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• 16 SEOUL LOWERS AX ON ENGLISH TEACHERS Seoul City Council announced that the capital would scrap a program which placed native English speaking teachers in classrooms throughout the capital.
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LIAM’S ADOPTION STORY THE PLIGHT OF THE MOON BEAR
10 NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS YOU WON’T KEEP • Page 65 What’s this — the third year you’ve decided to quit smoking? the fourth? Time to stop disappointing yourself.
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DAN DEACON: BIGGEST ‘DON’T MISS’ OF 2012 SEOUL VIBES TALKS TO SHORT FICTION
• 56 KOREAN MUSICIAN INTERVIEW: ON THE SPOT “We want to convey a positive message and confident energy.”
NOODLE MADNESS! 5 CUSTOM RAMYEONS • Page 29 Turn your basic ramyeon into something spectacular.
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WHAT EVERY EXPAT ARTIST NEEDS TO KNOW Some established foreign artists in Korea share some of what they’ve learned over the years on surviving and thriving in Seoul
‘20s CHIC IN ITAEWON Berlin’ has become an unmistakable Itaewon landmark
• 32 RAMEN DONE RIGHT IN MYEONG-DONG
• 60 KOREAN DVD REVIEWS: BLIND, THE FRONT LINE Want to rent a Korean movie but don’t know where to start? Daniel Vorderstrasse sorts the duds from the gems — so you don’t have to.
• 34 COLD DAYS, HOT NOODLES
• 36 THE NOODLES OF ASIA
• 61 BOX OFFICE: Girl with Dragon Tattoo & We Bought a Zoo
• 62 20 (MOSTLY)-EXPAT ART EXHIBITIONS The most comprehensive guide on what the country’s expat artists are up to. Any of these exhibits would make a perfect weekend diversion.
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ROCK’EM SOCK’EM ROLLER DERBY Roller derby combines fierceness, femininity and punk rock aesthetic — and it’s arrived in the ROK ELEGANCE IN ELEPHANT KINGDOM: LAOS International: Flash Parker puts Laos back on backpacker itinerary
DIY PASTA TO RIVAL A RESTAURANT • Page 40 In Urbs & Spices, Read Urban gives us his mom’s Pasta alla Carbonara
• 80 SEOUL’S OFFBEAT MUSEUMS
• 84 GETTING TO KNOW KOREA’S MOUNTAINS
• 44 DIY FIDEULA, PAELLA’S LESSER-KNOWN COUSIN
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GROOVE KOREA January 2012
The Seoul Hiling Club celebrates its 13th year in operation this month. Get out and see some of the country’s most beautiful mountains.
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GROOVE KOREA January 2012