Archive for the ‘ Culture ’ Category
You may have noticed last week that the Olympic gold medal winning figure skater Kim Yu Na had ended her successful partnership with Canadian coach Brian Orser. The sudden and unexpected news wasn’t top billing in Korean media, until Kim and Orser decided to air their differences in public. Revelations about the coach walking away to [ READ MORE ]
The message from the Ministry of Justice in Korea is don’t come to the country if you are holding a fake identity or your reasons for visiting are deemed “suspicious” – the outcome is you’ll have your photograph taken and the fingerprints too. Stricter immigration regulations are being brought out in advance of the G20 summit [ READ MORE ]
So, last night I packed my bags and moved out of what was my home for the past fifty-three weeks. I think it was a home solely because it was the place I crashed in for a year. Knowing I would not be staying on in my job as far back as February meant I [ READ MORE ]
In Korea many women think they can lose their virginity to a tampon. All images of having sex with a tampon aside, this essentially means they believe they will break their hymen if they use them, therefore marking themselves “deflowered”. This isn’t a completely accurate definition of virginity itself. That said, the tampon misconception is another [ READ MORE ]
You may have seen this last week, but a Newsweek “study of health, education, economy and politics” has ranked South Korea as the 15th best country on the planet. Finland, Sweden and Switzerland occupy positions one, two and three. Unsurprisingly, North Korea did not feature in the top 100. According to the findings, Korea has a [ READ MORE ]
Consider the fattiest cuts of bacon, three, no, four times thicker than normal, frying on a pan roasting with onions and garlic. As they cook, fat oozes out of the meat, self-greasing the pan. The smell of pork wafts through the air into your clothes and hair. You flip and cut these lardy strips of meat [ READ MORE ]
Foreigners living in Korea are divided between those who like kimchi and those who don’t. But nobody can claim to be a hater until they’ve tried it with bossam – tender slices of pork, often quite fatty, served with the sweetest, most delicious kimchi you could imagine. Well, perhaps you can’t imagine it. Kimchi on it’s own [ READ MORE ]
Media sources worldwide spent the weekend speculating the treatment of North Korean soccer players following their dismal World Cup exit in South Africa two months ago. Reports leaked from the secretive state suggest managerial staff were severely reprimanded, possibly ‘tortured’, after the team lost all three games, conceding twelve goals. Radio Asia claimed last month that the [ READ MORE ]
If you were wondering why KIA fans were, to every man, woman and child, on their feet during Saturday’s game with Lotte Giants, it was because Lee Dae-Ho had just broken the world record for consecutive games with a home run. Lee is also a Lotte player, but it was clear the home crowd didn’t [ READ MORE ]
In honour of the dick stick that pleasured us all upon its presentation by Andrew the other day, I bring you more cock in Korea. Here’s a restaurant in downtown Gwangju, famously known among foreigners for its name – Cock. As you might have guessed, they serve chicken. Foreigners get photos taken with the sign outside on [ READ MORE ]