So, part of the bike is now held together with duct tape...and I swear I am incapable of having a normal day. On the way home from work, I decided to head down a dirt road to check out a Jindo breeder I've been driving past for months. The gate was closed, and I wanted to see what was further down t...

There are some times in class where a student does something so utterly hilarious that I have to step outside the classroom to laugh. The last class I had today was one of those times. We were doing an exercise worksheet with "I'm interested in ____________." and "I want to be a __________." on them...

So... You know how I've had quite an ordeal trying to get my POS motorcycle fixed? I was giving Koreans too much credit in assuming it was only the battery it seems. See that? That's a hole in the mesh that protects my gas tank. Someone PUNCHED THROUGH the metal mesh to siphon off the 1.5 gallons or...

Reading this FT article makes it sound as if NK is acting seriously belligerent: North Korea on Monday cut its military hotline to Seoul and put its million-man army at battle stations, ratcheting up tensions as South Korean and US troops began war games that Pyongyang warned could spark open confli...

A Time In Our History     History sometimes repeats its self Sometimes man does not learn from past mistakes It often takes learning the hard way to force a person to see things in a realistic way The United States President a t one point in time Ignored female and minority opinion when dealing wi...

As U.S. and South Korean forces launch semi-annual defensive drills, North Korea has put its troops on alert and cut the last hot line to Seoul, warning that "even the slightest provocation" could mean war." That doesn't mean that T-72 tanks will cross the DMZ tomorrow, but it does reflect an escala...

North Korea gives Dear Leader another term in the legislature: SEOUL (AFP) — Leader Kim Jong-Il has been unanimously elected to a seat in North Korea’s parliament following a 100 percent turnout, state media said Monday. Sunday’s elections for the rubber-stamp Supreme People’s As...

I can't find a URL for this bakery, but the Korean paper JoongAng Daily has an article about Good Ovening Cupcake, with these photos. Can any Korean readers tell us more? Funky Berry had a dense base made of fresh strawberry cake topped with raspberry buttercream. A blueberry was added on top, addin...

Sunday morning, feel the excitement. Ah, nothing quite like a little elimination baseball to add some zest to your hideously early Sunday morning. China and Korea face off here, and the loser will be heading back home. Red vs. Blue! Great Wall vs. Thunderstix! Team that was defeated by Japan vs. Tea...

One of the things I've been doing to kick back and relax is listen to the Korean language learning podcasts from KoreanClass101.com via iTunes. In some ways it's a lot of fun: I can coast because I have most of these verb-form and the vocabulary squirreled away in the back of my head (Korean loads a...