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Adventures in Parenting Abroad Pt. 3: The End is Just the Beginning
By Ms. V After being pregnant for 42 weeks and laboring for 27 hours, I sure was ready for some...
Cultbusting Korea: World Mission Society Church of God
By a 3WM Contributor If they have their way, they can have a person baptized in their church in a...
Inside Korean Work Culture: Overworked and Underappreciated
By Christopher Smith Now hands up people; how many of you during your time working in Korea have had to...
A Southeast Asia English Teacher’s Breakfast
By Sean Barrett Under normal circumstances, there usually just isn’t enough time in the morning to enjoy a pre-work breakfast,...
Phnom Penh Newsbriefing: Street 282
By Mizaru My 300 meter block of 282 lies in the shadow of "42 Building”, and sits between the busy...
Adventures in Parenting Abroad Part 2: Push It!
By Ms. V You may remember that when I arrived in country I was 32 weeks pregnant, which should have...
Adventures in Parenting Abroad Part 1: Knocked Up
By Ms. V One thing I especially loved about being pregnant here was the encouragement by my caregivers and strangers...
Drunk and Stupid: How Debauched Foreigners Feed Koreans’ Prejudices
By Christopher Smith Even those of us who do not drink, or just drink and behave themselves, must share in...
Do you Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Sinchon? Playing at Nori Bar and why Hongdae Blows
By Mizaru When you’re playing rock ‘n’ roll to a crowd never let them see you sweat but always let...
Two Homes, a World Apart
By Iwazaru In Asia there was no need for a car. Korea’s public transportation is astonishing: ubiquitous, modern, fast. China,...
Who Do You Love?: Korean Ethnocentrism, International Couples and the Dating Dilemma
By Bo-Kyung Byun One afternoon during the last precious minutes of breaktime before the class bell, a friend and I...
Clueless: How Korean Public Schools Got English Ed. Wrong
By Smurfy Stew To begin this story, I will have to take you way back to the idyllic and overly...
U.S. Soldier Accused of Arson Admits to Unintentional Fire, Depression and being Under Restriction
By John M. Rodgers The ongoing Hooker Hill arson case against Army Pfc. Marcos Pedraza-Pascual took a strange turn during...
Silver Linings: Making the most out of the MBC imbroglio
Words by R.M. Adamson, toon by Lee Scott There is, I think, some value in speaking the truth about what...
Korean Court to Sentence Man Who Scammed Travelers out of Thousands
By John M. Rodgers Since Kang was arrested and detained on February 13 of this year, victims of his chicanery...