May 2012
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Billionaire Lee Fights Back Relatives Over Samsung...
During his long and controversial career, Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) Chairman Lee Kun Hee has transformed his family’s dried-fish and produce company into the world’s biggest maker of TVs and mobile phones, challenging Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Sony Corp. (6758) in the process. Now he must contend with feuding siblings.
Billionaire Lee, 70 years old and South Korea’s wealthiest citizen, is...
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A question for teachers →
misseducation:
everyfiredies:
When you were a new teacher, did you solicit help from teachers at your school? Did you randomly pop into rooms asking for help or did you go to the teachers who reached out to you first? Do you feel like it’s the responsibility of a new teacher to go…
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WatchNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the zoo in publicity push
North Korea’s state television is ramping up coverage of visits by Kim Jong-un in an apparent attempt to help the untested young leader bolster popular support.
On Sunday, Korean Central Television, the North’s state news broadcaster, broadcast a documentary on Kim visiting a Pyongyang zoo that took place the same...
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Things to do in Seoul June 2012
Things to Do in Seoul June 2012
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The sad reality of Korea’s most infamous export:...
Celebrated artist Shin Yun-bok’s Dance with Two Knives, from the 1800s. Notice the Kiseng (Korean geisha). Kiseng are shown prominently in many of Shin’s paintings. Some of the paintings leave far less to the imagination than this one.
Koreans traveling overseas to engage in the sex industry is an increasing problem. From 2004, the Korean government launched a crackdown on brothels...
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Picture Korea: Lantern Festival and Rice Planting... →
South Korean Buddhists march with lanterns during the Lotus Lantern Festival in downtown Seoul on Saturday. The annual lantern march, one of South Korea’s biggest religious events, is to celebrate the birth of Buddha which falls on May 28.
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Diablo III Faces FTC Investigation Over Refund... →
Facing with an increasing number of complaints by South Korea’s online gamers, Korea Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday said it launched an investigation into the Seoul office of Blizzard Entertainment
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More than kimchi: Korean food's popularity soars
SEOUL, South Korea — Most of us associate the spread of Korean culture across much of Asia, and now Europe and North America, with catchy pop tunes and improbable TV drama plot lines. Less well-known is the third member of the “Korean Wave” triumvirate — the country’s bold and colorful cuisine.
Thailand and Japan have proved that gastro-diplomacy can go a long way toward...
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Korea’s Woon-kon and Jong-ho set for record fourth...
South Korea have two players who will be featuring for a record fourth time in the Olympics.
They are midfielder Yeo Woon-kon, who has 263 caps, and forward Seo Jong-ho, 32, who has 273.
Woon-kon, who will turn 38 on Sept 4, will be the oldest player in the London Olympics.
Both Woon-kon and Jong-ho were members of the team that won the silver medal at Sydney 2000. Korea lost to Holland 5-4 on...
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Ringing in Museum Week
For the next seven days, museums across Korea will be rolling out special events and deals for visitors. In celebration of International Museum Day, which falls this year on May 18, the National Museum of Korea and the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, in partnership with the Korean Museum Association, have designated the week from May 18 to 27 as Museum Week.
A display at the National...
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Victims of Korea’s largest pyramid scheme claim...
Conspiracy theories abound over the death of Cho Hee-pal, one of Korea’s most wanted scammers, who fled the country in 2008 after swindling thousands out of 3.5 trillion won ($3 billion). According to Korean police, the 55-year-old fugitive died of a heart attack five months ago in China, where he lived for more than three years under a fake identity. He was the main suspect in a massive...
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WatchMy Wife is a Gangster with English Subtitles Full Movie
My Wife is a Gangster (조폭 마누라, Jopok Manura) is a 2001 South Korean film directed by Cho Jin-gyu; it’s about a female gang boss who needs to get married to fulfill her dying sister’s wishes. A sequel, My Wife is a Gangster 2, was released in 2003, with a third (My Wife is a Gangster 3) released at the end of 2006.
My Wife is a...
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Skyscrapers in Seoul: Super chic and "green"... →
Skyscrapers in Seoul: Chicago architects Murphy/Jahn have designed two towers under one roof for the western side of South Korea’s new commercial centre, the Yongsan International Business District of Seoul.
The Yongsan International Business District will set a new standard for an integrated global city.
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“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an...”
– Jiddu Krishnamurti (via serenityx)
Krishnamurti Education Tag day!
(via adventuresinlearning)
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Cocksure Apple still seeking Galaxy Tab ban
Each day that Samsung continues to sell its infringing Tab 10.1 causes additional harm to Apple.’
Apple renewed its bid for a court order immediately blocking sales of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer, relying on an appeals court’s finding that it will probably win a patent infringement claim. Apple made a similar request last year to U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose,...
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WatchRelation, Street of Seoul - with Coldplay
by Oh Choong Young
2004 ~ 2008, Street of Seoul BGM : Coldplay ‘What If’
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Teaching ESL to Adults in Korea 1 on 1 and in...
Pagoda Academy was founded in 1969 by Go In-Gyung and Park Kyung-Sil with the objective of developing foreign language education in Korea. Pagoda has grown considerably since then and currently employs over 100 foreign teachers who teach over 5000 students at branches in Seoul, Incheon and Busan.
Pagoda is dedicated to providing students with unmatched programs. We are also dedicated to providing...
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Korean clothing store The Basic House sells...
Korean clothing store The Basic House sells organic cotton and other environmentally friendly materials.
The Basic House (Myeong-dong Branch) sells outdoor-style casual wear whose style people of all ages. Customers can purchase clothes made of environment-friendly materials (such as flax, bamboo, beans, and organic wool). The Myeong-dong branch boasts chic design and offers foreign language...
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Teaching ESL to Adults in Korea
Teach ESL to University and Adult Learners
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WatchThe Best ESL Teacher! See qualities of yourself in this video? Please apply to http://www.jobpagoda.com if you do and you want to teach EFL/ESL to adults and university students in Korea.
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"That kind of Korean man" is writer-director Hong...
After operating at maybe 75 percent of its potential for almost its first full week, on Sunday the Cannes Film Festival kicked into full auteurist gear, with the premieres of three formally audacious new works from three contemporary international art film stars: Michael Haneke’s Amour (which we already discussed); In Another Country, from Korean master of comic romantic disaster Hong...
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Korea Visa: Get a Criminal Background Check and...
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How to care for introverts →
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Korean firms are rushing to communicate better and...
Korean firms are rushing to communicate better and more often with expats as the number of foreign residents now surpasses 1.1 million.
Kevin Ascott, a Canadian living here, said he was able to find the authorized service center for his malfunctioning smartphone through KT’s social networking hotline ― something he had been seeking for days to figure out on several websites. “I got great service...
