Korean dishes

This blog has put together recipes for some famous Korean dishes. If you don’t read Korean, try to guess the ingredients from the photos.

Should all handicapped people not have been born?

Lee Myung-bak, former mayor of Seoul, South Korea and a presidential candidate, answered a question about abortion for a newspaper “Fundamentally I am opposed, but there would be unavoidable cases. We should accept inescapable abortion like when fetuses have obstacles.” Bloggers show how handicapped people would feel and snapshots of...

Why should Korean women not do military service?

Why should Korean women not do military service? A blogger, Donald Duck, made a funny cartoon based on his experience. The conclusion was it would mean young women would disappear.

Teachers’ Day in Korea (2)

Different perspective about Teachers’ Day in Korea, to add to the longer post on the left side. An English teacher in Korea shared her joyful experience of Teachers’ Day and her teaching experiences with Korean students on her blog.

McDonald’s coffee better than Starbucks?

McDonald’s coffee better than Starbucks? A blogger, tbook, introduces a news article and explains why he (she) avoids Starbucks (among one of many reasons) [KO, EN].

Korea: Teachers’ Day, the heaviest burden?

“What anniversary imposed the heaviest burden on you?” This was the topic of a poll at a discussion section of a portal site in Korea on Parents Day. Guess what? The highest number of votes went to Teachers’ Day. May 15 is Teachers’ Day, for appreciating teachers in Korea. But...

Make sure you grow while you sleep!

Make sure you grow while you sleep! Tall people are popular in Korea. Korean parents and young people are always keen on finding methods of being taller. A blogger introduces several methods: The more darkness in your room the better. Don’t eat at night. Don’t work out right before you...

What are the most unpopular game systems?

The most ten unpopular game systems. A blogger, realjapan, shows the worst selling game systems across the world [ko].

Korean Singer, Rain vs American Comedian, Stephen Colbert

American comedian, Stephen Colbert, talks about the Korean singer, Rain, and even tries his song in Korean in his show. A Korean blogger seemed to like Clobert's Korean song.

Korea: AIDS and single mothers in Korea and the power of soap operas

AIDS and single mothers are not easy topics in Korean society. Single mothers mean sex before the marriage and are not moral. AIDS is regarded as the result of dangerous and inappropriate sex relations. These prejudices generate social taboos. And a brave Korean soap opera, “Thanks,” has taken on these...

Korea: Living as descendants of Japanese collaborators in Korea

On the second of this month, the Korean government decided to take over land belonging to the families of nine Korean collaborators of the Japanese during the Japanese colonization period (1910-1945). Their land, 255,000 sq.m, which is estimated at 3.6 billion won (4 million US dollars), will be taken from...

Living as a primary school student in South Korea: “I got two wrong answers on the math test. I was distressed. I was thinking about jumping out of the apartment, but I felt sorry for my mom.” That was what a girl in second grade casually said in an interview...

Ahead of the December presidential race in Korea, Park Geun-hye threatens boycott of GNP primary election and proposes giving 1,000 votes to Lee Myung-bak in exchange for maintaining the original agreement on keeping primary rules intact. A blogger calls it a ‘cheap negotiation’ (ko).

Korea: Conquered by Spiderman

Korean movies are conquered by a spider man from the U.S.A.! The Movie, “Spiderman 3″ occupies more than 30 percent of all screens of Korean movie theaters, 816 screens. It brought out the issue of monopoly of Hollywood films in Korean movie theaters and people who are engaged in the...

Korea: 90-day girl

“I just live for 90 days” Holding a written sign, a pretty girl stands in the middle of one of the most crowded streets in downtown Seoul. She sometimes walks around without any expression. A blogger, rlaalswjdwjd, posted a video clip of the girl and wonders who this “90il nyeo”...

Korea: Bloggers and Donuts

A blogger who worked at the fast food chain Dunkin’ Donuts in Korea exposed what he said were unsanitary conditions at the factory in his blog on a portal site. The company quickly asked the portal site to delete the post, saying it constituted libel. This response by the company,...

Korea: On Parents’ Love, Power and Money

One Korean chaebol (head of a conglomerate) apparently watches too many Hong Kong and Korean gangster films. The CEO of Hanwha, one of the ten biggest companies in South Korea, was questioned recently by police about an alleged revenge attack for injuries inflicted upon his son, who studies in the...