As we welcome in another New Year with copious amounts of food and alcohol in homes or at local pubs...
Korea, in the summer of 1894, was a hotbed of intrigue and uncertainty. China and Japan were on the brink...
While recent news on Korea’s economy has focused on matters such as the consequences of President Park’s impending impeachment, or the effects Donald Trump’s future policies—such as the cancelling America’s membership in the TPP—there are deeper threats to Korea’s economic future. 1. Household Debt Korea’s household debt is at record-high...
1. When people judge you for speaking English in public Once I stopped in front of a clothing store in...
Whether you’ve been in Seoul for 5 days or 5 years, chances are you’ve encountered one (if not all) of...
Have you ever considered the similarities between life in the Seven Kingdoms and the Korean life of an expat? Winter is always coming, sure, but the summer is long and lacks dragons. And while the internet is busy churning out lots of Game of Thrones theories in the show’s off-time,...
Romanticizing Stress in Korea Stress is a state of mental tension and worry caused by problems in your life, work, etc. Terrible,...
Where’s the Sauce? Words by George Kalli, Illustration by Jonathan Burello “Where’s the sauce?” Warren frantically repeated in his very passable...
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, one of the most important events in village life was the five-day market. As there were few, if any shops, in the villages and small towns of the interior, people depended on these markets for the goods they could not they could...
The 10 Types of People You Find in Expat Facebook Groups Expats are on the rise. The number of people...