The Parade in Seoul The cutest float: Thomas, the Buddhist Tank Engine outside Bulguksa Temple... huh? a kid playing ssireum with his mom in...

I showed Fatman Seoul and a few others' a nice little Ddeokbokki place Toppoki poktokpi place on Wednesday, and Fatman Seoul was kind en...

Not a bliss-out, but I'm happy with Bill Callahan right now. His song "Eid Ma Clack Shaw" (he dreams the answer to his questi...

Brian in Jeollanamdo's latest post calls bull on the education officials who claim foreign native teachers are not "ethically qual...

And here's a picture of a white guy photoshopped into a picture of Anapji pond. ( to get the inside joke )

On Ireport, where people can submit their own articles on CNN's webpage, Stephannie White, the mother of Mike White, the teen-aged boy m...

May day and the kickoff to the Hi Seoul Festival hit a snag when protestors stormed the stage. Yes, the lunatic fringe is at it again, but ...

First: the question. Does anyone here know of a good Korean language tutor who operates in the Dongdaemun-gu/Jongno area? I'm looking t...

I put out a request for Female K-bloggers over at Roboseyo a little while ago, and got a fantastic response. You see, it was with dismay th...

Since I'm apparently Brian in Jeollanamdo's main source for Kim Yu-na stuff , I'll give him what he's obviously looking for....

So, I was on the Seoul Podcast last month, and today, in their own separate "It's In the Bag" Mailbag section, co-hosts Jennif...

OK. Soundtrack: Love Love Love by Mountain Goats: this song always comes to my mind when it rains. So Sparkledown III started off by Anguk S...

Hey there. Today's the Buddha's Birthday Lantern Festival in Jonggak. If you live anywhere, ANYWHERE near Seoul, get your butt dow...

There's been so much bad writing this week about Korea and expats (mostly thanks to the Korea times) that I haven't had anything to ...

Hey there. It's short notice, but if you have any free time this Saturday afternoon, it being the weekend before Buddha's birthday, ...

I got an e-mail a little while ago about this video, and forgot about it until rechecking the Hub Of Sparkle e-mail account. This nine-minut...

Yay the internet. I don't think this is how Dad explained it to me back when I was a kid, but if the internet says this is how to make a...

In one of my Writing classes, I just gave a test, and one of the questions was "Identify the problem with this thesis statement" -...

All K-Pop reports: Kim Yuna, SNSD (Girls' Generation in English) have teamed up to cheer up Korea with...the Ha Ha Song. According to A...