review
Preview: What to Look for at this Weekend`s New Zealand Wine Festival in Busan
6 days 7 hours ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- While New Zealand is ranked 18th in wine production, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, its prominence and reputation in the wine world far surpasses mere statistics....

Music: The Primary Wrap up Korea Tour in Busan this Weekend
1 week 6 days ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- With the release of their debut album Beneath the Tide, Cheongju-based folk-rock band The Primary brings a solid new sound to the peninsula’s expat music scene. With members from Ireland,...

Minou: Daegu`s Hard to Find Spot for French Cuisine
12 weeks 2 days ago

DAEGU, South Korea-- Tucked away in an alley off a side lane in Daegu’s Nam-gu district is a secret treasure in which, if you have someone to go with, you can enjoy a multi-course French meal.  Minou is practically impossible to find,...

Thundering Silence: A Review of Gino Brann`s Album `Annapurna`
17 weeks 13 hours ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- Annapurna is an album of mantras, epiphanies and wordless contemplations.  It manages to be intensely introspective while confiding intimately with the listener as with a friend, sharing a journey of self-...

Ton Katsu Hana: For the Love of Donkas (돈까스)
24 weeks 3 days ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- During my first few months in Korea, my hagwon boss took our staff out for lunch. We went to a little Japanese donkas (돈까스) place in Namcheon-dong, and I pointed to the picture on the menu of the dish that looked...

BIFF Movie Review: La Cicatrice - The Scar
32 weeks 2 days ago

BUSAN, South Korea – I have to admit that for the first fifteen minutes of La Cicatrice...

BIFF Movie Review: Filmistaan
32 weeks 5 days ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- Like Sunny, the buoyant Indian held captive by vigilante Pakistanis in the movie Filmistaan,...

BIFF Movie Review: In Another Country (다른 나라에서)
32 weeks 6 days ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- During the opening scene of In Another Country, I found it hard not to roll my eyes as a mother and daughter...

BIFF Movie Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild
32 weeks 6 days ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- Each year, my first step in choosing films to watch at BIFF (a lengthy, arduous process which involves elaborate spreadsheets) is simply to scan the list of films and circle titles that...

BIFF Movie Review: Nairobi Half Life
33 weeks 1 day ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- On the surface, the story of Mwas, Nairobi Half Life’s protagonist, could fit pretty snugly into a standard cinematic formula. Small-town...

©2011-2013 Busan Haps | All Rights Reserved | Site powered by Drupal and created by Himes Design