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Here are Some Korean Slang Terms 22 Aug 2013 | 02:10 am
Dear Korean, Does the Korean have a list of colorful Korean language slang? Cactus McHarris This is actually a pretty tough task, because the number of slang terms is huge and the types of slang ar...
The Good History Deniers 15 Aug 2013 | 09:07 am
Dear Korean, A question on Quora reads: How do the Japanese think about World War II? I was wondering if this answer to the question is something that you would agree with. How would you respond? Jo...
"Good Writer, Bad Writer" on AAK! 11 Aug 2013 | 05:34 am
The Korean frequently receives questions along the lines of: "I think your writing is great? How do I become a good writer?" For a few times, he has tried writing a post in response to such questions,...
The Weather Channel Explains Fan Death 8 Aug 2013 | 07:17 am
So there is this: Hot room + fan directly on the body = heat exhaustion and/or heat stroke. Gee, that sounds awfully like how Fan Death works. Got a question or a comment for the Korean? Email away ...
Your Culture is Bigger than You 3 Aug 2013 | 10:16 pm
Dear Korean, I was hoping that you might respond to this review I did of Gish Jen's book on Asian and Western subjectivity. The review is 90 percent summary and expresses a few reservations about the...
50 Most Influential K-pop Artists: 14. Nah Hun-Ah 25 Jul 2013 | 06:26 am
[Series Index] 13. Nah Hun-ah [나훈아] Years of Activity: 1966-present (last album in 2006) Discography: (For reasons discussed below, Nah Hun-ah's discography is not presented here.) Representative ...
Live Chat - 7/19/2013 20 Jul 2013 | 07:04 am
Note: Apologies to those who could not make it into the chat room. The Korean will try and find an alternative next time--CoverItLive is not working out for the blog any more.
Live Chat Tonight at 8 p.m. EDT 20 Jul 2013 | 02:51 am
We haven't done this in a while, so let's chat live! Please visit the blog at 8 p.m. tonight, Eastern Daylight Time, and the Korean will be here to shoot the breeze for an hour or two. Note: the folk...
My Thoughts on Gladwell's Response 17 Jul 2013 | 07:43 am
Before we begin this post, a note about the related posts. - This is my initial post about culturalism, plane crashes, and Malcolm Gladwell's assessment of Korean culture and plane crashes. - This i...
Malcolm Gladwell's Reponse to the Culturalism Post 16 Jul 2013 | 07:53 am
Malcolm Gladwell kindly sent a response to my post regarding his theory, and culturalism. Here is the entire response, presented as it was sent to me. I will write a brief follow-up post addressing M...
