It’s Awkward: Learning to Empathize and Looking for Empathy (or — What I learned from the red straw in Shinchon) There...
Cringeworthy English Moments We Know Too Well Korea Moments That Awaken Your Inner Grammar Nazi “When I see your face, there’s not a thing that I would change, ‘cause you’re amazing, just the way you are” — Walking by one of the crowded university districts one day, I heard one...
Gripped by excitement and apprehension of the looming cultural immersion, we ventured to Hanmaum Seon Center, a Buddhist temple nestled...
After last Sunday’s shocker of a premiere lets take moment and check out this cheeky list and reminisce the show’s...
Between the increasing regulations on hagwons and cuts in the number of middle and high school native English teachers, the last few years have seen significant changes in Korean education policy. The most controversial of these shifting policies, however, may have nothing to do with curriculum. The ongoing debate concerning...
The 10 Types of People You Find in Expat Facebook Groups Expats are on the rise. The number of people...
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, one of the most important events in village life was the five-day...
Where’s the Sauce? Words by George Kalli, Illustration by Jonathan Burello “Where’s the sauce?” Warren frantically repeated in his very passable but less than perfect English. We were the last two awake from the Seoul Hiking Group at the Andong Mask Festival. Like most inebriated Koreans, Warren needed to slurp down...
Romanticizing Stress in Korea Stress is a state of mental tension and worry caused by problems in your life, work, etc. Terrible,...