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Seoul Selection -
Korean cultural stuff in English. Buy it on line or
visit their little bookstore across Gyung Bok Goong Palace main entrance. |
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Korean
Currency Trend - Korean Won vs. the US Dollar over 2
year period. |
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Korean Stock Market Price Trend - Shows the 5 year
trend of the Korean KOSPI stock market index. And
here is the Japanese stock market for the last 18 years. It
sure looks bad. |
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Japan
Website Translation - This site automatically
translates Japanese text into Korean text. If you can read Korean
now you can read Japanese websites. Well most of it. |
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Asian
Holidays - Dates of holidays in Asia. |
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Megabox -
Shows all the movies playing now at the biggest theater
complex in Seoul. This
link shows movies to
come. |
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Ticket Link
- Here you can get ticket availability to plays and concerts
with even seating charts. In Korean only however. |
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Dave's Cafe
- Discussion forum for English speaking people teaching or
planning to come to teach in Korea. Sometimes good advise. |
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Lonely Planet - Some information about Korea.
Excellent place to get information about just about any place on earth.
Great guidebooks for anyplace on earth to be bought on line or at some book stores. |
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Visit Seoul -
Information about Seoul in English. Produced by city
of Seoul with tourists in mind. |
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Metro Seoul -
Produced by city of Seoul with business people in mind. |
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Seoul Now -
Produced by city of Seoul with foreign press in mind. |
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KNTO -
Produced by Korean Government's Tourism Bureau for
tourists. |
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Korea.net - Produced
by Korean Government for Korean Culture promotion. |
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Korea Times -
This one of few English papers. Not that good but
its all we've got. Korea
Herald is almost same.
Joong Ang Ilbo and Chosun Ilbo
are also options. |
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Satellite Weather Images - Satellite Image shows typhoons that may be on their
way to Korea. Even a bigger area coverage image can be seen on
this
link.
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Here
is where you can get their expected path of travel. Choose the
"graphic" link of the typhoon you want to see. This seems
to show the most up-to-date info (twice a day). You can also see a
detailed IR photo of the typhoon by clicking on "VIS Satellite Imagery"
link. |
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Here is
where you can get the names of the typhoons (in the "North West
Pacific" region) for this season and their wind strength in MPH (miles per hour).
1 MPH = 1.6 Kilometers Per Hour. Also updated 2 times a day.
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Health Information -
Get information on types of illnesses and how to avoid
them or treat them. Another good place is
Yahoo Health. Lots of good
information there. And of course Dr. Dean's
website cannot
be left out. |
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MarketWatch.com - Good place to check on the most
current news that effects business
in the USA. |
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Home
Price Check - This site allows you to enter location
info and get prices of home sold in the area in last 15 years in the USA.
Registering as member gives you more info. |
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Encarta Online - Good On Line Dictionary, Maps,
Encyclopedia from Microsoft. |
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CNET -
Good place to get info/review/pricing on electronic gadgets like
computers and digital cameras.
PC Magazine is
also another good website. Especially interesting is their
electronic magazine. You can download each issue into your
computer to read anytime offline. Nice. |