Korean Thanksgiving or “Chu-Seok” was this past weekend. It’s similar to our Easter in how the date is different each year, but the time off is almost always the same, two days. My first year here we were incredibly lucky, it was called the “golden… Read More »Korean Thanksgiving
About a month ago I noticed some changes around Boseong, the tennis courts by the gym were getting redone, the wall surrounding the sports complex was painted an ugly shade of blue, and roads around town were being repaved. At the same time, banners started… Read More »Psy Comes to Boseong
Waiting at the bus stop I sometimes feel as if I’m Jim Carey in the Truman Show; standing there waiting, the same people pass at the same moments everyday. How would I know if they were actors or not? So far the set has remained… Read More »Busing through Boseong: Life as an Observer in Rural Korea