American Hustle? Canadian Wrestle! 1st Korean Canadian pioneer of Women’s wrestling: Gail Kim (김 계일) 1977/2/20 - , Toronto. ON. Current: TNA Impact Wrestling Notable career listing: WWE RAW & SMACKDOWN (WWE Women’s championship) TNA 1st Knockout division champion, and the longest defending champion Powell River, B.C. — […]
It has been quite some time since I posted on this blog. Aside from general business, the lack of inspiration for what to write about has also been a problem. After I attended the Toronto e-bloggers’ annual dinner, however, a good friend and fellow blogger on this site […]
On June 17th, 2015, the Republic of Korea women’s national football team made history by earning their spot in the Round of 16 in FIFA Women’s World Cup. This was their second appearance (first one being in 2003) and although they fought valiantly against France today (June 21st), […]
Hello everyone! I am one of the bloggers here and my name is Dasha Sanchez. Nice to meet you~^^ I’ve written a few blog posts here before, maybe you’ve seen them. I’m currently living in Seoul and I’m usually quite busy with work or studying Korean. I work […]
Hello, 안녕하세요, this is Jiwon. Today I am going to introduce to you a Korean dish called 돌솥비빔밥/Dolsot-Bibimbap with stories of my two non-Korean friends, Julie and Mayte, about their first experience trying 돌솥비빔밥/Dolsot-Bibimbap. I enjoy introducing Korean culture to my friends, and I have come to learn […]
Le 7 juin 2014 était l’occasion pour les Coréens de Montréal de se rassembler et pour les résidents de la grande région de Montréal d’en découvrir plus sur la fascinante Corée lors du Festival Couleurs de la Corée 2014 organisé par le Montreal Korean Langage and Culture Centre. De nombreuses activités […]
. The RCMP officers on the scene were just extremely courageous during the Wednesday’s shooting incident. This tragic shooting left 3 dead and 2 wounded RCMP officers who were our heroes during this incident. Endless respect for those fallen officers who risked their lives to save others. . Const. […]
One of the most expensive flights from Korea is the one to Brazil, which means those two countries are really far away from each other. Personally, I had never encountered Brazilian people and their culture until I came to Canada for my studies. And here I […]
The family that owns the Dreamy Camera Café sits happily in front of their home and café. A South Korean family from Yangpyung (located 40 miles from Seoul) have built a life-size vintage Rolleiflex twin lens camera café. The family consists of the husband who is an army aviation […]
Royal Ontario Museum (100 Queens Park, Toronto, M5S 2C6) is one of the biggest museums in North America which owns a collection of more than six million artifacts and forty galleries on world culture and natural history. Maintaining the close relations with University of Toronto, Royal Ontario […]
Today I have the pleasure of sharing with you a short interview I conducted with Carleton University professor Stephen L. Harris. Professor Harris specializes in finance and economics, and has taught public policy, international finance, and macroeconomics in Canada, the U.S., Singapore and Georgia, among others. Professor Harris […]
Korean spa, or commonly known as “Jjimjilbang” is a gender separagte large public bathhouse with showers, hot tubs, sauna, and massage tables. Not only these spa features but they include unisex areas such as snack bars, giant TV, […]
Korea and Canada are located on opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean. Despite the world biggest ocean between two countries, Korea and Canada have interacted with each other through various media: SNS, TV, newspaper etc. Then, what kind of images would have been constructed through […]
If you’re reading this blog, chances are you have some kind of interest in Korea and in Korean culture. Maybe you’ve visited the country once, or perhaps you’ve lived there for some time. Maybe you’ve made up your mind to start learning the language this year, or maybe […]
Korea and Canada are located on opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean. Despite the world biggest ocean between two countries, Korea and Canada have interacted with each other through various media: SNS, TV, newspaper etc. Then, what kind of images would have been constructed through such indirect interaction? How are the […]
I would like to personally apologize for the absence throughout the year, as I have been busy attending lectures on Korean history at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Throughout the course of last summer, I had the privilege of learning under UBC Professor Dr. Avram Agov, who […]
Les montréalaises ont de quoi se réjouir: plus besoin d’aller jusqu’à Séoul pour se procurer les BB creams dernier cri et une panoplie de soins qui n’ont rien à envier à l’empire de l’Oréal. Avec deux boutiques au centre-ville et un site web qui effectue la livraison des […]
It wasn’t far from the Inner Harbour but my memory for numbers is the pits; at the exact moment I reached for my iPhone to check Google Maps, a city bus drove by. Lo and behold, on the side of that bus there was an oversized advertisement for […]
It was the end of last summer, when I was walking around Quebec City with my then work colleague, Mitch. I had just met him a couple of days before, but we kind of got each other. He listened to me go on and on about being a […]
It is universally acknowledged that film and fashion are intrinsically linked. In fact, a fashion show is very much like a film with its unique characters, themes, set design, cinematography, etc. But unlike film, fashion shows get much less time and fewer scenes to tell the story. No […]
