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Bart Schaneman

Dispatches from life in South Korea and the other places I go and people I meet along the way.

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A Warm Day in Seoul

It was a warm fall day in the downtown district near the Jongno subway station. The heat and humidity had eased somewhat, but it was sunny, and all the concrete and steel seemed to add another 10 degrees. I was at a coffee shop that adverti...

3 days ago
2

Good Foreigners

“‘Gah!’ Say ‘gah!’”

“Kah!”

“No, ‘gah!’”

“Kah!”

“No, ‘gah!’”

The teacher stood in front of a whiteboard with the Hangul letters ㄱ, ㅋ, and ㄲ written on it. She pointed up when she wanted us to pronounce the double letter ㄲ. Most of us we...

18 days ago
9

Still Learning

The face of a teacher saying “no that’s incorrect” in Korean.

We live in hell. RealFeel: 118F. Too hot to do anything outside.

So I’m staying in, studying Korean. Or at least I should be. Right now I’m taking a class twice a week with an...

a month ago
8
5

Retail Therapy

I finally get why they call it a dongle.

Real feel 113 F today. Tomorrow the forecast says 118. We’re through the monsoon season. No long stretches of rain to cool us down. A good time to stay in and enjoy the aircon.

We spent the weekend...

a month ago
6
2

How I Know We're Staying in Korea

The non-plussed face of a dog who has no idea he’s about to fly around the world.

Not long after I published yesterday’s piece, I was dive-bombed by another cicada. I had just sat down in my study to get back to work after taking Alfie for...

a month ago
8
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    Bart Schaneman lives in Seoul, where he works as a journalist. He’s also the author of the novel The Pot Job (Trident Press).

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