I last saw South Korea's fabulous capital Seoul way back in 2002, so when my 15-year-old son spotted a great flight price in November I was very keen to take him there! This podcast episode reports back on our week in Seoul, and I even persuaded my son to come on and chat about our trip, …
South Korea
All the stuff I’ve learnt about Korean culture
Last month at the library a book called The birth of Korean cool practically jumped into my hands off the "new and noteworthy" shelves. I have been fascinated with Korean culture from my very first encounter - I can't even quite explain why, but I find it so interesting that I just have to …
Koreans get younger and I get older
"How old are you?" was something I considered a pretty basic question when I was an English teacher. However, when I came back to Perth and starting asking this question to Korean students, I discovered it could actually be quite complicated. I remember the first time it happened to me that my …