Tag Archives: Video

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Viewer Questions: Student Housing and Living Costs

I recently got a two-part question and I thought it a good one – so here we go… I’ll paraphrase, since it was a long e-mail, “How much is student…

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Korean Travel Tip: Power Adapters

Greetings and salutations, my excellent friends. Summer is here and that means that college graduation season is in full swing. With countless new graduates earning their diplomas, many are looking…

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Inter-Korean Talks Canceled – The Next Move

As suspected by many, the proposed Inter-Korean talks fell apart yesterday. Yonhap News reports that this was because North Korea thought South Korea was sending too low a level of…

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Catch the Wave Video Rodeo: 6.10.13

Boy oh boy, what a great show we had this week on Video Rodeo! Thank you to everyone who tuned in live to our broadcast. As I mentioned on air,…

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Exploring Gyeongju’s Namsan

Summer is here and one of my favorite things to do when the sun is shining is to get out and hit the trails. This month on The Korea Blog,…

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Convenience Store Kopi Luwak

I love coffee. It’s the first thing I grab in the morning and helps start my day right. In fact, how many tweets have I sent out over the years…

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Bulguksa and Seokguram Grotto

This month on The Korea Blog, I’m taking a look at the ancient Silla capital of Korea – Gyeongju. The city is often called the “museum without walls,” and today…

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Korean Food: SsamBap

Today’s video is a quick one. While filming down in Gyeongju for next month’s series, we popped in to one of the town’s signature restaurants for the local dish: ssambap…

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Catch the Wave! Video Rodeo 5.27.13

Hey everyone, I hope you’re rocking Wednesday morning like I am. We had an awesome show this past Monday. Hanging out with Adrien and Karen is simply awesome! This week…

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Korea’s Chat Leader: Kakao

For the final installment on this month’s Korea Blog series, I revisited an old post about KakaoTalk. If you’re outside Korea, you might not have heard about this program and…

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It’s More Fun In Boracay

Oh yeah baby, that’s what I’m talking about. If you want a great sunset, you need to head to Boracay in the Philippines. It probably has one of, if not…

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Korea Marketing Mishap: Makgeolli

The other day, I shared my opinion why I thought the Hansik Globalization campaign was a failure. The TL;DR of it was that those in charge of its marketing don’t…