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A Salad With a Side of Sex Appeal in Korea

The all-male staff at Mies Container© cnngo.com It may be thousands of miles away, but for women wanting to turn the tables on the “delightfully tacky yet unrefined” Hooters chain, there is an answer to their prayers in Seoul. The general “theme” of Mies Container is a construction site, with the all-male wait staff dressing [...]

Photo of the Moment: Ascending the Temple Steps, Seoul

Great News: Elephants Now Trying To Brain Zoo Visitors With Gigantic Rocks

© TheWB The latest in our ongoing series variously titled “The Animals Are Taking Over,” “Look Out For Those Animals,” and “Have You Noticed How These Animals Seem To Be Plotting To Enslave Us?” This time it’s a 35 year old elephant named Taesani, an adorable pachyderm who has recently taken to throwing huge rocks [...]

Off the Deep End: The First Steps in Leaving Home

Understanding the fears, the anxiety and the excitement of leaving home for a life abroad.

Photo of the Moment: An Unfortunate Business, South Korea

© skootter01 Via the Flickr page: In Korea you can see some strange signs, and this is one of the funniest I’ve seen. This little shop is located along a little street full of furniture stores in Uijeongbu, near Seoul. My guess is that they just pulled something random off of an Internet search engine [...]