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  • Korean Sociological Image #15: Gendered Health Drinks

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    ( Source: left, right ) What is the first thing that goes through your mind when you hear of a “power drink” for men? If you live in Korea, then I’d wager some form of aphrodisiac, testament to the large number of drinks claiming to improve “men’s power” or “men’s stamina” that are available here. In the [...]

  • A Summer Weekend in Busan

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    In a month and 5 days we'll be having our wedding. Last weekend I went down to Busan to try on a suit and meet up with Heather. She'll be finishing her job soon at Geoje April English and has always been a valuable worker to the company. The CEO, Mr Kang, will be giving a speech at our wedding ceremony.

  • Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Korean LGBT Issues…

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    Being at 8:30am on Sunday morning, then my presentation at the ICAS 6 Conference in Daejeon last weekend wasn’t exactly well attended, but at least I did get to meet Professor Douglas Sanders of the University of British Colombia, a noted author on human rights and LGBT issues, and as it happens also the first [...]

  • Rat for Breakfast

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    Yesterday morning we got up at the crack of dawn to catch a bus from Udomxai to Luangprabang. We grabbed a breakfast of traditonal Lao noodle soup, but despite its great flavor, it just didn't satisfy. So, at the bus station, I decided to grab a snack to tide me over.

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    Now THAT looks tasty.

  • Little Ji-Woo

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    Heather's parents recently moved out of their old apartment and into a housing unit in Oncheonjang. The new house has small spaces for gardening and a lower floor they can rent out to other tenants after they redecorate. I like the new house a lot more because it's spacious and there's a lot more natural light coming in through the windows.

  • Tamna: A Radical New Korean Drama?

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    With thanks to reader Ezra de Leon for passing the news on, a new Korean drama called Tamna the Island (탐나는도다) appeared over the weekend, and for readers of this blog especially it is noteworthy in many important respects. The most obvious is for having a foreigner in the lead role, a 24-year-old French model named [...]

  • Luang Prabang

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    This is my second visit to this town, and it's just as cool as the first time. Sure, there's a guesthouse every five feet and European tourists stroll the narrow streets in endless couples and clatches, but this place sighs with pure charm. It's made up of old colonial french buildings as well as traditional Lao wooden houses, located at the confluence of the Mekong and Khan Rivers. Given that it is the rainy season, both are running big and muddy - the water volume is double of what it was when I came here during the dry season.

  • Korean Gender Reader

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    ( Poster for Wedding Campaign [나의 결혼 원정기 ], a 2005 movie about finding brides in Uzbekistan; Source ) Back to normalcy after the conference. Demographics 1) “Seoul Increases Support for Muliticultural Families” Or to be more precise, the Seoul Metropolitan Government is paying Korean men marrying foreigners 1 million won to attend a 20 hour course on multicultural [...]

  • Joseph Jeong Leaves Korea

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    Right before I left to Busan last Friday, I dropped in on Joseph's farewell party. He's off to do his MBA at the University of Chicago and is one of the sorts of people that you always have on your backyard barbecue invitation list. To fit such a criteria, one needs to be mildly knowledgable about cooking, have a reputation for good behaviour when drunk and have interesting things to say and know when to say them.

  • Xian Part 2

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    Check this out: Quails eggs cooked on skewers in a takoyaki style grill rolled in chilli sauce then dusted with chilli powder and cumin.



    Spicy, luxurious, and completely unlike anything I've ever eaten before.

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