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legalquestions
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 Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:56 pm Post subject: Any old timers remember the first internet cafe in Seoul? |
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I came here (Seoul) in late 1996. There was an internet cafe (first in Korea?) located in an alleyway near Kyobo bookstore in the Chongno
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Many teachers hung out there, and I opened my first e-mail account there and learned about surfing the internet.
The owner was a guy named Chris, as I recall. |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:54 pm Post subject: Re: Any old timers remember the first internet cafe in Seoul |
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It was still there last time I looked, but under new management and not nearly as cool as before.
I miss the New Year's and Halloween parties they put on every year. I don't miss getting shot down by Chris' sister on a regular basis, though.
I lived way out in the boondocks of Gyeonggi in '96, so that place was my only link to civilization...moved to Seoul in '97 and the The Gang at the net cafe then was the coolest bunch EVAR~~! Summer of '97, Summer of Love, baby. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Wasn't it called Cyberia, or was that another internet cafe? |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Hollywoodaction wrote: |
| Wasn't it called Cyberia, or was that another internet cafe? |
Cyberia was in Itaewon near the back alley.
The Kyobo place was simply "Net Cafe" |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:10 pm Post subject: Re: Any old timers remember the first internet cafe in Seoul |
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| legalquestions wrote: |
| I came here (Seoul) in late 1996. There was an internet cafe (first in Korea?) located in an alleyway near Kyobo bookstore in the Chongno area. |
Because we're cool, and we're always first.
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| Many teachers hung out there, and I opened my first e-mail account there and learned about surfing the internet. |
And this is why, for years, whenever some ESLers I knew were yapping on about "Dave's ESL Cafe" I thought they were talking about some goddamn PC bang in downtown Seoul. |
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legalquestions
Joined: 25 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, it was a pretty cool place, and, yes, his sister was hot. Last time I saw her ('98-'99?) she was moving to someplace on the west coast of the USA.
The ESL community here seemed much smaller and tighter back then. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I remember one of the first Internet cafes in Shinchon in 1997. The price was 1,000 won per 10 minutes, but the connection was so much faster than dial-up. It's no longer there but I remember hitting that place frequently. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| legalquestions wrote: |
| and, yes, his sister was hot. Last time I saw her ('98-'99?) she was moving to someplace on the west coast of the USA. |
She was opening her own hair stylist place in San Fran, I believe. I miss her slammin'-ness.
Chris is still around, though, in between trips to wherever. |
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gypsyfish
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:26 am Post subject: |
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I spent many happy hours in La Puta in Kangnam.
I went there for a month before I found out that La Puta was a Japanese animation. |
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Paul_Zerzan
Joined: 26 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:34 am Post subject: |
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| Yaya wrote: |
| I remember one of the first Internet cafes in Shinchon in 1997. The price was 1,000 won per 10 minutes, but the connection was so much faster than dial-up. It's no longer there but I remember hitting that place frequently. |
I remember you too, Yaya. But you seem so much nicer now. What ever happened? |
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karma police
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
Location: all roads lead to where you are...
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:57 am Post subject: |
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| OP wrote: |
| Any old timers remember the first internet cafe in Seoul? |
...just like it was yesterday...  |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Paul_Zerzan wrote: |
| Yaya wrote: |
| I remember one of the first Internet cafes in Shinchon in 1997. The price was 1,000 won per 10 minutes, but the connection was so much faster than dial-up. It's no longer there but I remember hitting that place frequently. |
I remember you too, Yaya. But you seem so much nicer now. What ever happened? |
I don't remember you, but then again, this board has gotten better, with many of the burger flippers no longer here. Perhaps one has come back, maybe you? |
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IncognitoHFX
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| You guys ain't dead yet? |
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Paul_Zerzan
Joined: 26 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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Paul_Zerzan wrote:
Yaya wrote:
I remember one of the first Internet cafes in Shinchon in 1997. The price was 1,000 won per 10 minutes, but the connection was so much faster than dial-up. It's no longer there but I remember hitting that place frequently.
I remember you too, Yaya. But you seem so much nicer now. What ever happened?
I don't remember you, but then again, this board has gotten better, with many of the burger flippers no longer here. Perhaps one has come back, maybe you? |
Just spinning my wheels where I've always been, you God of Industry |
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