Saturday, September 17, 2016

Seoul summerscapes: death, taxes, and budongsan

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I'd like to look back to a few urbanistic topics that animated this hot Summer in the city, but let me start with this most recent trip ...
Sunday, August 21, 2016

One last gold medal for Korea (the usual one)

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Korean broadcasters perfectly wrapped up their coverage of the Rio Olympics by masking the parade of world athletes with the portraits of n...
Wednesday, August 10, 2016

What's cooking, Korea?

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In a recent focus on the decline of home made banchan in Korea*, Korea Joongang Daily mentioned busy schedules, and the boom in HMR (Home ...
Monday, August 1, 2016

Welcome to Ulaanbaatar Village

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I just returned from my first trip to Mongolia (UB, Gorkhi-Terelj National Park, Khovsgol Nuur) with a deep love for the country, its peopl...
Monday, July 11, 2016

Japan votes Peacexit - if not Democracexit

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It only took a few hours for the British to understand that voting for the Brexit was not such a good idea. The Japanese people may need mo...
Friday, July 8, 2016

Gimme Shelter

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I was back to town right on time to attend the inauguration of the Young Architects Program exhibition at MMCA Seoul *... and to enjoy a bit...
Friday, May 27, 2016

"A shared responsibility to look directly in the eye of history", and a shared evasiveness

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History will remember the first time a POTUS and a Japanese PM stood together in Hiroshima more than the ir empty words. Hiroshima mo...