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Sunday, February 28, 2016

Colonial-era films discovered and will be screened next week (and a few other links)

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The Joongang Daily reported the other day about the discovery and screening of colonial-era documentary films about Korea: The [Korean Fi...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Glimpses of Korea Under American Occupation

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A couple of weeks ago Jacco Zwetzloot gave a lecture for the Royal Asiatic Society entitled "Glimpses of Korea Under American Occupatio...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Partner-swapping meth-heads and Canadian pothead with 4 plants caught; Guess who gets more coverage?

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Today the Korea Herald published the following article , "Canadian caught in South Korea growing marijuana in apartment": A 47-y...
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Monday, February 22, 2016

In 2013 the Korean crime rate was higher than that of foreigners, but...

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On February 12, Yonhap published the following article : Foreign crime rate falls short of Korean rate but murder, robbery rate higher (...
Sunday, February 21, 2016

Colonial era Seoul and Jinhae

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Here's an interesting map of Seoul - and all of Korea, in its own way - from 1929, when a colonial exhibition was held in Seoul. It was ...
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Friday, February 19, 2016

Recovering a stone wall walkway around Deoksu Palace that never existed

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A few weeks ago articles appeared in the Korea Times about a plan to "restore" a walkway around Deoksugung Palace ( here and here...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

From an elementary school in Daehangno to a temple bell in Deoksu Palace via Tapgol Park and 560 years of history

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If you walk along Daehangno about halfway between Jongno 5-ga Station and Hyehwa Station you'll come upon the gates to Seoul Sadae Buseo...
Monday, February 15, 2016

The transformation of Gindeung Maeul, 2008-2015

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It was back in 2008 that I first posted about the destruction of Gindeung Maeul, a neighborhood south of where I lived in Banghwa-dong. Th...
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