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special events and current issues

  • Spectators, mascots, and tent servers – everyone has a role at the school festival!
    Korean University Life
    December 21, 2012, No comments

    South Korea is known around the world as a country that values education and study. From kindergarten through to university, Korean students (and parents!) work hard to ensure educational needs are met. Academies,…

  • A pupil and teacher in a UK classroom
    SK school vs UK school
    December 20, 2012, No comments

    Both in South Korea and the United Kingdom, school is a massive part of every child’s life. When a twelve-year-old British student visited the SK hagwon I worked in, the children started chatting about their different…

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    10 Favourite Korean Sweet Treats
    November 22, 2012, No comments

    Korean cuisine is spicy, salty and flavoursome- that’s why we love it so much! But hot stews and chili marinates often leave us craving something sugary and refreshing. It’s just as well that there’s a variety…

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    Behind the Scenes: KBS Music Bank
    October 12, 2012, No comments

    * This post is written by Korean Class Massive, one of the Korea Blog’s Worldwide Korea Bloggers. With Psy currently dominating the music charts all over the world and opening the way for Kpop, we take a look at one…

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    Psy Press Conference
    September 29, 2012, No comments

    * This post is written by Korean Class Massive, one of the Korea Blog’s Worldwide Korea Bloggers. A couple of us are currently in South Korea and were lucky enough to be invited to Psy’s first press conference…

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    London Olympics 2012: Korea’s Journey
    August 14, 2012, No comments

    * This post is written by Korean Class Massive, one of the Korea Blog’s Worldwide Korea Bloggers. Now that the Olympics has finished and our lives can go back to normal, we’re sure many of you are feeling a bit deflated.…

  • A team mans a Bazooka at the Battle of Osan. Members of the 24th Infantry Division, first United States ground units to reach the front, go into action against North Korean forces at the village of Sojong-Ni, near Osan. At right is Private First Class Kenneth Shadrick, who was killed by enemy fire a few moments after this photo was made, thus becoming the first United States soldier to die in the Korean campaign. Source: Turnbull, Sgt. Charles R., photo courtesy of the US Army Center for Military History
    The Battle of Osan
    June 25, 2012, No comments

    War is devastating. It is a dirty and bloody business. Unfortunately it has plagued the Korean peninsula for hundreds of years. No greater shame of war can be when two families take up arms against one another. Just over…