Category Archives: Korean Culture

Check me out on Misuda!

쾌적하국 미두다. KBS1. Saturday. 7:10. I’ll be in like a 2 minute cooking segment or something during the show. Hopefully I don’t look like a complete idiot …

My trip to Daejeon and Gongju

I got to go down to Daejeon and Gongju for three days and four days thanks to a presentation I got to give at KISTI! Daejeon was pretty cool, there are tons of research facilities and science related things. I got to experience a lot of firsts … seeing dog meat being sold on the [...]

Dream Concert crowd yelled ‘Park Jaebum’ non-stop through 2PM

I just remembered this and thought it deserves it’s own post.  For those that didn’t go to Dream Concert, the crowed yelled ‘Park Jay-Bum’ the WHOLE time 2PM sang. For those that don’t know who he is, basically he was thrown out of a group after a ‘scandal’ where text was found complaining about Korea [...]

Between / 사이에서 (Documentary on modern Shamanism)

For those interested in seeing modern shamanism in practice, check out the Documentary titled Between (사이에서).  It shows the journey of a woman as she goes through the rites to become a Shaman along with other regular rituals going on in the town.  Some of the more interesting things was one of the shamans danced [...]

Lotus Lantern Festival: Street Festival and Lantern Parade

I had another great day doing more fun stuff at the Lotus Lantern Festival in downtown Seoul with one of my good friends from University of Utah!

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