How can you keep your Korean skills up to speed when you’re out of class? The following books, websites, and...
To this day the first day of Korean Lunar New Year (Seol) has always been the most important family holiday,...
Taking care of black hair in South Korea and finding the right shade of makeup or skin care products for dark, brown, caramel, or any melanated skin tone can be challenging. Whether you manage your relaxed or natural hair on your own or you enjoy visits to the salon to...
While fall is around the corner, this period of the year means only one thing for all Koreans: Chuseok! And...
Presuming that you don't live in the middle of nowhere, you ought to be able to find something appropriate from the massive list of Korean language exchange clubs, free classes, cheap classes, not-so-cheap classes, and immersion programs you'll find below.
How To Get a Korean Driver’s License Although many foreigners may be ambivalent about the idea of entering the sea of traffic and oblivious pedestrians with a motor vehicle, some may find it to be advantageous or even desirable to obtain a Korean driver’s license. Here is your guide to...
Words and shots by Shelagh Maudsley-Deegan Traveling pre-children, for me, was a wild adventure: impromptu safaris, hitchhiking from Kenya to...
Words and shots by Bryce Weibley For many, staying at a Korean Buddhist temple initially sounds appealing. However, after a...
“Eat Taffy!” In Korea, using the phrase is as vulgar as any four-letter word in English, but how in the world could that be? Everyone knows how important grades are in Korean schools. In 1964, a group of aspiring middle schoolers and their parents were enraged when their answer was...
Words by Matthew C. Crawford Since it was launched in February of 2010, the F-2 Visa has taken on an...