Category Archives: Seoul

Lazy Busan

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

I lived in Seoul for a little over a year, and currently I’ve been in lurvely Daegu for two.  But this weekend I’m in Busan for the Lunar New Year, just relaxing and reading and hanging out before my real … Continue reading →

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Our Urban Future

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

National Geographic on why we should be grateful for loud, dirty, obnoxious cities, and why Seoul (and South Korea in general) can be the model for the developing world: “World War II and then the Korean War, which ended in … Continue reading →

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Debt and Exploitation

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

Depressing Korean news of the day — a rise in the number of “pyramid schemes” that force young, financially desperate, and educationally under-served people into lifestyles of poverty where they have to go out and sell junk products to pay … Continue reading →

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Hardboiled Seoul

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

“A lot of GI’s, especially those just in from the States, are always hung up on whether a girl is a professional or not.  As if there’s some sort of clear-cut, fluorescent line between a person who is evil and … Continue reading →

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Pressure, Diamonds

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

Metafilter post on Seoul’s very own “exam village,” where people go to seclude themselves in order to prepare for various professional tests.

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Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Weather

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

Seoul is getting pounded by rain, while lovely Daegu is a humid blast-furnace with only the occasional torrential downpour. Some college kids doing volunteer work died in a mud-slide, which is just awful. And now the South Korean military is … Continue reading →

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Location, Location, Location

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

The Chosun Ilbo on a recent protest by prostitutes and pimps in Seoul: “Red light districts in and around the capital have been forced to close down as the areas are being redeveloped to make room for apartments and office … Continue reading →

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Enjoying The City

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

Peppertones, “New Hippie Generation” Here’s a cool Metafilter post — Seoul as seen through five different music videos.

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Wittle Bear Wost

Posted on December 16, 2010 by

Adorable bear escapes from Seoul zoo and is adorably captured nine days later: “While no one was watching, Ggoma very skillfully used his forefeet to unlock the T-shaped lock and exited the cage, stage left or right — no one … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 4, 2010 by

Click through to Gawker for an alternatively cute and disturbing picture of a Korean boy using an ice toilet.

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