KTO’s New Promotional Masterpiece – “Haru: One Fine Day in Korea”
By Stephen Revere on October 1, 2010 | 3:33 pm | 3 Comments
You've got to hand it to the Korea Tourism Organization with this one. Great cinematography, good looking people, delicious looking food, and who doesn't love a nice train ride? Considering the vast majority of the tourists here are from Korean "Hallyu" star-struck Japanese, Chinese and south-east Asian nations, it's no wonder they put together a monster advertisement
VIDEO – Do they overdo the packaging in Korea a little?
By Stephen Revere on August 23, 2010 | 2:49 pm | 12 Comments
Have you ever purchased a product in Korea and then torn into the package and wondered, "Is that it?" Sometimes the packaging here can get downright rediculous. Here's a terrific example supplied by Roboseyo (http://roboseyo.blogspot.com/). Anyone know the people at some of the bigger cookie and confectionery companies? Let them know they could cut back a
Hot , Life in Korea , Random Thoughts , VIDEO
Sold Out Hangover Soup
By 10 Media on August 16, 2010 | 3:19 pm | 2 Comments
Submitted to 10 by Michael Durkee (mikedurkee.com) Contribute your own article at 10magazine.asia/i-blog Okay. I'm just sayin'... Koreans relationship with alcohol is a funny thing. I'm not saying that they drink any more than the rest of the world. I'm not necessarily saying that the land of the morning calm caters to the morning after. I'm just making an observation-
I Love You Ajuma by Mike Durkee
By 10 Media on August 8, 2010 | 2:18 pm | 3 Comments
Submitted to 10 by Mike Durkee (mikedurkee.com) There is, undoubtably, a certain image we all have of an "ajuma". She bosses everyone around. She plows through people on the subway. She sqwaks at you in her mystery language. She inspects your shopping cart at the grocery store. We've all seen the stereotype. It is just that, though. They're not all same. I actually
High Heel Trash Service
By 10 Media on July 23, 2010 | 10:42 am | 7 Comments
If you've been in Korea long enough to notice peoples shoes, you're sure to have observed the overwhelming population of high heels. Not only are there more pumps than a girl would know what to do with, but if you stop and listen... you can hear the pitter-patter of ladies walking, jogging, running, dancing, jumping, leaping, spinning, sliding, galloping, marching and
Hot , Humor , Life in Korea , Random Thoughts
Blog of the Month: The Grand Narrative
By David Carruth on July 7, 2010 | 4:14 pm | 2 Comments
When you get to a new country and start noticing the subtle (or not-so-subtle) cultural differences, it's easy to become an armchair philosopher and make half-baked social critiques. What's less easy is to pose critiques and questions online complete with facts, statistics, images and videos that make the argument come alive. That, in a nutshell, is what Englishman
Translation of YTN Video on Kim Yu-Na
By 10 Media on March 16, 2010 | 9:44 am | 0 Comments
[caption id="attachment_3272" align="alignright" width="219" caption="Kim Yu-Na"][/caption] The Korean text and video are available at the freechal QTV website here. Anchoman: Kim Yu-Na, the queen of figure [skating] won a gold medal in the Vancouver Winter Olympics. The Discovery Channel will air a documentary on Yuna, overseas. Through the success story of Kim
Silence on the Subway
By David Carruth on December 4, 2009 | 8:22 am | 7 Comments
originally published in the 2009.12.2 edition of Newsweek Korean There are a couple of things I always carry around in my wallet. There's my alien registration card for one, and of course cash. But the third thing, absolutely essential and indispensable, is my subway map. I picked it up free from a subway somewhere more than a year and half ago and wrapped it in
Building Community in Seoul
By 10 Media on November 15, 2009 | 9:21 pm | 0 Comments
Saturday was the first 2S2 (Second Saturday, 2:00PM) meetup near Anguk Station. For those who don't know, this is an attempt to build to build some community and camaraderie between expats and, we hope, to create a stronger support system for incoming English teachers and professors. For more information you can contact Rob at his blog, Roboseyo. Here's what it looked
The Seol; Skies of Choseon
By Hugh Lee on November 9, 2009 | 12:33 am | 0 Comments
2009 January Words by Robert Neff Artwork by Hyeon-seong Ryu To this day the first day of the Lunar New Year (Seol) has always been Korea's most important holiday, but at the end of the Choseon period (the late 1800s) it was largely spent not eating and cooking with family, but in "battle" and practicing superstitious rituals sure to chase away evil spirits for the
Domestic , Education , Interests , Random Thoughts , Travel
