Otherwise known as November 11.  There are folks in the states that complain loudly about holidays being taken over by commercialism, but...

One of the things I LOVE about Korea is its public transportation. Not only is it pretty efficient, but it's also incredibly cheap.  I...

Koreans don't like water.  Well, it's not that they don't like water or it's properties, but they're afraid of it.  The...

When we travel on our own, as opposed to in an organized trip with "meet up" we often have the pleasure, or displeasure of using ...

The DMZ, (Demilitarized Zone) is the area between North and South Korea that is used as a buffer zone between the two countries.  The Korean...

One of the things, we, as foreigners struggle with in this country is communication.  Communication is not just about talking, but relaying...

This will most likely be the last post regarding the GRE exam.  What more could I summate regarding this tedious test, you might ask?  Witho...

In the land of China, to our (Westerners) horror, they eat cats.  Really, so I've been told, they eat anything with four legs, except fo...

  In Korea, it can be expected, that an outing to a restaurant, will never, and I repeat NEVER, be like a meal at home, in America.  At the ...

March 14th is white day here in both Korea and Japan.  What is white day? It's a further continuation of Valentines day.  You see, Korea...

 Korea is full of interesting uses of English and differences in culture.  Sometimes those differences make life difficult, sometimes thou...

Sometimes when we (as in "the people") speak of North Korea, all we can recall is the crazy haired, attention grabbing, ugly littl...

Dad, mom and baby all dressed in Korean traditional clothing. It wasn't that long ago, when Korea's economy was in drastic dire. Th...