A week or two ago, after a night on the town and the bottle, I decided to phone home. Mommy did not answer, so I thought it would be a good idea to ring my 85 year old grandmother. As she picked up the phone, the first thing I heard was Wagner’s music blazing in the back ground. Then a strong, cheerful, Germanic “Halloooo” “Howzit grandma, how are ya?” “Is it Pieter?”, this woman ...

Yesterday, at around 3pm, our local area in southern Gwangju was unusually top of the local news after a cigarette ignited a bush fire in the trees nestled in the mountains that shadow the city’s World Cup Stadium. The afternoon children arrived to school with videos of helicopters circling overhead.

By Darrell Slater Don’t ever try to change any aspect of the meal that you wish to order in Korea. Simply put – it just doesn’t work out too well! If you’ve ever tried to order a meal in Korea with that extra something, or alternatively, to remove an item or ingredient from the meal you wish to order, then you may have found it slightly difficult.

I haven’t watched Nickelodeon in a long time so I’ve been missing out, or so my students say. Last Friday, during a conversation with a class of four about their favourite websites, one boy cracked up when explaining something called www.icarly.com. He told me to have a look.

New side Gwangju FC’s life in the K-League got off to a flying start with a thrilling 3-2 home victory over Daegu FC. The Guss Hiddink World Cup Stadium was the venue where Gwangju FC picked up the maximum three points in its first ever fixture in the top Korean soccer division. The game was played out in front of a large (albeit slightly exaggerated) 36,241 fans who turned up to support their n ...

Of course, I use ‘fortune’ with the greatest of respect for the people of Japan, and elsewhere, who have been affected by what must be the biggest geographical tragedy for a generation. Politically and geographically, with revolutions in the Arab World, earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan, floods in Australia, 2011 is shaping up to be one of severely contrasting fortunes for hundreds ...

A new global reputation ranking, published today by the Times Higher Education, has placed two South Korean universities in the world’s top 100. The list is the first of its kind looking solely at the reputations of institutions for teaching and research. The rankings are based on a survey of 13,388 academics in over 131 countries, making it the largest evaluation of academic reputation.

The Korean Professional Baseball League will reach another milestone this year, when the 30th season of the highest league on the land begins in April. This may also be final season before brave expansion plans look to reshape the future landscape of baseball from 2012. Talk of a team popping up in Changwon has been loud over the winter break, which will undoubtedly add more prestige to a Champion ...

Before coming to Korea, I spoke to a couple of recruitment agents about the pro’s and con’s of living here.  The first thing most of them said was that the Koreans are very friendly people. From the moment I landed at Incheon International Airport, I found that to be true.  This experience may not be shared by all foreigners living and working on this part of the globe, maybe I’m just not ...

Before coming to Korea, I spoke to a couple of recruitment agents about the pro’s and con’s of living here.? The first thing most of them said was that the Koreans are very friendly people. From the moment I landed at Incheon International Airport, I found that to be true. ?This experience may not be shared by all foreigners living and working on this part of the globe, maybe I’m just not u ...