For some reason, it was very cool for the past month — especially since we should of been in full swing with summer weather. However, it’s now “fully on” and temperatures should start to rise into the 90’s and above. The humidity is definitely increased. You can feel it on your skin and when you walk out of Air Conditioned rooms and offices.
Summer is finally here in Korea!
South Koreans visit their own killing fields
original: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/21/asia/bones.php
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Published: November 21, 2007
SEOUL: Shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950, Kim Man Sik, a military police sergeant, received an urgent radio message from the South Korean Army’s Counter-Intelligence Corps: Go to local police stations, take custody of scores of Communist suspects held there and execute them. Continue Reading »
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Not sure if this applies to foreigners, but it’s still looking more favorably on sending money out in general….
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200711/200711090019.html
Starting next year, the limit for overseas remittance will be increased to US$50,000 a year for individuals. The ceiling on investment in overseas properties, which is $3 million currently, will be scrapped. The Ministry of Finance and Economy said Thursday the measures aim to reduce inconvenience in dealing with overseas remittance and investment and will go into effect next year. Continue Reading »
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One thing some foreigners have a hard time getting used to is the fact their units sometimes don’t come with a dryer. In the states, we ALWAYS had a dryer next to our washer. However, in many Korean households, they ONLY have a washer. It’s because they like to “hang dry.” On many balconies in Korean apartments and even in the villas or officetels, you will find the clothing of many Koreans hanging out to dry. It’s accepted. It’s common. Continue Reading »
So, the costs of calling back home (the U.S.A.) and also the hassle of getting calling cards basically disallowed the right hand side of my brain to put out the extra effort to call…rather, I was so busy that it was tough. However, with the new job and all, I have to make calls constantly abroad and elsewhere. Thus, I found a few means to actually make it cheaper…actually free in many cases. Thus, I’ve made a blog at http://almostfreephone.com where Jumi, a friend from college and I will Continue Reading »
Just saw advertisements today in the newspaper for this place that looks to be new in Busan. I’m not 100% sure what it’s called, but the website is http://thepark.co.kr It looks like a man made effort to replicate wildlife or the African safari. I’ll try to make an effort to visit & report back after one weekend there. The pictures looked impressive, but like I said, I haven’t been there yet. Continue Reading »
I just had one of the best weekends I have ever had here in South Korea. My company had a retreat for the Korean speaking staff out to this place I’m not 100% sure still where it was. I believe it was north of Pohang and the name of the area I believe is either Yeon-duk or Yong dok. It was about 3 hours north of Busan via Bus — the trip was 4 hours with traffic…on a Sunday night.
The views from where we stayed were very California-esque in appearance and Continue Reading »
I was remiminded of something I treat as a normal experience or activity on a weekly basis these days as “not so normal” back home in the U.S. Where most of the U.S.A. is relatively homophobic at least in most public arenas minus gay friendly areas of the U.S. like San Francisco, Korea and many Asian countries have very little problem with the boys hanging out naked in the hot springs or sauna. On top of that, Koreans quite regularly “exfoliate” the old or dirty skin they accumulate over time. They call it “Deh-Meehlr-ee” or 때밀이 in Hangul (Korean characters).
In order to “ex-foliate,” Continue Reading »
The acting, the writing, the plot….I don’t know what it is, but after watching “Oldboy” and “Sympathy for Lady Vengeance”, I’m thinking it has a lot to do with the guy who put it all together. As one review went on IMDB, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance or in Korean/Hangul, “Chinjeolhan geumjassi” had “an extremely and intelligent plot, and visually stunning cinematography.” You can find the review here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451094/
The movie isn’t for the faint hearted … let me warn you. There’s a bit of blood in the flick and many scenes that may gross you out, but like the reviewer said above, she doesn’t usually like this genre typically, but gave it one of her best reviews. I got the movie cheap at Homeplus for like 3000 won (about $3 US) and another VCD which turned out to be in Japanese with Korean subtitles…which didn’t help me appreciate that one too much. I picked this one up remembering it may be another one of Park’s movies.
Oldboy is very similar, if not better … they are both worth watching. Park was a student of Philosophy at Korea’s Sogang University in Seoul. He said, “In our lives, we have good things and bad things, happiness and pain. Life is full of pain and happiness and that’s what I wanted to show.”
It’s the editor here…so, I am a bit stumped on which one of the million topics that I could write about you want to read here or if you’re just taking advantage of the fine list of links to the right? Well, I’m going to ask you folks — about 15 people a day or so who are reading this to please comment below this post to either tell me 1) there’s enough info here or 2) what topics you would be interested in reading about.
Finally, I’m creating another project that will help people learning not only “how to live better in Korea”, but also anything about the country in general. South Korea has lots of entries on Wikipedia, but Continue Reading »
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