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large classes of students (often rowdy kids!) every day and keeping control
boosts leadership and presentation skills. Chris Cockcroft, 25, who taught
English in South Korea for a year after graduating from university in Leeds,
said: “The most important skill I gained while teaching English abroad
was the ability to think quickly and not panic. Teaching English is different
every day, so it teaches you to organise and prioritise your workloads
and be ready for anything. “It also gives you a great deal of confidence
in dealing with all manner of people no matter what language they speak,
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nearly 10,000 people landed in South Korea for plastic surgery procedures
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of different types of cancers such as stomach cancer and liver cancer.
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- To better understand what I saw, I had to learn a little of Korea's Buddhist
history. Buddhism was brought to Korea roughly 1,600 years ago and still
enjoys great popularity with roughly half the population. In early times,
Buddhism became the state religion but during the Chosun Dynasty (1392-1910),
it was replaced with Confucianism and severely discouraged to the point
where public worship was no longer allowed. Because of the restrictions,
monks moved their temples to Korea's mountains and remote areas. Today,
hundreds of active temples still dot cities and countryside. Jogyesa Temple
is one of Korea's principle temples and is located in downtown Seoul near
Insadong. Jogyesa Temple plays host to Korea's largest Buddhist sect and
is the focal point to the local Seoul festivities surrounding this event.
As Buddha's birthday is the most important day to Korean Buddhists, they
party in grand style. Both in and outside of every temple, monks hang colorful
lanterns. Many local governments around the peninsula also festoon city
streets with lanterns as well as calling a national holiday. Although every
temple holds some form of ceremonies, the largest and most festive is held
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Narcissus in South Korea By Barry Walsh -
Or will we find we are penniless, and so stay in a five star hotel making
use of room service, mini bar, Korean massage and public bath facilities
courtesy of my mother’s visa card (to be used in emergencies only)? Or
dance on the nightclub stage with cucumber in our ears, run across police
cars or pretend to be famous sports stars? The possibilities are tame and
hardly daring, but they sustain my excitement. It is enough. Back on the
bus I pass pagodas, dried up rivers, template towns, smashed up cars, and
pervading all, mountains, neither lush nor barren, and fields waterlogged
in spring. This country, the Hermit Kingdom is a forgotten nirvana. Up
here, below the trees, are temples and hermitages and monks; I could run
outside and climb and disappear forever, taken in by the trees and the
monks, fed and nurtured, my body lost to civilisation, my spirit found
by renunciation. The service stop approaches. I think of coffee and a cigarette.
With amazing fluidity, the bus turns off the motorway, enters the service
area and parks. I start for the toilet still preoccupied with my serenity.
To me this is what experiencing a foreign culture is all about. I have
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- I think I may have been wearing too many clothes to truly feel what those
girls felt, but I have to say that it was a little difficult to get me
to leave the stage! I felt sexy, fun, free, feminine and in control
– but there was no way I could truly empathise with the girls – for me,
there was no money involved. I felt a sense of freedom from self-expression,
but for the girls that work there, they are completely at the mercy of
the bar owner and there’s no freedom. Since I came to Ulsan, Korea to teach
six months ago, my beliefs have become considerable stronger. I’m quite
an “independent woman” and my belief in equality is very strong. My sense
so far from South Korea, is that this belief is not shared by the majority.
What I have witnessed here, is a society where, what everything looks like
on the surface is the main concern. |
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- Richard S. Ehrlich is from San Francisco, California, and first journeyed
to Asia in 1972. Ehrlich writes, "At night, Islanders tie undried squids
to indoor racks. Down by the seashore, fishermen's trash buckets are filled
with discarded squids' eyes, but the rest of the slippery animals are carefully
gutted. They have turned isolated, middle-of-nowhere Ullungdo into a boomtown
with tentacles. The island offers moody, inspiring, rocky hills and a seemingly
hostile coastline." People on this island dangle squids from clotheslines,
right next to their laundry's shirts, pants and underwear, as if the small
sea creatures are a hip new fashion accessory.
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- Compared to other destinations around the world, South Korea has been
overlooked as a destination for those looking for alternatives to life
in North America. Most expatriates know about Japan, Thailand, and the
Philippines—but few have made an effort to settle in South Korea. The reason
may be because South Korea requires more effort than other places. Culturally,
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people who are thinking of moving abroad. Additionally, the climate includes
snow—which is a turnoff to some. As an example of how tough it is to settle
in South Korea, consider that even the metropolis of Seoul only has a minute
Chinatown. Koreans love their country and have traditionally frowned upon
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voluntary contributions to UNESCO's budget, and by sponsoring UNESCO Prizes.
The Commission also actively participates in UNESCO's policy-making process
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the high stone walls. This is not an image of Europe that we are describing,
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