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DMZ & North Korea

Of course one of the main “tourist attractions” of South Korea is the tour of the DMZ or border area demilitarised zone. But just make sure you get the right tour when you book! I was looking forward to checking out the room you see on TV programmes, with the soldiers facing each other and…

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What it’s all about & Coffee Shop Phonics

I went for a look round Seoul again today (I’m here till Wednesday as it’s a Japanese holiday so there are no flights back!). Yesterday I had a quick look at the Itaewon area, which I wasn’t very impressed with, but today was Insadong which is a really nice place! First off was the Korean…

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Genki English Debuts in Korea!

So here it is, over 90 countries visiting the website and now 3 Asian countries I’ve actually done presentations in. Today’s mini-conference was organised by KOTESOL, a group for teachers and teacher trainers in Korea and there are more PhDs here than I’ve seen in ages! The plenary session was quite good with Dr Park…

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Off to Korea!!!

Since I first came to Japan I’ve always fancied coming to Korea and in 6 years never got round to it. But as I’ve been very kindly asked to do a presentation here on Saturday it’s a great chance to finally come here! Mind you I think I need to learn Korean pretty quick. When…

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