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Best K-Blog?
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What's Your Favourite K-Blog?
Scribblings of the Metropolitician
4%
 4%  [ 1 ]
Korean Rum Diary
4%
 4%  [ 1 ]
Roboseyo
9%
 9%  [ 2 ]
Brian in Jeollanam-do
33%
 33%  [ 7 ]
Dokdo is Ours
9%
 9%  [ 2 ]
Other
38%
 38%  [ 8 ]
Total Votes : 21

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Daegudavid



Joined: 08 Jun 2009

PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:12 am    Post subject: Best K-Blog? Reply with quote

The best place for commentary on life in Korea is in the foreigner blogs... So...
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agoodmouse



Joined: 20 Dec 2007
Location: Anyang

PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://metropolitician.blogs.com/

http://koreanrumdiary.blogspot.com/

http://roboseyo.blogspot.com/

http://briandeutsch.blogspot.com/

http://dokdoisours.blogspot.com/
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Smee



Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do

PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

3) Gusts of Popular Feeling (http://populargusts.blogspot.com)

2) Korea Beat (http://www.koreabeat.com)

1) ROK Drop (http://www.rokdrop.com)
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Johnny_Bravo



Joined: 27 May 2009
Location: R.O.K.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Smee wrote:
3) Gusts of Popular Feeling (http://populargusts.blogspot.com)

2) Korea Beat (http://www.koreabeat.com)

1) ROK Drop (http://www.rokdrop.com)


in koreabeat.

the drunken Brit who told his middle schoolers that he wasn't married was because he didn't want to have kids like them, and that Dokdo was Japanese.

that was funny Laughing
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digsydinner



Joined: 24 May 2009

PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

not around anymore, but best k-blog of all time...

korealife.blogspot.com by shawn matthews (rip)
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gangwonbound



Joined: 27 Apr 2009

PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

digsydinner wrote:
not around anymore, but best k-blog of all time...

korealife.blogspot.com by shawn matthews (rip)


I'd say Lostseouls.com was pretty good. Now Ispyshanghai.com
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TwoFold



Joined: 31 Mar 2009

PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got a couple favorites.

EatYourKimchi: Love it. Very Happy
www.eatyourkimchi.com

Writing the Ship: Well written. Blog no longer deals with SK though Sad
http://www.alexpollack.com/

Seoul Blog: Another completed blog with some great travel pictures. This link is temperamental so it work some of the time. Confused
http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Seoul/blog-369974.html
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

KB and Marmot's are invaluable for news and information, but in terms of one person's reflections I have to go with Smee, who's always up on whatever's interesting whether I agree with him or not. (btw I'd post replies there but I can't figure out how to).
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Smee



Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do

PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the love, ybs. I've heard from many people that they can't comment on my site, but I don't really get that. It's the same as any other blogger site; you just have to get an ID (I don't allow anonymous comments). I walked people through it in April:

http://briandeutsch.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-sign-up-to-comment-on-my-site.html
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Daegudavid



Joined: 08 Jun 2009

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I feel like an idiot for forgetting KoreaBeat! Damn... That actually would have had my vote...
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ChinaBoy



Joined: 17 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Asking about the "Best" blog is like asking people what kind of torture they would prefer
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ducati



Joined: 02 Jun 2009

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ChinaBoy wrote:
Asking about the "Best" blog is like asking people what kind of torture they would prefer

+1
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ducati



Joined: 02 Jun 2009

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I do like Brian's site but I completely disagreed with his "10 myths about foreign teachers."
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jessie-b



Joined: 17 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hands-down funniest korea blogs: by the same person...
if you need a good laugh.


http://icecakee.blogspot.com/ (a long time ago when a tiger smoked a cigarette)

http://squidandthecity.blogspot.com/
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Tiberious aka Sparkles



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!

PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ducati wrote:
I do like Brian's site but I completely disagreed with his "10 myths about foreign teachers."


Smee lives in a happy world where we're all halo-crowned cherubs.
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