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Encouraging signs in the lavatories of the Seoul Metro
If there is one thing that is truly amazing, it is how well maintained and clean the public lavatories in the Seoul Metro are. There is an inspiring dedication to service here that I do not think I...
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Seoul Metropolitan City offers to help citizens handle debt
This advertisement for a program run by the city of Seoul to help ordinary citizens deal with debt struck me a truly original. Take a look:
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Two different visions of Seoul
Seoul is torn between a vision of the city as large apartment buildings and the more conventional buildings of the last fifty years. Here is a stark contrast.
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Reducing nuclear power through conservation
This add on the bus suggests that with sufficient energy conservation the city of Seoul can reduce electric usage sufficiently to justify reducing the number of nuclear power plants by one. Reduce one...
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Seoul Metropolitan City on Food Waste
Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched several campaigns to raise awareness of the threat of climate change. Recently, the following sign has also appeared in the Seoul Metro. The caption reads “We...
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The Cat Choo Choo
I came across this cat, named “Choo Choo,” at a shop in Insa-dong yesterday. I was struck by the mystic look on his face, like a saint looking down on us sadly from the midst of this bacchanalia of...
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“Seoul as a Mecca for the Creative Class in the 21st Century” (September 14,...
10 Magazine Book Club Hosted by Barry Welsh Saturday, September 14th 2013 Speakers: Emanuel Pastreich professor at Kyunghee University and director of the Asia Institute & Ogan Gurel A director...
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Seoul Decadence
I have been extremely positive in my assessment of Seoul’s potential, But I do not want anyone to think I am blind to problems in this remarkable city. I am deeply disturbed by the inroads in Seoul of...
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Multicultural Day in Seoul and Help for Non-Korean Workers
I am more and more impressed with Seoul every day. There was an enormous “Multicultural Festival” in the plaza in front of Seoul City Hall dedicated to making Seoul a more open and tolerant place for...
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“Tale of Energy Farming” Seminar on November 27 sponsored by Seoul...
“Tale of Energy Farming” Seminar for citizens on November 27 sponsored by Seoul Metropolitan City as part of the ”Tale of an Energy Smart City” series at City Hall. This event features short...
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“The standard code for women in the Republic of Korea”
“The standard code for women in the Republic of Korea” This remarkable public advertisement has appeared recently in the Seoul Metro and sponsored by the City of Seoul. The graphic is a modified bar...
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The Open Closet in Seoul
The Open Closet is an NGO that has recently been set up in Seoul, with support from Seoul Metropolitan City to allow people to share clothing that they do not need every day. The focus starting out is...
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New commitment to equality in teaching at Seoul Metropolitan City ” Anyone at...
This very striking poster appeared today in the Seoul Metro affirming the importance of equality of opportunity in education and asserting the need for an approach to education that includes both fast...
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박원순 시장 하고 의 “書路”독서회에서 의 “메이드 인 서울”宣言
서울시 독서모임 “서로함께” 박원순 시장 이만열 소장 독서모임 임마누엘 페스트라이쉬 “메이드 인 서울 宣言” 2014년 2월 26일 이만열 (임마누엘 페스트라이쉬) “書路” 독서회에서 메이드 인 서울 宣言 2014년 2월 26일 다른 서울을 상상하자 1) 살아있는 박물관 모든 시민 그 작품의 일부 2) 동네의 수직농장 3) 태양광파넬 전기를...
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Musicals in Seoul
One fascinating aspect of Seoul culture is the vitality of the big stage musical. Seoulites are fascinated with musicals and see an attraction in them unlike most other cities. Many are imported from...
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Chinese signs at the Shilla Hotel
Perhaps one of the most remarkable changes in Seoul can be seen at the Shilla Hotel. A series of plaques have gone up around the gardens surrounding the Shilla hotel that explain its history in...
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“Help Wanted”
Here is a rather sad group of stickers adorning a wall that offer low-playing part time jobs to those in Seoul with no other options. They suggest to us a world that we know so very little about. We...
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창조적인한반도통일 (아시아인스티튜트 와 Foreign Policy in Focus) 7월 4일금요일오후 4:00-6:00 @ 시민청
창조적인한반도통일 “Unifying the Korean Peninsula as a Creative Act (영어세미나동시통역제공) 공개 7월 4일금요일오후 4:00-6:00 서울시청 시민청 지하2층 “워크샵룸“ Town House Meeting 타운하우스미팅 사회: 임마누엘페스트라이쉬 아시아인스티튜트소장...
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Quiet Green Revolution In Seoul
Perhaps some people have noticed the slow greening of Seoul over the last years. There are more plants everywhere and they are being taken care of more carefully than ever before. Whereas previously...
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Webtoon “Jungle High”
Seoul has become a major center for the production of webtoons over the last five years. These highly creative visual narratives express with particular vividness the experiences of young Koreans. The...
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