I don’t like America

This is what a Korean university student tells me the other week when I ask him a question during a midterm-speaking exam.
“What’s America like?”
“I don’t like America.”
Fair enough. Forget for the moment that he answered the question incorrectly, though. He should have answered, “America is big and crowded” or “America is expensive and dangerous”—something along [...]

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New Concourse at Incheon Airport: Foreign Airlines Only

When I heard that foreign airlines will be using a new concourse at Incheon International Airport, the first thing that came to mind was a line from a song by The Offspring – “you have to keep them separated.”
According to the Korea Times, “those using foreign carriers at Incheon International Airport are advised to come [...]

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All that Glitters really is Gold: The Golden Buddha at Wat Traimit, Bangkok

This was originally written on June 2, 2005There are many magnificent Buddhist temples awaiting travelers in Bangkok, but of all of the Buddhist images, none are perhaps more impressive than that of the Golden Buddha.
Located in Wat Traimit at the end of Yaowarat Road near Bangkok’s Hualampong Railway Station—within walking distance of Chinatown—the Golden [...]

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