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K-LIT REVIEW 'I Decided to Live as Me' presents insightful surprises

Self-help is a cluttered genre. From personal finance to weight loss, from spiritual connection to making friends and influencing people, any facet of life with which we could possibly need assistance has been exhaustively catered to. As times change, lessons need updating, so it's unsurprising that each year brings new titles solving classic problems with contemporary solutions. With this in mind, I had doubts about what new insights or perspectives "I Decided to Live as Me" by Kim Suhyun could offer. How surprised I was!

Nov 19, 2024By Jon Dunbar

[K-LIT REVIEW] 'I Decided to Live as Me' presents insightful surprises

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RESTAURANT OF THE WEEK Tampa Sandwich Bar offers award-winning Cubanos in Apgujeong

I made a mistake by not trying a Cuban sandwich until I got one from Tampa Sandwich Bar, sometime in 2021. Make that two mistakes: not having tried it sooner, and then when I did, getting it from the best possible place, ensuring that I'll never be satisfied with Cuban sandwiches from anywhere else.

Nov 19, 2024By Jon Dunbar

[RESTAURANT OF THE WEEK] Tampa Sandwich Bar offers award-winning Cubanos in Apgujeong

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Ska-punk supergroup Mutiny's fictional universe expands to Korea

"At the dawn of the 22nd century, after generations of harm, Earth struck back against her abusers. Rising seas swallowed entire coastal cities and ushered in an endless onslaught of storms."

Nov 18, 2024By Jon Dunbar

Ska-punk supergroup Mutiny's fictional universe expands to Korea

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2 Taiwanese punk bands to tour Korea's southeast

Two Taiwanese bands are coming to Korea's southeast for a two-day tour of Daegu and Busan on Nov. 22 and 23.

Nov 17, 2024By Jon Dunbar

2 Taiwanese punk bands to tour Korea's southeast

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'God Life' vs. 'Brat Life': Korean Gen Z students prepare to explain

The language of Generation Z can be confusing to older people, but a panel discussion this coming Tuesday, titled "God Life or Brat Life? Korean Women and the 21st Century," will either settle these intricacies or make them a whole lot harder to understand.

Nov 17, 2024By Jon Dunbar

'God Life' vs. 'Brat Life': Korean Gen Z students prepare to explain

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Overlooked, underappreciated: Gyeonghui Palace struggles for recognition among its sisters

Korea has four seasons. Seoul has five royal palaces. These numbers have been set in stone for years, driven into us at every opportunity. But lately, we've been seeing mention of only four palaces in downtown Seoul.

Nov 14, 2024By Jon Dunbar

Overlooked, underappreciated: Gyeonghui Palace struggles for recognition among its sisters

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Seoul Shakespeare Company to hold auditions for 'Romeo and Juliet'

"O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?"

Nov 12, 2024By Jon Dunbar

Seoul Shakespeare Company to hold auditions for 'Romeo and Juliet'

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RESTAURANT OF THE WEEK Bob's Barbie packs nostalgia in a hot dog bun

Anyone who remembers the 2000s in Korea knows the foreign food scene was lacking. That goes for the area around western Seoul's Hongik University as well, which had a lot of good, cheap Korean restaurants and Korean street food, but very little in the way of foreign food. One of the early establishments to challenge that was Bob's Barbie.

Nov 10, 2024By Jon Dunbar

[RESTAURANT OF THE WEEK] Bob's Barbie packs nostalgia in a hot dog bun

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Philippine indie band Sansette to bring warm Cebuano breeze to Seoul

As temperatures continue to drop in Seoul, a warm breeze is blasting up from the south. Sansette, a seven-piece Filipino band, is bringing a bit of that eternal summer warmth they enjoy on their home island of Cebu this weekend.

Nov 5, 2024By Jon Dunbar