I haven’t posted some music for a while, so I thought I’d show one of the more popular songs for 2009, Mister by Kara. While the song is indeed rather catchy, the ‘bum dance’ within the song has been a hit in Korea with just about every middle and high school student, both male and [...]

Just a change of pace today, I thought I’d post a music video clip from one of Korea’s more popular male hip-hop artists, MC Mong. While MC Mong is these days more popular for his role on the Korean TV show 1 Night 2 Days (1박 2일) (an entertainment show) he had a few hits [...]

While I’m currently away in Taiwan, I thought I’d leave you all with a nice video clip from my favourite group here in Korea, Girl’s Generation (소녀시대). Their latest video, Genie, is catchy and the uniforms, well, make me want to get up and salute, despite the fact that some of them have Nazi tid-bits [...]

And now another piece of fine music from Korea. When I first started posted music videos from Korea I chose my then favorite K-Pop singer Chae Yeon (채연). While I would go as far to say that she’s in the top 5 (or perhaps 20) Korean singers when it come so to vocals, she certainly [...]

There’s a lot of things here in the ROK that make me scratch my head in wonder (or is that confusion?). Be it rude, yet culturally polite ahjumma’s, the students that feel it necessary to cough in my face, or the numberless foreigners who come to this country and act like total prats. It all [...]

It’s been rather quiet here on the peninsula over the last couple of weeks and, as a result, there’s not a great deal to talk about.  Even with in my own little world I can’t say there’s a lot to report aside from the usual rants and raves of normality. I can’t help but think [...]

Top 5 Korea is an amusing look at Korea, the people and the place. If you think you can add to the list, please feel free to add it in the comment section at the bottom. Top 5 Korea for April 22, 2009; You know you’ve been in Korea for a while when going to [...]

The new guy in town… and he won’t ask for help

Cartoons from Korea: Working hard.   "This is the end of side A, please turn over to side B" Earning your pay here in Korea.

Top 5 Korea is an amusing look at Korea, the people and the place. If you think you can add to the list, please feel free to add it in the comment section at the bottom. Top 5 Korea for March 25, 2009; You know you’ve been in Korea for a while when you move [...]