A photo showing Korean restaurant patrons enjoying US beef that appeared recently in the JoongAng Daily, one of Korea’s big three conservative media outlets, turns out to be completely staged. The two women in the photo, it turns out, are reporters for JoongAng. Hoping to do a story on Korean’s enthusiasm for US beef, they [...]
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It’s a word I hear a lot more than I’d like to out here in Korea. In whispers at the playground with my son, in random sound bites on the street, in my Korean language textbook! It’s a word that labels you as different, an outsider in a country that can often be jealously protective [...]
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As a former bicycle courier, images like this never fail to catch my eye. The tray he’s carrying is filled with boiling hot stew, on a boiling hot day, in the midst of the chaos that is downtown Seoul traffic. I watched as he stuttered and rolled through people, scooters, and cars to deliver someone’s [...]
Filed under: Daily life, Seoul, food | Tagged: bicycle, courier, Daily life, food delivery, Korea, Seoul | 1 Comment »
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