So I had discovered this video as I was binging YouTube, and it is incredibly intriguing. I highly recommend watching it, as it provides much better insight into the personal perspectives of South Korea’s citizens and taxi drivers. While in North America and many other countries, Uber has been seamlessly adapted into modern society. Its…
The title of this blog tells nothing, yet, you came in knowing exactly what it was about: the hydrogen bomb. But surprise! This will tell you little about the bomb itself, but more about the human psyche. Of Aesop’s fables, there is a tale of a shepherd who, out of boredom, screams for help…
Within the confines of her tiny 3 x 6 meter studio, South Korean artist JeeYoung Lee spends painstaking amounts of time creating and perfecting vibrant and colourful dreamscapes that are based on her own dreams, experiences, and memories, as well as mystical Korean fables–all without the use of Photoshop. Here is just a sampling of…
If you head to any Asian supermarkets in Calgary, you’re likely to see one of these large jars sitting on shelves sitting along with other tea products instead of with jams. The contents are much more reminiscent of a marmalade than something to make “tea” with. The doubts are definitely reasonable – Citron tea, yujacha (유자차 in Hangul), is…
Thinking of visiting South Korea in the future, though uncertain of the threat of North Korea? Well, the attitude South Koreans generally have is one of “flying kites.” Despite the previous Korean threats of burying South Korean under a sea of fire, according to Simon and Martina, a couple residing within South Korea and are…
This video makes me so proud of being from South Korea myself and makes me realize that K-pop is becoming more popular throughout the world. Check it out guys! [youtube I6bXG_gA-PE]
Being Korean, this is an issue that holds great importance to me. My mother still resides in South Korea. To catch you up, on Nov. 23, North Korea shot missiles toward South Korea. Specifically, Yoenpyeong island. They shot at least 200 missiles. South Korea also shot 80 missiles as a counterattack. Because of this artillery…
The brokerage system of South Korea was from Japan where the artists are completely protected. Entertainment companies will list out the conditions and wages very clearly before any agreement to reduce the chance of an accident. With this, according to an inside source, South Korea artist’s contracts are harsh to a point that we can’t…
This is the last post of my South Korea tour, and this time it is all about South Korean pop culture. Since I love Korean music, I spent the last day walking in Seoul to see Super Junior, who I am a big fan of. In the morning, the first place I went is Everysing, which…
Today, I want to take everyone to EVERLAND which is the biggest theme park in South Korea and it’s not in Seoul. It was really easy to get there but it did take me 2 hours. Everland, located in Yongin, is a huge theme park which includes a zoo, snow sledding, and botanical garden. Everland…
Last week, I told you about the first day of my trip to South Korea, and now, here’s what I did on Day 2! On the second day, I went to visit the palaces of the old loyalties of ancient Korea. Even though now South Korea is a democratic country, long time ago it had…