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		<title>World Famous In Koreatown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The final post from Joel McConvey&#8217;s Korea blog, on his return to Toronto, CanadaWinter. I march down the slush-slick sidewalk, at constant risk of wipeout as my neck cranes sideways to ogle the enticing photos of Korean dishes taped up in all the shopfront windows: ddeok bokki, dalk galbi, bibim bap, bulgogi… I linger on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tangerine Dreams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A local saying lists three things Jeju is famous for: wind, stone and women. The island certainly has all three in abundance — the wind, in particular, is strong enough to tear off your scalp. In truth, though, the thing Jeju is most known for in Korea is tangerines (also known as Mandarin oranges). Winter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Beard or not to Beard?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my Korean students&#8217; favourite pastimes is pulling on my beard. These days, I can’t blame them — circumstances having forced me into (temporary) bachelordom for the first time in years, I’ve made it a project to accumulate as much hair on my face as possible, and even I will admit that the resulting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/12/06/to-beard-or-not-to-beard/</link>
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		<title>This Is Not Just A Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Exam testing informs every aspect of life in South Korea, and it doesn&#8217;t stop even after you&#8217;ve finished university Last Thursday was test day in South Korea. Traffic stopped. Airplane schedules were altered. The military was told to shut up. The best rice cakes in the land were distributed, consumed, and most likely thrown up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Land of Many Lands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel visits South Korea&#8217;s most disturbing children&#8217;s theme parks in Jeju-do JEJU-DO, SOUTH KOREA&#8212;Tourists first started coming to Jeju for the natural scenery, the beaches, and the fields of bright yellow canola and violet azalea lining the craters of Halla-san. But its development into a “resort island” has brought a host of other attractions: gardens, [...]]]></description>
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