The Obvious Herald

A few of my Korean friends are surprised that I subscribe to the Korea Herald. It’s a decent newspaper, though I now prefer the Korea Times. I am somewhat of a news-nut so I need my news; my postgraduate studies were in mass media all because I took a class called ‘Mass Media in Korea’ [...]

Coins & Notes

And that was post #100!!
My newspaper has not turned up for about a week now. At first I thought someone was pinching it but then I realised that maybe my subscription had expired. Though it is hard to say as The Korea Herald office is not the easiest to deal with, even for Koreans.
I’m trying [...]

Spring Post #1

Yes, Spring is here. The flowers are growing and blooming. I will try to get some photos up from the flower festival in Yeoido.
This week is also election week in Korea. If I were to vote/allowed to vote, I would vote for the guy bowing to everyone off the back of a moving truck. That’s [...]

Test Day

We had our monthly test today, not to be confused with the level test which is every other month. In fact, this one should be called the bimonthly test.
Anyway, while they were doing the test it gave me time to think about my elementary schooling (we call it ‘primary school’ in [...]

The President and I

You might have guessed from my previous posts that I don’t like Lee MB, the Korean president-elect. To be fair, he seems to be a good businessman and he is fairly popular since he was Seoul’s mayor for several years and he did start the clean Seoul campaign. But, what I take issue with are [...]

Shenanigans!!

Tomorrow is election day. I asked my Korean friends if they think foreigners should have the right to vote in Korean elections. I have to admit that this really was a loaded question because no sovereign nation would let non-citizens participate in elections. If they did, then why not let your neighbours decide who will [...]