A Weekend Warrior’s Guide to… Seoul
“A Weekend Warrior: A person who holds a regular job during the week which restricts their ability to party / go on trips /…
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Fotophest: Is This The Asia You’re Looking For? Pt.1
Is this the Asia you’re looking for? Photos by Ben Cowles
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Fotophest! Beomeosa: The Nirvana Fish Temple in the Snow
Beomeosa (범어사) translating awesomely, as Nirvana Fish Temple has – according to my extensive wikipedia research – been perching high above Busan for 400…
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Fotophest! Busan Pixelated
Well, the Earth has completed yet another cosmic twirl around our bright star. And while that sentence is just about cheesy enough to make Mickey Mouse…
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Reverse Culture Shock: The Story of Galbi Alley and the difficulties exporting Korean Cuisine to the West
“I would say, I haven’t earned a single cent since I’ve been back from Korea,” sighed Coenraad Groenewald, owner of Galbi Alley, a Korean…
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Dancing With The Joseon And Samurai At The Tongshinsa Festival
There was once a time when Japan and Korea weren’t hurling abuse, colonising, squabbling over rocks in the sea or blasting half-baked missiles over…
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Street art and Escapism in Busan’s Favela.
After canning it up the hill at what must have been record speed, I couldn’t get off the mini bus fast enough. The nausea…
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How Did I End Up Here?
Despite graduating from university with a pointless degree, without a penny to my name, mounting debts and the inability to find a decent job….
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