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Category Archives: Korea Stories
The Soft Power of Online Diplomacy
Abstract The age of the state is not over. Though some have written about the power of web 2.0 to topple regimes and destroy state sovereignty, the picture is a little more complicated. The Republic of Korea in the last … Continue reading
Posted in Korea Stories, Scholarship
Tagged culture, diplomacy, hallyu, hansik, Korea, korean wave, North Korea, online diplomacy, public diplomacy, South Korea
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It’s a Map!
We made a map showing our travels. This post tells how it was made, and where you can see it. Continue reading
Posted in Admin, Keeping up with the Magyars, Korea Stories
Tagged Admin, asia, Europe, Hungary, Korea, map, places
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Seoul, Hope, and Mustard Seeds: A Short Film on Philanthropy
You don’t have to be in South Korea long to notice two things: there is a large population of foreign English teachers and it does not have the best reputation. Truth be told, it is no struggle to find examples … Continue reading
Posted in Korea Stories, Shorts
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Living Strong in Korea
I had that dream again, the one where Lance Armstrong visits my little city in the Seoul suburbs as part of a new tour for LIVESTRONG, and for some reason, the powers that be put me in charge of giving him the bike tour of the city. It’s a strange dream for a few reasons, chiefly among them being that I’m not Korean but in fact a temporary resident of this town, here to teach English for the year and then be on my way. It starts at my tiny office-tel apartment wheeling my Surly out of the oversized walk-in closet of a living space I call home. Continue reading
Posted in Korea Stories
Tagged 30daysofbiking, biking, Goyang, Korea, livestrong, recreation, Seoul
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Gyeongbok Palace: A worthwhile stop
Home Again Having recently returned to the land of parking lots and fast food, bread and cheese, and friends and family, I find myself in the United States with an an abundance of both sentimentality for all things Korean and … Continue reading
Posted in Korea Stories, Photo Blog
Tagged Gyeongbok, Gyeongbok Palace, Gyeongbokgung, Joseon, Korea, photos, royalty, Seoul, South Korea
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Boseong’s Green Tea Plantations
Traveling from place to place, I often marvel at the luckiness of creatures who call some of the best places the world has to offer their humble homes. A mere human couldn’t scrounge up enough of anything to land themselves … Continue reading
A Home-brewer’s Guide to Makgeolli (막걸리)
We took our first sip of makgeolli back in late September on the first night of our farming adventure with Wooriwa, pouring from enormous drums like the kind my Grandpa once used to fill up the pontoon with gas at the … Continue reading
Globalizing Korea: A Rhetoric of Food
Daniel Gray, a Seoul Eats food blogger, recently published an op-ed in the Korea Herald regarding the public and private efforts to export Korean culture to the West—particularly to the United States. With coverage from the New York Times, CNN, and other high profile news organizations in the US, the government seems to be doing a fair job of gaining the attention of Western eyes, and now is focusing on making Korean food America’s Next Top Asian Cuisine. But these agencies certainly could be more effective in their pursuit. Continue reading
Posted in Korea Stories
Tagged communication, cross-culture, food, globalization, Korea, language, rhetoric
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Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was a great man who invented some amazing devices that have changed the way we interact with technology. Today we’ve changed our look, (inspired by boingboing.net) to a retro mac theme in his memory. I never knew Jobs, … Continue reading →