An indisputable mark of fame in the K-pop scene is when all the shops in Myeong-dong play a band’s music on repeat. One such band that recently catapulted to stardom is Busker Busker.
July 2012
Zack Cluley is an American teacher, writer and photographer based in Seoul. Hailing from a small town in Texas, he finds his subjects on the streets of the bustling city he currently calls home, and focuses on finding fresh perspectives from various points of view, revealing beyond what meets the eye. This month, Cluley tells Groove Korea about his passion for street photography, interest in shooting in black-and-white, and his favorite places to discover peculiar subjects.
For an artist, sometimes the creative process is inspired by curiosity, wonderment, awe of their subjects or surroundings. Other times it is fueled by reactions to love, life, pleasure, pain, culture or society.
This month, Groove Korea examines the journeys of two expat visual artists with very different approaches: one an optimist who finds inspiration in observing and embracing the world around him, the other a critic of society who practices no restraint in confronting the issues relevant to himself and his peers.
For an artist, sometimes the creative process is inspired by curiosity, wonderment, awe of their subjects or surroundings. Other times it is fueled by reactions to love, life, pleasure, pain, culture or society.
This month, Groove Korea examines the journeys of two expat visual artists with very different approaches: one an optimist who finds inspiration in observing and embracing the world around him, the other a critic of society who practices no restraint in confronting the issues relevant to himself and his peers.
Having debuted at the 15th Pusan International Film Festival (2010), Min Yong-geun presents a dramatic, heart-wrenching story between childhood sweethearts. Yong-geun takes the risk of using little-known actors to portray this tale. It pays off big time.
Hye-hwa (Yoo Da-in) and Han-soo (Yoo Yeon-seok) were high school sweethearts, deeply in love and thought they were destined to spend their lives together.
Heo Jong-ho makes his directorial debut with a dramatic action flick that pits one man against a supreme deadline, as he must find a donor for his failing liver. Tae Gun-ho (Jeong Jae-yeong) searches through his past to find a contributor. Along the way he must overcome his demons. Tae’s son died years prior and donated his organs to four people. He seeks out those recipients to ask if they will help him with his cause. He’s unsuccessful, as they are spread across the globe or are otherwise unable to donate.
He has 10 days to find a donor or he’s a dead man.
The best way to deal with the heat is to get wet. Here are some great water parks — and how to get discounts for them.
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Sea-la-la
You can get here easily by subway. This water park has water slides, a spa and a “jjimjilbang,” or public bath.
Location: Line 2, Mullae Station, exit 4
Beer, like all good things crafted by humankind, begins with people. Yes, you need good ingredients, but to make the selection of what and how to use those ingredients, you need good people. Hopefully you have people looking for something in particular, something special. They should be working at something that inspires them. They should seek out others with like passions and build something together. In this case, the five founders of 7brau are doing just that here in Korea.
Any night of the week, Jacoby’s Burger in Haebangchon will be packed. Jacoby’s is famous. People drive expensive sports cars from distant parts to try the tall, messy burgers. So we didn’t go there for our nine-restaurant burger-tasting mission. Instead, we tried lesser-known places in Itaewon, Gyeongnidan and Haebangchon. Our goal: to find the gems, and test the reputations of established places. Chris Holland – a Canadian home chef – and Read Urban and Paloma Julian – our regular food columnists – served as judges for the mission. We tried a cheeseburger at each restaurant, along with one of each of the restaurant’s specialties. We did discover a few gems, and a few less-than-gems.
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