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Where did th ABACUS go?

The abacus is a calculating tool that is used mainly in asia for counting. It’s speed is probably more accurate than a calculator in that one can visualise the process that goes on. Probably traded between the romans and the chinese in the 2nd century BC….. Check this out…… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIiDomlEjJw what about this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srg2uxeM4F8&feature=related and [...]

Homes APART

I recently went to see a documentary by acclaimed producer Christine Cho called HOMES APART. Where North and South Korea attract many Westerners to the DMZ, this novelty has only come about through the loss and suffering of many lives. More importantly, the continued loss and suffering for many years since. The film is quoted [...]

Mosque NEAR ground zero

The issue of raising a mosque two blocks away from the site of grond zero has enraged some Americans as insulting the victims of the 9/11 attacks. From a architectural perspective as long as the the buildings are not visible from each other it serves to emhasis the idea of forgiveness and the American theory [...]

POJANG MACHA?!

Packaged Carriage?! its not a tourist attraction in Korea, I mean this is hardly an attraction for a world class city is it?! http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_6.jsp?cid=261132

http://www.ryuenishizawa.com/

Currently reading about the work of http://www.ryuenishizawa.com/ composition is beautiful. Image copywrite acknowledged.

Excellent resource for information on the Korean War.

http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/home.htm This web site includes information about the Korean War from the perspective of U.S. veterans who were involved in the war effort, as well as American families who lost loved ones in Korea. The most important things is that this website contain some amazing memoirs from the war with photographs. http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/memoirs/eberlin_charles/index.htm

Black Hair Documentary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p96aaTSdrAE&feature=related This is true, although the nails are dominated more by the Vietnamese and Black Hair care Industry was taken over by Koreans in the 1960′s. This is an excellent Documentary on the Korean take over of Black hair Industry, they are doing everything in their power to run out the last vestiges of Black-owned [...]

Reporter John Rich’s photos of the Korean War.

John Rich was a photographer for the International News Service as war broke out in Korea in 1950. Using a small camera given to him by Nikon to try out and Kodachrome colour film which was reletivly new technology, he took close to 1,000 photos of life in Korea using film from jJapan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aF_r_01ekY

GMC Starcraft and Korean celebrities?!!

Did anyone ever talk about the issue of environmentally friendly or safety when Korean celebrities started to get driven around in Korea in these massive people carriers? Many people ask why in Korea there are so many black & white cars. At any point in Apgujeong or Gangnam you will see a number of these [...]

why is seoul so addicted to coffee?

Coffee provides a platform for spatial discussion, more than anything a coffee shop provides the single most efficient location for people to interact and socialise. the informal nature of space and the ever present smell of coffee sets a location for many efficient interactions. the huge consumption around the world of this liquid knowledge has [...]