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		<title>Teaching Jobs in Korea: How to Find a Great Job Despite the Chaos</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to teach in Korea, you should know that jobs in Korea have begun to dry up over the last 2 or 3 years. While there are still good jobs available, you'll have to be strategic in how you go about getting the best ones. Here's the situation and 4 things you can do to better your chances. ]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines by Motorcycle &#8211; Rubber and Steel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Expat Evan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon, a slender guy with thick glasses and a phobia of adventure was waiting for me at the airport the next evening. Somehow, on one fateful evening in a pizza shop deep in the heart of Suwon, South Korea, I had convinced him to ignore his parents' warnings, and hop on the back of a motorcycle for the first time in his life to trek through the heart of the the Filipino jungle. Never under-estimate the power of coca-cola and cheese-stuffed crust. Simon now stood next to me, in a small mildew-stained, ground level, room staring out of a massive bay window waiting for the twin-prop airplane to be filled with luggage and gasoline. Our destination was Bohol, one of the more southern islands in what would turn out to be a formidable chain.]]></description>
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		<title>Gangnam Freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gangnam Freedom, a song put together by a group of foreigners in Korea, shows just how quickly a little harmless fun can sour Korean officials, and get you booted out of the country. ]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines by Motorcycle &#8211; Manila</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Expat Evan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some epic journeys start with a single step, others start with Manila. In the summer of 20010 I climbed on the back of a motorcycle and took a trip that would change my life forever. 14 days of rubber and steel through the tropical jungle.]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Way to Learn Korean</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Expat Evan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, when it comes to learning Korean, many people just don't know where to start. With so many options, and conflicting information out there, it can be hard to know which direction to go in. Luckily, a few of my friends have a bad habit of becoming intensely focused on a project, Korean being one of them. Through a lot of research and practical application they've found this to be the best way to learn Korean.]]></description>
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		<title>4 Western Style Malls in Seoul</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Expat Evan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People can be forgiven for assuming that Korea doesn't have western styled malls.

Spend any time in Seoul or the surrounding cities and it becomes very clear very quickly that commercial areas are not laid out the same way as in the West. Back home, people hop in their cars and drive from strip mall to strip mall to visit outlet shops which sell everything from plumbing supplies to diamonds. As urban centers become denser, these strip malls pack together into massive buildings holding every type of store imaginable - they become large, western styled malls. Korea, on the other hand, seems to be a mass of high-rise buildings no matter where you are. Forget driving around from strip mall to strip mall - walk outside of your apartment and you immediately see kimchi restaurants stacked 5 floors tall. Oddly, despite the density, shopping for...]]></description>
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		<title>Traveler&#8217;s Bar &amp; Grill: The Best Burger in Seoul</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Expat Evan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hungry. Fatigued. Desperate. Has a person ever died from lack of burger? I don&#8217;t know, but last weekend I must have come close. I was having one of those days where your stomach begins to turn inside out from an absence of food, and this was a hunger that I absolutely knew could only be satisfied in one way: burger. ...]]></description>
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		<title>White Day in Korea</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Expat Evan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy White Day, everyone! Korea has a tonne of holidays dedicated to love &#8211; one for each month! &#8211; and today is pretty much the most important one for guys. By important I mean high-stakes. If a guy doesn&#8217;t play his cards right, then well&#8230; Happy White Day! If you read my post on Valentine&#8217;s Day in Korea, then you&#8217;re pretty aware ...]]></description>
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		<title>Butterfinger Pancakes: the Most Authentic Western Breakfast in Korea</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Expat Evan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want the most complete western breakfast, there’s really only one place to go. I’m a huge fan of breakfast. When I was living at home back in Canada, on weekends I would wake up to the smell of French toast and bacon being cooked downstairs by my dad. When I finally managed to roll out of bed, there ...]]></description>
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		<title>Must Visit: Nami Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Expat Evan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least one country on the Korean peninsula has escaped the threat of war over the last 60 years.

This past weekend I made my way out to Gapyeong, a remote subway station far east of Seoul. Gapyeong station is pretty much in the middle of nowhere, it's a main portal of escape for the handful of youth unfortunate enough to find themselves stuck in Gapyeong City. As you might have guessed, aside from maybe a dozen restaurants and a handful of tourist shops, there's really nothing there.

Naminara

One of the best reasons to visit Gapyeong - likely the only reason to visit Gapyeong - is that the sleepy little village butts right up against one of Korea's main tourist attractions, the country of Naminara]]></description>
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