As a 외국 가족 (foreign family) living here in Korea, with no roots to pay homage to the way Koreans do their ancestral rites, my family and I, and our friends, walked the streets of Chinatown the day before the Lunar New Year. We knew there was no public celebration to look forward to. Instead,… Read More Walking the Streets of Chinatown
published in Korea.net: Celebrating New Year’s Eve in the Philippines I recently had a fantastic chance to personally learn how to cook Korea’s two Lunar New Year must-eats, the tteokguk and the mandu guk. Four Honorary Reporters were invited to the Hana Go Lunar New Year episode and we delighted at how Professor Sook Ja… Read More A Look at the New Year Celebrations of Korea and the Philippines
All roads led to Pyeongchang in February of 2018. It was the Winter Olympics, after all! But before the world knew of Pyeongchang, the Alpensia Resort was already catering to local and foreign tourists while gearing itself to accommodate the thousands that came from all over to witness last year’s Winter Olympics. Alpensia was created… Read More Experience the Alps of Asia in Alpensia
