Korea
You Are Currently Browsing Category Korea
Happy Children’s Day 2010
Posted by Kathryn on 5th May in Korea
May 5 (in Korea) is Children’s Day (어린이날). Apparently the holiday was created in the early 1920s by the Korean children’s author, Bang Jung-Hwan. Typically parents and children do kid type activities and the children receive gifts from their parents, teachers and friends. Hillary Clinton even wished the kids a happy Children’s Day.
Mooga-dong
Posted by Kathryn on 2nd May in Korea
Moogadong is the area around Ulsan University. It has a much different feeling than the areas around where I live. It’s about a 15-20 minute cab ride from downtown (Samsangdong). I spent the afternoon on what’s called “Babo Street” (literally translated it means silly/crazy four way intersection). We found there is a Cold Stone Creamery [...]
Blue and Kathryn Teacher
Posted by Kathryn on 18th April in Korea
This is a picture of one of our 5 year olds named Blue. He picked the name. His new English name is David, but we all still call him Blue. He’s too cute and silly to be a David. I could see him as a Davy, but not a David. But I digress. This is [...]
Musing #1 – People
Posted by Kathryn on 28th March in Korea
I went to Busan yesterday with some friends. We wanted to eat Mexican near the beach and go to Costco. We had a great time until the bus ride home. I should start by saying that I’m used to people staring at me, point and laughing at me, coming up to me and using the [...]
March 1st Movement
Posted by Kathryn on 1st March in Korea
Today is March 1st, and thus a national holiday here in South Korea. March 1st is a day commemorating one of the earliest instances of Korea’s resistance against the Japanese. The events took place on March 1, 1919. On that day approximately 7000 Koreans were killed by the Japanese. A group of 33 people gathered [...]
