Articles related to "Korean Culture"

One way for teachers and other professionals to adapt to living in Korea for a year, and immersing themselves in local culture, is to participate in traditional classes.

Teaching English and living in South Korea is more than paying off debts. It is about eating Korean food or visiting a temple - immersing oneself in Korean culture.

Robin Spielberg's latest album A New Kind of Love offers more of the delicate, introspective playing that characterizes her previous releases.

With dozens of museums and shopping districts, the largest indoor theme park in the world, and water sports on the Han River, Seoul has something for every tourist.

Taekwondo is a versatile Korean martial art that is distinguished from other styles primarily by its dynamic long-range kicking techniques.

South Korea's capital Seoul is home to historic houses, folk crafts, royal palaces and other relics of a bygone era.

The South Korean capital of Seoul is not just a convenient transit hub but a city of contrasts and well worth a stopover or a longer visit.

Kimchi (pron: kym - CHEE), or gimchi, could well be Korea's best known food. The fermented Chinese cabbage and chili dish is served with just about every meal in Korea.

At the end of the Cold War North Korea's future looked bleak. The secretive regime, though nominally self-sufficient, was in reality heavily reliant on the Soviet Union.

Who can forget the decades of support the ramen noodle gave to student life? In fact, these noodles aren't just for ingesting, one Korean sees it as art.

South Korea remains the highest paying English teaching gig overseas. With nothing more than a BA and a sense of adventure many North Americans make money.