I only just discovered I was free, and my policy with Zoom lectures is only to announce those I can attend myself. If I didn’t, this blog would be overwhelmed, turning into a lighter version of the Korean Studies Events Database! (You should totally sign up for the Korean Studies ...
This South Korean boy band list will show you the top Kpop groups rocking the K-pop scene in 2021. If you’re into K-pop, or even if you’re not, their names may still ring a bell as these popular K pop boy groups managed to make a name for themselves even outside South Korea....
We have aseparate article with a list of common names in South Korea. You can use this as an inspiration for the Korean name that you want for yourself. Most of the time, when South Koreans choose English names, they often choose the names of English-speaking stars that they admire. Ma...
“I’m always worried that someone will recognize me in public,’ Seo Ha-ni said. “So, I’ve never held hands with a boyfriend while walking among the cherry blossoms. I’ve never had fun in water with a boyfriend in the summer, never walked together in the Autumn leaves, and never...
For me it’s an especially happy Friday, since I have some very exciting news to share! Starting in September I’m going to travel to South-Korea and to Japan for about half a year! Everyone I have told my Big Plan so far is really enthusiastic, but I think you Beanies understand ...
I love the trio of Da Jung, Woo Jin + nice debt collector and I can’t wait for next week! Modern Farmer: Crazy… I liked the first two eps but with Legendary Witch starting this weekend I’ll have to see which one to keep. Musketeers: LUFF THEM! Such a great episode! It’s ...
The ‘Han Commanderies peninsular [location] theory’ is simply an academic theory, the validity of which has been [widely] recognized through its long course of development starting with the [Chinese] annotations to the Chinese dynastic histories locating the commanderies on the peninsula, followed...
(usually known as O-deng but hmmm oppa is quite particular..i can’t use jap names for Korean dishes. O-deng is actually japanese. In Korean , it is known as O-muk which means fish cake). Busan is well known for its fish cakes , so if you are going to Busan , this is somethi...
s favourite. Yoon Jae Won decided to use his money to renovate the place and he did not have enough money to rent a place to live. This was when he decided to do an exchange with Eun Woo, which is to help her win back his ex-boyfriend’s heart in exchange for a place for him ...
Let me thankShuyi Chuaof the Education University of Hong Kong then, for providing a scan of Manuel Castells’ “Four Asian tigers With a Dragon Head: A comparative analysis of the state, economy, and society in the Asian Pacific Rim,” from R. Appelbaum & J. Henderson (eds.),States an...