Gnarly Dude: A paddleboard lesson in Busan!
I walked to the back of the shop to meet Dylan, my Korean surf guru for the day. When the general greetings were out…
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Rebranding Freddie: From Korean Adoptee to Swedish Design Star
A casual glance at 32-year-old Swedish branding-design mastermind Fredrik (Freddie) Öst and one would hardly label him a Swede. His smallish frame, long black…
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Playing with Fire – Korea’s Great Full Moon
The Great Full Moon Party (대보름날 Daeboreum Nal) Not so long ago – before Korea was divided into commie and capitalist-puppet halves and before it…
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Colouring in the Favelas of Busan
The past six decades have absolutely transmogrified South Korea from poorest nation on Earth to one of great opulence and wealth. Busan has benefited…
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Hoods: Busan’s Ugliest Neighbourhood
Korea’s cities can be obnoxiously monotonous at times. And thanks to the country’s fixation with capitalism, everywhere on the southern half of the peninsular…
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The Dalmaji Limited
A walk along Busan’s abandoned railway Originally constructed in 1918 as part of the Donghae Nambu line, the tracks were abandoned last December. The…
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Hoods: Danggam Style
Korea’s cities can be obnoxiously monotonous at times. And thanks to the country’s fixation with capitalism, everywhere on the southern half of the peninsular…
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Historically Disreputable: Oncheonjang at Night
The entire neighbourhood of Oncheonjang stretches out from the wall-to-ceiling window of my 9th floor flat. It would be a glorious view of Mt….
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Cycling the Urban Jungle: The Oncheon Stream
Freddie Mercury never made it to Busan. Though I’m sure if he did (ignoring the impossibilities of time travel and necromancy), he’d want to…
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K-Pop
With so little time to do anything productive this month, you’d think I’d find something better to do with myself. I could have studied…
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