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. […]
I just heard on TV that singer Lim Sung Hoon, better known as Turtleman, died from a heart attack Wednesday in Seoul. He was 38 years old (by Korean reckoning, I assume, which makes him either 36 or 37 in the West, depending upon whether or not his birthday had already passed). Funeral services were […]
Another song that’s stuck in my head these days is One More Time by Jewelry. Well, maybe not so much the song as the video.
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This is one of the KPop songs that I currently can’t get out of my head: Sing La La by the Turtles. This one has been running on Channel V for a few months now.
I think I need to stop watching music videos while I’m on the treadmill.
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