There are a couple of Korean movies that have hit it big this summer. My wife and I caught one of them last Sunday. Titled ‘My Love is Far Away’ (though it appears to be marketed as ‘Sunny’ in English), it’s the story of a young woman who travels to Vietnam to find her husband […]
Sometimes, the treadmill at the gym can get really tedious. I generally spend an hour on it, sometimes a little longer if the mood strikes me and I have the time to spare. I usually have my headphones plugged into my iPod, which is lying next to the control panel, while the TV is tuned […]
For a few months now, when people have asked me how long I’ve been Korea I’ve been telling them, “Seventeen years.” It just dawned on me today that as of June 5, that became accurate.
Seventeen years. I remember sitting in a bar in Itaewon, Seoul, near the beginning of my second year, talking to a […]
For the past few weeks there have been regular, almost daily, protests in downtown Seoul over the government’s decision to resume imports of U.S. beef. Protesters have been concerned about the potential for mad cow disease. Strikingly, large numbers of protesters have been middle and high school students. I’ve heard different opinions of the reasons […]
What a busy week it’s been. I’ve got so many things I’ve been wanting to post about, but have kept putting it off to get other things done. Parliamentary elections were held on Wednesday and, as with the presidential election, it was a national holiday. My wife worked, but all of my classes were canceled. […]