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Living in South Korea
El Blog de Steve | 22 hours ago by Steve Bossenberger
A friend sent me some pictures of his apartment building in Seoul. His company transferred him to Korea for a year. He lives on the third floor of the third building from the left. The bottom floor on each building is retail.Look at read more
Volvo Calls All Pirates to Join the Hunt
Canadian Auto Insurance Quote | December 21st 2009
Volvo Car Corporation calls all pirates, scallywags and treasure fanatics to join The Hunt!, a competition is in connection with the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End which opens in theatres on May 25. The company earlier announce read more
2009 Seoul Festival of Lights
The Traveler's Journey | December 21st 2009 by Ryanne Calwill
Last night we went Gwanghamun to look around, Seoul is celebrating its yearly Festival of Lights from December 19-24, 2009. It is cold that a coat and gloves will not help, you are really going to shiver while taking some photos. The Gwanghwamun Sq read more
Korea Fun Ski Snow Festival tour packages by Golden Tourworld Tra…
Travel Today Lah | December 20th 2009 by Bernard Yong Chen Wei
Korea Fun Ski Snow Festival tour packages by Golden Tourworld TravelTour Packages include:8D6N Jeju Island + Mt Sorak + Ski Resort from RM28886D4N Mt Sorak + Ski Resort from RM2199Visit www.gtt.com.myClick on the ad below for more info. read more
Vaycay…
The Internet Ramblings of the QiRanger | December 20th 2009 by Steve Miller
Another weekend has ended here in Korea, and the two best things about it???? 1) I got to spend it with Jo and 2) it was the first weekend of my vacation. That’s right, I’m on vacation and can’t wait to have all sorts of fun in Seou read more
1974: Mun Segwang, errant assassin
Executed Today | December 20th 2009 by Executed Today
This morning in Seoul, Mun Segwang (various similar transliterations possible) was hanged for an assassination attempt four months earlier. Mun, a Japanese-reared Korean who needed a translator for his subsequent trial, tried to gun down dictator Par read more
Send Me To Korea (11) : Kyongbok Palace
VanillaSeven.com | December 19th 2009 by vanillaseven
Kyongbok Palace or Gyeongbok Palace is a royal palace located in Seoul, South Korea. It was constructed in 1394 and reconstructes in 1867. Gyeongbokgung (gung = palace) means Palace Greatly Blessed by Heaven. It was the main and largest palace read more
Be The Reds Korea World Cup Special Offer
Soccerphile Blog | December 19th 2009
It has been statistically proved that the more people that wear "BE THE REDS" t-shirts, the more chance the South Korean national soccer team has of winning matches.South Korea reached the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup when 100,000s of people wor read more
It appears as an attitude to life
Post Classifieds Blog | December 19th 2009 by Fabian
There are Japan and South Korea’s bright and colorful, while not forgetting our own aesthetic characteristics, combined with each other infiltration Thoroughly for 4-16 year-old children, for their dedication to a visual and tactile feast on the do read more
Cyberjihad: Iran and NK
Tea and Politics | December 19th 2009 by Angry Infidel
Channel 4 news: Twitter users were unable to send updates for 90 minutes overnight after the site was hacked and the homepage replaced by a message saying the site had been “hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army”. The hackers also posted the s read more
Groups for fifa world cup 2010
Clicksports.tv | December 19th 2009 by Sabahat
Group A:The host Nation have been drawn against Mexico, Uruguay and France. Group B:Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea and Greece have been grouped together to face each other in the World Cup. Group C:England get a favourable draw for the 2010 World C read more
Korean Food
Just Wandering | December 18th 2009
So I just listened to the latest Seoul Podcast and they were talking about Korean Food and saying that it's an acquired taste. I would most definitely agree. I never liked kimchi my first year here. I tried to make myself like it but it was just n read more
War Memorial of Korea
The Traveler's Journey | December 18th 2009 by Ryanne Calwill
Visiting museums is one of my fashions, last Tuesday I went here alone in War Memorial of Korea. I have no choice because my husband was at work and I need to get out of our apartment because our landlord want to fix the floor heating and he want me read more
2009: U-17 year ends on missed penalty for Mexico
Soccer News Info | December 17th 2009 by soccernews
It was a moment Carlos Campos will want to forget. It was November 5 when the Mexican midfielder couldn’t convert a penalty kick in a shootout against South Korea in the Round-of-16 of the Under-17 World Cup. South Korean goalkeeper Kim Jin-lo read more
Soju for the broken hearts
A fencer's musings... Life...fencing...fencing...and other t… | December 17th 2009
According to a survey conducted by the Korea Alcohol Research Center, Koreans drink different kinds of alcohol according to how they feel at the moment. Apparently, 85.2% of those surveyed answered they prefer to drink soju when they are distressed read more
Book for Chinese New Year departures and SAVE up to RM200 with Ma…
Travel Today Lah | December 16th 2009 by Bernard Yong Chen Wei
Book for Chinese New Year departures and SAVE up to RM200 with Mayflower Holidays.Holiday packages include:9D6N Italy Alps from RM46886D4N Korea Winter Skiing Fun from RM24888D7N Shanghai + Jiangnan from RM1988Visit www.mayflower.com.myClick on the a read more
Korea Fun Ski Snow Festival tour packages by Golden Tourworld Tra…
Travel Today Lah | December 16th 2009 by Bernard Yong Chen Wei
Korea Fun Ski Snow Festival tour packages by Golden Tourworld Travel.Tour Packages include:8D6N Jeju Island + Mt Sorak + Ski Resort from RM28886D4N Mt Sorak + Ski Resort from RM2199Visit www.gtt.com.myClick on the ad below for more info read more
China to levy lower tariff on imported coal and other resources
Move One Logistics | December 16th 2009 by Curt Clements
At the end of the year China is rethinking its import and export tariffs. Among the goods that will benefit from preferential import taxation is coal. At the same time China is rising the duty for a number of other goods. Article Source: MetalBiz It read more
Stevebap (스티브밥)
The Internet Ramblings of the QiRanger | December 15th 2009 by Steve Miller
김밥 One of my favorite things to eat in Korea is a 김밥 (kimbap). many will think of this as a California Roll, bit it is a little different. From the Wiki: The basic components of gimbap are rice, meat or other protein-rich ingredient, and a la read more
Santa Claus outfits
Online Magazine | December 15th 2009 by Sunil Govind
Dressed in Santa Claus outfits, a diver feeds to a turtle at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man) read more
3 in 1 Celebration by Reliance - FREE Chinese New Year Tours
Travel Today Lah | December 15th 2009 by Bernard Yong Chen Wei
3 in 1 Celebration by Reliance - FREE Chinese New Year Tours.Tour packages include:6D Shanghai + Jiangnan from RM15996D Yangtze Cruise from RM 32995D Hong Kong Disneyland + Shenzhen from RM20996D Taipei and Taichung from RM6399Click on the ad below f read more
Chinese New Year Departures to Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan and mo…
Travel Today Lah | December 15th 2009 by Bernard Yong Chen Wei
Chinese New Year Departures to Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan and more from Summit Holidays.Holiday Packages include:9D Enchanting New Zealand from RM72993D Bangkok Free & Easy from RM1684D Taiwan from RM4287D Exotic Bhutan Tour from RM75885D Hong K read more
Korea Fantastic Winter Sonata, Romance Skiing Fun Tour from RM1,8…
Travel Today Lah | December 15th 2009 by Bernard Yong Chen Wei
Korea Fantastic Winter Sonata, Romance Skiing Fun Tour from RM1,899 by ABC Holidays.Holiday Deals include:8D Seoul / Jeju island / Mt Sorak / Ski Resort / Peak Island / Korea Sauna + Lotte World from RM24996D Seoul / Namiseom / Mt Sorak / Ski Resort read more
Come on Eileen
The Internet Ramblings of the QiRanger | December 14th 2009 by Steve Miller
Shhhhhhhh Shhhhh, be very, very quiet… Well, not really, but when I snapped this picture early this morning, Jo was still asleep in the loft. I’m hoping that she continues to sleep in every day, since just prior to her coming out to Korea read more
South Korea: 'Disappointment' at lack of change
Asia Death Penalty | December 14th 2009
[Interview] "S. Korea slips in being first in Asia to abolish death penalty"Amnesty International’s Go Euntae talks on not wanting a ‘Santa Claus’ Amnesty InternationalFrom The Hankyoreh, 10 October 2009"There are two kinds of countries in this read more
Tasmania Local Expert: Will Alderton
TravelPod News | December 14th 2009 by Louise Brown
Ever since I invited Will to become TravelPod’s Local Expert for Tasmania, he’s jumped right into the discussions in the TravelPod forums participating not only in his own forum, the Tasmania forum, but he’s also been helping people read more
Digital Media City / SOM
Architecture, Interior and Product Design Magazine | December 14th 2009 by ctrlshift
© Giroud Pichot SOM recently unveiled the design for the Digital Media City Landmark Tower in Seoul, Korea. The 2,100 foot (640m) tall tower will be the tallest tower in East Asia when completed in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web read more
The South Korea EPIK Program: Going through an Agency.
Our World Travel Blog | December 14th 2009 by Jimmy
As we have mentioned in previous posts (Choosing a TEFL Course. What a Headache and Becoming an ESL Teacher in South Korea…What a Challenge ) we are going to be teaching English in South Korea through a program called EPIK. EPIK is a gove read more
The South Korea EPIK Program: What Documents You Need
Our World Travel Blog | December 14th 2009 by Jimmy
There are plenty documents you need to have at the ready to send if you pass the interview. I have listed them below. These need to be sent to the recruitment agency or EPIK (if applying direct through EPIK) when you know your application form has b read more
South Korea’s STX Wins Major Ghana Housing Deal to Build 200,00…
Business News about Nigeria, Africa, and Emerging Markets | December 14th 2009
South Korea’s STX Group said it signed a $10 billion deal Wednesday to build 200,000 homes in Ghana over the next six years. The construction group said in a statement it signed the agreement with the Ghanaian government in Seoul on the housing read more
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