as I love Korea, one thing that there is a severe lack of is individuality and interesting architecture.  Each city and area look so similar to each other, as they have the same uniformed high rise apartment blocks, in the same colours. There are no window boxes, no balconies with plants or furniture, not even any posters ... Read More

By Paul Graham, of LastingTransitions.com For those of us old enough to remember the supreme heyday of boxing back in the 80?s, before it’s eventual demise in the 90?s and 00?s, we were easily amazed when the popular battlers of Tyson, Holmes, Hagler, Douglas, Bowe, Spinks, Leonard, and “The Duke,”  arrived to the boxing arena with those fierce, ... Read More