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    Korea Craft Brewery Tour

    Chungcheong Editor's Pick: Korea Craft Brewery Tour Shot courtesy of Korea Craft Brewery With the craft beer industry on the…

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    Top 10 Korean Youtubers

    Youtube has become an outlet for many people around the world to express their creativity and breakthrough the geographic barrier…

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    South Korea Medical Tourism

    South Korea Medical Tourism is in a rising. South Korea has emerged as a premier destination for medical tourism, attracting…

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    The 10 Most Historically Beautiful Castles In Korea

    At the mention of castles in Korea, images of pink-walled, crenellated love motels may spring to mind. Towering beside expressways…

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    10 Korean Drinking Games You Have to Try

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Koreans like to drink, nothing new there, but they also have a variety of drinking games that you should…

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    10 Foreign Names You Don’t Want in Korea

    English speakers are accustomed to getting a good laugh at the expense of foreign names and Korea lends itself to some real…

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    10 Korean Proverbs English Needs

    Korean Proverbs Impart Generational Wisdom There is wisdom in the world's languages, but more and more languages are disappearing every…

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    Urban Exploration Korea

    Urb-Ex: Far from Abandoned Urban Explorers Discover What the Country Left Behind Note: many of the subjects interviewed in this…

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    Korean Tap Water: Is It Safe To Drink?

    Korean tap water is officially rated among the highest quality in the world, yet most locals won't drink it straight…

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    Gold Mining in South Korea in the 60s

    Many readers will probably be surprised to know that from the early 1960s through the early 1980s there was an…

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    Korean Literature

    An Introduction to Korean Literature If translated literature is a window to a culture, a reader might be forgiven for…

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    5 Useful Discounts For ‘Culture Day’ in Korea

    Culture Day (문화가 있는 날)  in South Korea is on the last Wednesday of each month. This day is established…

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    The Fortress in Jinju, South Gyeongsang

    Experience a piece of Korea’s war-fraught past with a visit to the Fortress in Jinju and a peek at the…

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    Busan’s Hidden Jewel: Seokbulsa Temple

    Nestled high in the mountains of Busan is one of Korea’s best-kept secrets: Seokbulsa Temple (석불사). While other temples such…

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    Gwangbokjeol 광복절 – National Liberation Day of Korea

    You may be seeing a lot of flags all around Korea lately. Streets, businesses and even your neighbor's homes will…

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    8 Riveting Korean Novels That Are Just What You Need

    Here are eight brilliant Korean novels to engross yourself in during this prolonged period of social distancing. The list includes…

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