EXPAT LIFE

By Lee Scott On the day of my daughter's birth, my wife and I got to the hospital only to...

By Andrew Morris and Paul Malin The Pentaport Rock Festival at Incheon Dream Park on Saturday had a lineup that...

4) "I'm sinae.. your letter thank you^^ I like you. because,you promise obey.. I look first meet man.. carelessly not...

By Jennifer Stevens My relationship with my Korean boyfriend seemed to be playing in fast-forward—minus the sex—until one day he...

By Lee Scott In part one, I briefly described my (and my wife’s) experience with fertility treatment here in South...

By Lee Scott I love movies. I know a lot of people love movies, and I wouldn’t say that I’m...

By Sue Rissberger During the past few months as I've been delving into my own treasure chest of personal questions,...

By Sue Rissberger After 30 years of being away from Korea, I returned last summer. A year and a half...

By Mizaru Excuse me if I am in a state of high dudgeon. I just spent summer turning to fall...

By Jennifer Stevens The moment I arrived in Seoul, my self-esteem took a nosedive. Thousands of porcelain-skinned, shiny-haired waifs in...

By Finbarr Bermingham I’m going to level with you from the outset: twelve months ago, I’d never even heard of...

By Spooky Washington A friend and longtime Seoul resident, embroiled in a pension-avoidance fiasco with his employer, recently lamented to...

By Konrad Kostecki I remember when I met her. It was a fairly unoriginal introduction—over a drink. In Korea, it...

By Konrad Kostecki “I can’t take this anymore”…Those were the last words my Korean girlfriend Kathryn uttered to me, the...

By Jennifer Stevens Last weekend I found myself pre-drinking in a Hongdae hostel with my new friend Jason. I had...