Far Far Away
‘Flowerful’ is a 20 something teacher from South Korea. She posts regularly about her life in Far Far Away. In two different posts this week we can see how life for Koreans is both similar (she worries...
View ArticleFrom Malaysia to Korea and back
LeX is a Malaysian university student who recently returned from a study exchange in Korea. Here he explains some of the differences he noticed between Malaysian and Korean culture and confirms that...
View ArticleKorea: it’s superfast!
“Things are crazy over here!” says Taewoo Danny Kim, in a post explaining Korea’s Pali Pali (빨리빨리) culture of speed. He’s also the author of one of Korea’s most widely-read tech blogs and the...
View ArticleFrom our contributors: week of September 27th
Here’s our bi-weekly roundup of articles written by some members of our contributors team on their personal blogs. Happy reading! LeX, our contributor from Malaysia, writes about the 10 festivals...
View ArticlePicture Postcards: Food van in Daejeon, South Korea
Today’s photo of a food van in Daejeon, South Korea was taken by Hern42 on Flickr. Read more: Food van in Toronto, Canada Korea: It’s superfast! From Malaysia to Korea and Back
View ArticleDifferent customs, harmonized to create one unique identity
Pamela is biracial Korean and Caucasian and grew up in a predominately white, small town in Northen California. She experienced culture shock when she moved to the very diverse Orange County, which...
View ArticleFrom our contributors: week of July 9th
Here’s some summer reading if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere. If you’re south of the Equator, curl up beside the fire while enjoying your favourite beverage and go over to our contributors‘s...
View ArticleFrom our contributors: week of July 23
Lots of interesting reading material this week, courtesy of our contributors. Enjoy! Mike, our contributor from Japan, published one more installment of his Then and Now Series: Okawa Spring in Kin...
View ArticleFirst blog post roundup of the year
We welcome 2013 with some interesting writing from our contributors‘ personal blogs. Happy New Year! Celia, our contributor from Kazakhstan, explains how to catch a taxi in Astana. “YOU’RE RUNNING LATE...
View ArticleThe influence of body image in our society
In many societies, people associate the perfect body image with success. Their perception of what a person should look like in order to be successful is heavily influenced by the media. Some of our...
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