With over 700 pages in total and a very generic title, KOREA looks like any other travel guidebooks on the shelves. However, it is everything a good travel guide should be and more. Normally, I won’t pay any attention to travel guides. Cramped with words, minimal and small photos, loads of generic sightseeing spots, weird
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Korean CF Types: The dance, the star power, the drama
Another #notserious post. Korean CFs are 짱 (awesome). When I first came across Korean CFs a few years back, I was totally wow-ed by the quality and ‘feel’ of the commercials. They were very different from the commercials on Singapore TV, which I remembered being boring or overly cheesy. By the way, I haven’t watch
[Korean App Review] GenieTalk Korean-English Translation App
Woke up and saw this tweet and decided that I have to review the app first thing in the morning. The app is supposedly aimed at both international visitors of Korea and also Koreans themselves. And I’m like uh oh, why can’t you concentrate on ONE target group instead of trying to do both… *trying to
Hunmin Jeongeum (훈민정음) – A digitalized version
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG. It’s 10.15pm right now on a Sunday and I’m DAMN EXCITED because I just found that Naver has.. *takes deep breath* published a digitalized version of Hunmin Jeongeum in lieu of Hangul Day!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG. If you are unfamiliar with the history of Korean / Hangeul
Documentary on Korean Dialects: 사투리의 눈물 : “콱 마! 궁둥이를 주차뿌까？”
This is an awesome and well-made documentary by MBC covering the dialects in Korea. Please watch it! Seriously, I love Korean documentaries! If you love Korean linguistics / dialects like me, you would know that it’s pretty rare to come across anything (online) that gives a good introduction to the various dialects spoken in Korea.
[Korean App] Poing 예약왕 – Restaurant Reservation!
[Some knowledge of Korean required for use] Meeting your friend in an unfamiliar neighborhood and not sure what good food is in the area? Or even what kind of restaurants there are? Need to make a restaurant reservation but hate to speak Korean on the phone? Simply want to browse through restaurants in Korea? The
[Korean App] TNM Reader – the best of Korean blogs
Power Bloggers. Not sure if it is a term coined by Koreans, but it is definitely a very commonly used term here. 파워 블로거. I’m sure many of us read blogs and we all have a few of our own favorites. There was a time when I really wanted to read Korean blogs but I
[Korean App] TTTing – Fun with Social Dating
미팅, 소개팅 – Concepts that might be new to some of us and perhaps something that we secretly wanna try when we watch all those Korean dramas 팅팅팅, a new Korean app launched last week, is about injecting fun to social dating services. Current online services is usually aimed at singles, where they sign up,
Kakaotalk VS LINE
The battle of messaging apps. Actually, not much of a battle in Korea where Kakaotalk is the dominant app. Kakaotalk trumps all the other apps (LINE, Tik Tok, Whatsapp etc), mostly due to a first mover advantage (in my opinion). Look around in the subway train, where 7 out of 10 are typing furiously on
yoUeFO: Korean Short films / documentaries collection
Awesome discovery today. yoUeFO (유에포) is an online cinema and boasts a sizable collection of Korean short films, animations and documentaries. I’m guessing most of these don’t get to be aired on the small or big screen but from the few I’ve seen, they are definitely high quality production. According to the site, they are
