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Foreigners aren?t the Only Ones Bitchin?
2007-12-11 09:45:00 The Marmot has pointed out that hagwons and regional universities are upset over the new E-2 regulations. And they actually said that it treats all foreign teachers like criminals. So we’re not the only ones saying it. More About: Immigration , Foreigner , Foreigners
Visa Regulation Update
2007-12-11 04:17:00 EFL Geek has posted a translated email about the new E-2 visa requirements. Note that it does require criminal checks even if one is just renewing. The health check has to be done in Korea within three months of getting an Alien Registration Card. The criminal record needs to have an Apostille (some international ... More About: Regulation , Immigration , Update , Visa
Test Scores are Back
2007-12-11 04:04:00 December 7th was the day students got the results of the college entrance exams. Which means a jump in teen suicides. I’m not taking this lightheartedly. One of my high school friends shot himself after getting turned down by MIT. Something seriously needs to be done about this system. It’s not worth the loss of short-lived ... More About: Education , Back , Test , Scores
I?m as Popular as Jeong-Il Woo
2007-12-10 03:53:00 Yeah, I don’t know who he is either. Yet the Sports Hanguk (translated by Korea Beat) felt it was newsworthy enough to report that he takes the subway, where he even points out which stations he enters and exits. He then goes on about how even though he wears a disguise of a hoodie and ... More About: Popular , Pula
The World Subway
2007-12-07 01:24:00 Come on, you love maps! Strange Maps has a world map connecting each city with a rail system, including Korea’s seven cities. Found this through I’m a Seoul Man in Tokyo. More About: World , The World , Subway
Dr. Jack Outshines Rain
2007-12-07 01:17:00 POPSEOUL! points out that in the latest promo clip for the upcoming Speed Racer flick, where Rain throws a punch at Racer X (Matthew Fox, Lost)–he didn’t get any interviews out of it. More About: Entertainment , Jack
Korean Dinosaur, #1
2007-12-07 01:05:00 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P tyzc4BQliY] This is so not-PC but funny nonetheless. It’s from Just Kidding Films. [Occidental found this before me.] More About: Video , Korean
Told Me
2007-12-06 02:11:00 Matt at Gusts of Popular Feeling, in his trademark style, has digested the different arguments for and against the Wonder Girls into something more balanced. If you’re interested in stuff like that. Basically, he sums it up like this: Don’t get all riled up about the music and the dancing. The marketing of young teenagers as ... More About: Entertainment , Told
Dreary.
2007-12-06 01:49:00 I just checked the AccuWeather widget in the right column. It says, “Dreary.” Even the weather service is suggesting I should stay home today.
Korean English: 14th Out of 15
2007-12-05 14:52:00 [HT to Nomad] One of the many English tests out there, the IELTS English proficiency test, placed South Kore a at 14 out of 15 countries who participated. Germany was number one. Some of the other countries in the top have ample English-speaking populations. Nonetheless, 14 out of 15? I guess mothers telling teachers how to ... More About: Education , Korean
What?s There to Go Home to?
2007-12-05 14:38:00 Western Confucian founder Joshua Snyder ponders a question I have been asking since my first year here. (Well, of course, there are family and friends, but beyond that…) More About: Society , Home
To Walk or Shred??
2007-12-05 03:10:00 Whitey, in 287 words, was able to recount two amusing conversations/stories and a playful dig at the Metropolitician. More About: Stories , Walk
Move Over Movember
2007-12-05 02:58:00 PhoenixStorm of KissMyKimchi has won the mustache prize. Oh, just read it! More About: Move
An A-OK Visa?
2007-12-05 02:19:00 The Metropolitician writes a proposal for fixing the visa system for English teachers in his trademark brevity. More About: Immigration , Visa
EFL Geek?s Immigration Lowdown
2007-12-03 06:22:00 EFL Geek has posted some of the latest constantly changing information on the December 15th immigration changes. More About: Immigration
Today?s Engrish
2007-12-03 06:04:00 BusanMike found this one (original here). I myself have found a few interesting ones this weekend, including a gel to get rid of all your troubles. I think we all need this. And this is just WRONG! And this isn’t really Engrish . It’s a map in the Apgujeong Subway Station. How did I know it was ... More About: Today
The Lady Pouch
2007-12-03 03:14:00 PhoenixStorm of KissMyKimchi found this delectable edible (bottom right) at a sandwich shop ironically named Bang Pane. I’d make the usual lewd jokes, but they would be too predictable. Feel free to add some yourself. More About: Lady , Engrish
Post-apocalyptic Seoul
2007-11-30 16:32:00 I Am Legend, the new sci-fi movie starring Will Smith, has (what I think) is a clever little poster marketing campaign. They’ve made banners for many of the world’s major cities–all devastated. I had to do a double take on the subway last night. “Isn’t that the 63 Building?” Yep. To see more major cities in ruins, ... More About: Entertainment , Post , Seoul
Beat Them Into Submission!
2007-11-30 15:53:00 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S h6J7rw39dM] Busan Mike posted this video with a little background on what’s going on here. This is a little speed skating lesson at the ice rink in Lotte World (not in Busan… Mike was visiting Seoul). You can hear the whacks of the stick even from way up where this video was taken. And notice how ... More About: Video , Submission , Beat , Missi
The Singing Highway
2007-11-30 05:54:00 Amusing… if you haven’t already seen it on Yahoo! or ABC News. More About: Video , Highway , Singing
Japan Fingerprinting Foreigners
2007-11-29 02:49:00 In the “Everybody Else is Doing It” column to complement South Korea’s new E-2 visa requirements, Asian Pop with YeinJee reports that Japan now requires all foreigners age 16 and up to get fingerprinted, even travelers. This is for terrorism reasons. More About: Immigration , Foreigner , Foreigners
Naver Bans User for 100 Years
2007-11-29 02:42:00 This is from Web 2.0 Asia. Korean mega-portal Naver , you know, the site with more blinking annoying ads than a Korean street at night, has banned a user for 100 years for, ironically, posting commercial information in their Q&A section. More here (it’s near the bottom). More About: Technology , User , Years
The Politics of Soup
2007-11-29 02:17:00 Mongdori has posted a campaign ad for presidential front runner Lee Myung-bak, which basically is a bunch of shots of him eating soup. I guess his advisers saw how much it hurt John Kerry when he ordered a Philly cheesesteak with swiss cheese instead of the traditional Cheez Whiz. More About: Video , Politics , Soup , Politic
AP Does Metropolitician
2007-11-27 14:06:00 Michael Hurt (Scribblings of the Metropolitician, Feetman Seoul, Seoul Glow, and whatever project he’s working on) was featured in an article and a video by the Associated Press talking about race in Korea and Korean attitudes towards foreigners. I particularly liked the responses to Michael’s opinions by the New York bureau chief of The ... More About: Politic
?Accidental? or ?Scientific? Whale Hunting?
2007-11-27 03:14:00 Think tank Foreign Policy In Focus has a little piece about whale hunting in South Korea and Japan, including an intro about sampling whale sashimi in Busan. More About: Society , Whale , Hunting , Hale
More Info on Visa Requirements
2007-11-27 02:06:00 Lao Ocean Girl’s friend returned from an Immigration meeting. She posted the “answers” to some questions. It looks like those of us in the country may not need to leave to renew OR get a new visa. More About: Info , Visa
The Federer-Sampras Tale
2007-11-27 01:56:00 Remember that recent pic of Roger Federer and Pete Sampras in hanboks? Busan Mike has an amusing first person encounter of the event. More About: Stories , Tale
Miss Koco Did Korea
2007-11-27 01:37:00 She’s heading home. The Kore a chapter is over for her. Wish her luck. More About: Miss , Farewell
Happy Birthday, Galbijim!
2007-11-26 03:18:00 Korea’s English language wiki Galbijim is two years old and still going strong. More About: Event , Happy , Birthday , Happy Birthday
OMG, Heels Christ!
More articles from this author:2007-11-26 03:10:00 So this is what it was all about. Now, I’ve been exposed to a bit of performance art at art shows in America (they give out free wine). I’m starting to learn how to “get it.” This is clever–and ballsy. This is in the prime preacher zone in Myeong-dong, next to Migliore. Check ... More About: Entertainment , Christ , Heels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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