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KUMFA Holiday Gift Drive

KUMFA (Korean Unwed Mothers and Families Association) is once again holding a holiday gift drive for children here. Please consider…

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Day Trip to Busan, 10/30/22

At the end of October, I won two tickets to the BOF K-Pop Concert, part of Busan One Asia Festival.…

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Korean Self-Service Convenience Store

Every now and again, you’ll come across a self-service convenience store in Korea. It’s unmanned and boasts a variety of…

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Giving Blood in Korea

I’ve wanted to give blood for a while now, but I finally managed to do it. The basic requirements for…

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수능 Suneung, the College Scholastic Ability Test

At 1 o’clock this afternoon, the skies of South Korea were silent. All planes were prohibited from either taking off…

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Cafe Review: Cafe Onion, Gwangjang Market

“Guys. GUYS. I found the fourth Onion.” I had seen the Instagram posts about a fourth Cafe Onion but assumed,…

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In the Aftermath of the Itaewon Tragedy

These are links to news and op-ed pieces about the tragedy in Itaewon. These are by no means the only…

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Cafe Review: Blue Bottle, Samcheong Hanok

By reservation only, it’s Blue Bottle’s Samcheong Hanok cafe. “A setting where traditional and modernism coexist Around the corner of…

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Prayers for Itaewon

Please keep everyone affected by the tragedy in Itaewon in your thoughts and prayers.

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Rubber Ducky, You’re the One…

Get yourself some friends willing to travel with you into downtown Seoul to visit an 18-meter-tall inflatable rubber duck. This…

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