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BFIA heading to the 'Lantern Festival' in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, January 27-30

Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by Staff Tag: BFIA, busan foundation for international activities, busan news, citynews, taiwan

BFIA heading to the 'Lantern Festival' in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, January 27-30

BUSAN - The BFIA and The National Orchestra of Busan will be participating from January 27 in the Lantern Festival, in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei. This festival is one of the biggest annual festivals in Kaohsiung. Many teams from around the world, as well as famous Taiwanese singers, will take part in the festival, which is best known for the splendid lanterns that can be seen floating down the city's Love River. Every year, Kaohsiung City invites the BFIA and requests the participation of a performance team, and in the past there have been performances by B-Boy dancers and traditional dancers. Thirteen members of the National Orchestra of Busan will take part in the festival this year, performing Samulnori, and playing Korean & Chinese pop songs with traditional instruments. Kaohsiung is Busan's oldest sister city, with the two cities having set up their sisterhood relationship back in 1966.

Dispatches: Trey in Taiwan (Updated)

Posted on 19. Jan, 2012 by Trey Yip Tag: dispatches, international travel, Taipei, taiwan, travel, Trey Yip, Wayfarer State

Dispatches: Trey in Taiwan (Updated)

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- I rummaged through my Khao-San-Road-Bangkok-style-fisherman-pants to scrape together all the Thai Bhat I could find. Soon, I would be on my way and it was time to trade them for Taiwan dollars. I carry with me everything that I own, my guitar, a backpack and whats left of my Korean Hagwan fortune acquired after teaching a few years in the ROK.

It seemed like so much more when I left. But that was fourteen weeks ago. Fourteen weeks of traveling through India, Nepal and Thailand. Between the rickshaws, somosas, sleeper trains, Airasia flights, zorbing, paragliding, Annapurna trekking, Kingfisher beers, Dal Bat, Samsong whiskey buckets, street pad thai, tuk tuks, cigarettes and all other wicked vices better left unsaid.

Now I’m here in Taipei with my girl, Karla Louise, and about $3,500USD to my name.

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Politics and Tear Gas: When Parliaments Get Punchy

Posted on 01. Dec, 2011 by NB Armstrong Tag: america, brawls, England, FTA, politics, Roh Moo-hun, South Korea and World Perception, spitting, taiwan, Turkey

Politics and Tear Gas: When Parliaments Get Punchy

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Helping a Neighbor in Need

Posted on 14. Mar, 2011 by Bobby McGill Tag: china, japan, japan earthquake 2011, korea, taiwan, thailand, tsunami

Helping a Neighbor in Need

BUSAN, South Korea -- Though the two countries have a troubled past and a relationship strained with historical animosity, South Korea, a former Japanese colony, is stepping up to help their closest neighbor, Japan, following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck the country last Friday.

The Korean government announced in Seoul over the weekend that it would dedicate a portion of its natural gas imports to Japan from now until April to help address growing energy concerns in the earthquake-ravaged country.

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