For Jazz fans, it turns out that the Ronn Branton Quartet will be having their Summer Night Jazz concert at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, on August 23, 7:00pm. Branton is performing standards and new Jazz arrangements of old Korean 가요 (gayo) (such as 목포의 눈물 “Mokpo Tears” or the art song 모견화 [...]
One of the many local variations of meat on a stick wins a dubious honor (Al Dente):
It may look modest compared to the rest of this list, but don’t let the lack of preposterous toppings fool you. The French Fry Hot Dog on a Stick will stick your arteries like Velcro. This South Korean specialty dog [...]
The WSJ reports that Korean designers are making their mark in the US auto industry:
These days the Motor City seems to have a Korean accent.
In a bid to reconnect with consumers, the Big Three auto makers have been emphasizing bold designs that hark back to Detroit’s glory days. But some of the most eye-catching “American” [...]
The Chosun Ilbo reports that Seoul City is upset at the way the Lonely Planet describes their fair city, and has asked the guide book company for corrections.
Translation later — Korean speakers can read and discuss now, though. Much to discuss in there, actually.
NYT travel guy Matt Gross was in Seoul, where he ate very, very well. He also got to meet Daniel Gray of SeoulEats.com and Joe McPherson of ZenKimchi.com.
Latest single from Lee Hyo-ri’s third album “It’s Hyorish”. Hyorish???
A promotional video produced by the Korea Tourism Organization has apparently won a prize at the 12th International Festival of Tourism and Ecology Films that took place in Romania.
(HT to reader)
Seoul City is conducting sanitation inspections of dog meat restaurants, leading to fears in some circles that the inspections represent a first step in the eventual legalization of dog meat.
Of course, long-time readers of this blog know my position on the matter — you can have my bowl of dog meat soup when you pry [...]
Well, actually just one aspect of them: the nature of their opinion (or opinion formulation) on Korea and how they express these opinions on the Internet. In other words, why do expats complain so much about Korea? Our very own Roboseyo and Ask a Korean have done a little bit of a duet [...]
Got your attention huh?
Interesting Lankov column on the origins of Korea’s sex industry.
Net-net? Blame it on the Japanese!
The Hole’s Dear Leader did a quick review of some the the gems of early modern Korean architecture in a piece over at the Korea Times.
It is worth reading, if for no other reason than to check out more of his cool pictures.
Charles of Liminality will be presenting a paper at the summer session of the Society of Korean Oral Literature, and he needs a bit of help:
So I had this bright idea: do a survey of foreigners living in Korea (and foreigners who lived in Korea in the past) and see how they view Korean oral [...]
Another Misuda panelist takes the road to musicdom.
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Well, at least she had the sense of not copying Djamilya’s approach to music videos.
For the benefit of those who want to see all my photos of colonial/early modern architecture in one place, I’ve created a Flickr set dedicated to it. It’s got more Japanese colonial buildings and old churches than you can shake a stick at.
Speaking of colonial architecture and such, check out this Flickr photo pool of [...]
Because everybody likes a little buchimgae, especially during the jangma.
Mosquito death fan in action — save that puppy!
It is that time of year again when people are gassing their air conditioners and dusting off the old death fan. It seems that others have noted the Korean concern for breezy death such as neatorama’s essay on “Fan Death”. There is also this interesting [...]
Not too long ago Scott Burgeson wrote about the lack of the ‘Summer of Love’ in Korea, but apparently not everyone read it. While on my way home I had the opportunity to encounter the “Boobi Boobi” bus - not quite sure what it is, but according to my friends…boobi boobi is Korean slang [...]
Today’s Salon has an interesting article on hip-hop dancing in Korea. Apparently, in just a short time, Korea’s made a bit of a name for itself in the b-boy dance scene. Once seen as a strange fringe of American dancing and rejected by Korean government and society, it has now started to gain [...]
MV of their latest single “So Hot.”
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For the full-sized photos, see the Flickr slideshow.
You’ll recall that last year, I paid a visit to Seoul Waterworks in Ttukseom, Korea’s first water treatment facility. At the time, the historic facility was undergoing restoration, so there wasn’t too much to see. The restoration was completed in the winter, so I revisited the place Saturday [...]
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