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Tharp On: Money 8 weeks 3 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- Let’s start with the obvious: being poor sucks. There’s nothing fun about it. A certain amount of poverty may be slightly romantic for say, six months in your early 20s,...
Feature: The Trend in Korea of Living Alone 9 weeks 2 days ago “I know about high rents, low wages, no wages, exploitative landlords, travel costs, dangerous areas, debts, student or otherwise, and the housing ladder... But come on. For Britons, if you've always been healthy but you're still living with your folks in your late-20s, never mind mid-30s, something has gone wrong. And no amount of defensive yammering about high rents is going to change that.” ...
PSY`s New Video: Making Obnoxious Cool? Or a Clever Piece of Satire? 9 weeks 4 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- When I first heard PSY's new song, "Gentleman", I thought, “Meh, nothing special... not bad.” It will appease the big fans and is impressive enough for me that I won't turn the dial...
Feature: Why are Americans Suddenly Losing it Over North Korea? 9 weeks 6 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- According to a poll released by South Korean daily Donga Ilbo last week, 4.5 percent of South Koreans think North Korea means to start a war. In...
Feature: Remembering Maggie - A British Expat Looks Back on the Thatcher Years 10 weeks 3 hours ago BUSAN, South Korea -- Over the last two days, since Margaret Thatcher's...
Old Before My Time: The Concept of Korean Age 10 weeks 6 days ago BUSAN, South Korea --As an international traveler, you are used to the idea of various countries using different measures to refer to the same thing. The same size-four dress in Australia will translate into a size-five in svelte Japan. That which we call a...
The Asia Fail: The Foundering of Foreigners Abroad 20 weeks 5 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- In the Old World, people went to the New World to start anew. Once America became settled, folks would head “out West” to shake away their demons, with destinations such as California and Alaska luring folks with promises of riches and rebirth. These were places where no one cared about your history or imperfect past. You...
Feature: Should Korea and China be Worried About the Return of Shinzo Abe? 21 weeks 6 days ago SEOUL, South Korea -- Seoul English radio asked me to speak last month on Shinzo Abe’s return as Japanese prime minister. I didn’t get a chance to put up my thoughts on Abe earlier, so here we go....
Interview: Economist Correspondent and Author Daniel Tudor Talks Korea 22 weeks 5 days ago SEOUL, South Korea -- For those with even a brief experience living in South Korea, there is one thing on which all will concur: they are a proud people. Proud of their food, their history and their culture, while imbued with an...
Feature: Sexy Ads Featuring KPop Stars Pulled Following Government Pressure [VIDEO] 25 weeks 3 days ago SEOUL, South Korea -- Banned by government regulators from advertising hard liquor on television, Korean alcohol companies turned to the Internet to push the hard stuff. Now the government is demanding they remove what many view as...

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