There are a couple of topics that I frequently find myself writing about on this ol' blog here. One is how the modern South Korean student is overstressed. The other is my acute fear of elderly Koreans. Today I stumbled across two news articles that overtly explain both of these things:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45255193/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/parents-pray-jets-grounded-korea-college-exam/#.TsNf2T3hfGc
and
http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2011/11/16/serial-smacker-hits-seouls-new-mayor/
Enjoy!
wow am i glad i got out of there. and my birth last name is Park. but i think that's like Smith or Jones over there?! HAH
ReplyDeleteYeah Park is extremely common here, something like 10% of the population. It does mean that you're a descendant of royalty though. So that's cool.
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