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Worries and Wishes: A Korean Soldier Considers the Call-Up for War
By Bumhyun Kim I am not afraid of a war, but I am afraid of how the ROK military will...
Surviving Senior Year in a Korean High School (and getting into SKY)
By Bo-kyung Byun Halfway into my senior year, I decided I'd had enough. After spending two and a half years...
The Phnom Penh Post–7D: Cheapening the Experience of Life Abroad
By Mizaru 7D front covers are now signaling that life and style in Phnom Penh consists of the exquisite grotesques...
Fortune Telling? Use Some Logic for the Year of the Snake
By Tom McGregor We all live in a life-and-death cycle. More people will be born into this world in 2013...
Church? Volunteer Organization? Cult? The Nebulous World of Korean Religious Movements
By Donald Kirk Unknown outside Korea and little known to most Koreans, the Shinchonji Church and the Mannam organization are...
Clubbing with Khmai Teenagers in Phnom Penh
By Scott Liam Soper If you didn’t know and you are interested, Phnom Penh’s most popular teen disco is on...
From ‘Gangnam Style’ to ‘Dartmouth Style’
By Elena J. My first few months here have proved that Dartmouth offers so much more than just beautiful scenery....
Phnom Penh Tour by Cyclo: A Beautiful Intrusion
By Scott Liam Soper After searching for a neat sounding architecture tour of the city I live in, I signed...
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...
There is No Such Thing as ‘Gangnam Style’
By R.M. Adamson There is no such thing as "Gangnam style." It's not a real place. It is a place...
Seeing, Hearing and Speaking No Evil: On the Propaganda Tour in North Korea
By Donald Kirk The skyline and traffic patterns of the North Korean capital of Pyongyang were not quite the same...
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 1: Knocked Up
By Ms. V One thing I especially loved about being pregnant here was the encouragement by my caregivers and strangers...
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,...