Korea’s culture Wave: Introducing Hallyu
The 101 on parts of Korea’s culture wave~
KCC Event: Monthly K-Film Screening
Anyone in Ottawa craving for Korean movies on a big screen? 💻 The Korean Cultural Centre (KCC) invites you to its monthly K-Film screening! It is open to the public, but you do need to RSVP. The link to RSVP for each screening comes in KCC’s monthly newsletter, which you […]
Mais pourquoi t’apprends le coréen?
On me pose souvent la question… Voici la réponse.
Introducing Myself~
Hello all, it’s a pleasure to be making your acquaintance! My name is Abigail, a born and bred Canadian from the East Coast. (I’m the girl in the middle of the cover photo~). I’m the eldest of three siblings, the only daughter, and the offspring of a Canadian […]
An Introduction
Hey everyone! My name is Emma - a.k.a. “emmamcorso” - and I’m so excited to be a part of the Korea-Canada Blog team this year! Before we delve into more complex topics, I figure we should start the year off right…with a post about me. So, without further […]
Introducing Myself : 자기소개
안녕하세요,everyone! My name is Jayden Hwang (Blogger ID: soulofseoulmate ). This is my very first posting ever on […]
Teacher Talk #1- Meet The Teacher
Welcome to the first edition of Teacher Talk- a new series on the Korea-Canada Blog where you’ll receive an inside scoop on teaching English in Korea, and everything that comes along with it. Expect a collection of stories and photographs, teaching and travel tips, as well […]
Blogging plan for 2017: introducing myself
Are you interested in the Korean language? Are you planning to join a language school in Korea? Do you wonder about the daily life out there? Are you looking for travel related stories or tips? Well, this is exactly what I will be blogging about this year :) My name is […]
Mingki, My Lovely Unique Name!
“What’s your name?” “My name is Mingki.” “What? Say again?” “My name is MING-KI.” “What??????” This conversation happens every time people hear my name especially back in my country South Korea. Yes, my name is Mingki Choi, and I am originally from South Korea. There are two […]
Introducing Myself: Korean-Canadian Blogger “chunjiwon”💕
Happy New Year! My name is Jiwon, and “chunjiwon” is my Blogger ID on the Korea-Canada Blog. I have been writing for the Blog for two years now, and I am pleased to be able to continue contributing to the Blog. I realized I never formally introduced myself in […]
Recruiting New Bloggers for 2017!
The Korean Cultural Centre is recruiting the 2017 cohort of contributing bloggers for the ‘Korea-Canada Blog’. Launched in 2013, the ‘Korea-Canada Blog’ is an online hub for special storytellers who want to share their experiences of Korea, discover unknown stories of Korea-Canada relations, and tell its readers how […]
Korean film Master opens in U.S. and Canada Friday, January 6.
Master (마스터) is a new Korean film that’s tearing up the box office in its home country. More than 5 million people have seen it since its release on Dec. 21, 2016. It will be shown in many cities in the U.S. and Canada (including my own city, […]
Gong Yoo and other Goblin cast members say “Merry Christmas!’
Have you been watching the Korean drama Goblin? It’s also known as Goblin: The Lonely and Great God or Guardian: The Lonely and Great God. In hangul it’s: 쓸쓸하고 찬란하神-도깨비. I wanted to share this holiday photo with you now, since I’m already a little late with it. […]
[WebComics] Turn Toward Busan, Rememberance Day
Turn Toward Busan by Cho, Geum-san MPVA (Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs in Republic of Korea) Present MPVA ⓒ all reserved, and Copyleft Allowed. * Source: mpva.tistory.com/4149 Everyone has heroes inside of their hearts. 영웅은 우리 모두 안에 있다. People can give some, 모두가 조금씩 내줄 순 […]
A friendly match between Korea and Canada
There was a friendly soccer/football match between Korea and Canada today (Nov. 11/ 20:00pm KST/4am MST/6am EST). The republic of Korea national soccer team, led by Uli Stielike, faced off Canada’s national soccer team led by Michael Findlay at Cheonan Stadium, South Korea. Korea won 2:0 with two goals in […]
Korean Beauty Trend: 3D Eyebrow Tattoo
From BB Creams to Lip Tints, South Korea is undoubtedly the leading trend setter when it comes to beauty. What was once the rage in Korea often doesn’t trickle to the North American market until years later. Such is the case with a recent beauty craze known as […]
[KC101] The Ballad of Kickstarts - Together We Can Make Better Startup Nations
Daejeon ─ The number of startups is showing how much a country’s economy is dynamic. From the beginning of 21st century, millions of idea-based companies newly born and gone at Silicon Valley. Venture capitalist and angel investors supported those business models. During last decade, the world had faced […]
In Light of Celebrating International Day of the Girl…
Yesterday (October 11th 2016) marked the fifth year of the UN’s International Day of the Girl. To celebrate, South Korea joined other countries and collectively pledged almost $600 million in girls’ education. Canada not only renewed its commitment to promoting gender equality and rights, but the wife of Canada’s […]
Let’s Celebrate National Hangul Day (Oct 9) : Korean Character (한글) Is Beautiful to Be Pop Culture
Daejeon ─ As a heavy international traveller, one of my hobbies is collecting my name written in exotic language as a souvenir. Alphabet is not exotic anymore for me, but Japanese, simplified Chinese, Cambodian, Taglog, Arabic and Hebrew are. In the same reason, Hangul is exotic character for […]
“7 year invasion 1592”: Docudrama you may never met before
KBS 한중합작 팩츄얼 드라마 <임진왜란 1592 (7 year invasion 1592)> / CCTV 中韓合拍纪录片 <万历朝鮮戰爭> (Japan) Toyotomi Hideyoshi Regime (Korea) Chosen Dynasty (China) Ming Dynasty East Asia International war, Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598) If you are interested in medival East asian history, you must know about this invasion. […]
