Insights revealed: South Korean Music

June 2, 2011 in Culture, Music by Ko Duhyun

South Korean Music I don’t know any other people who love listening to music and singing a song like South Korean. South Korean is usually spending their leisure time in Noraebang, which literally means “Singing Room”. They sets great store by their singing skills. Having good singing skill gives them great opportunities and advantages in their social lives. Men and women of all ages in South Korea enjoy music every day. Nevertheless, unfortunately, South Koreans are listening to music originated from the western culture. As you might know, South Korea has experienced harsh time in 20th century. They underwent the [...]

Just let me cook.. rice bowl with butter garlic and beef

April 11, 2011 in Just let me Cook by Ko Duhyun

Cooking is a good means for international students to make friends easily. In Groningen, there are many students from other cultures. People always have curiosity about unique cuisines from other countries. If you live in an international student house, you should improve your cooking skill, because you will be faced with an international dinner while you live here. Your house mates might be open-minded to your burnt rice, but they want to eat delicious foods definitely. For cooking your own traditional foods, you have to do grocery shopping. Since in Groningen there are many big grocery stores which also have [...]

Why do Korean students choose to study in Netherlands?

March 31, 2011 in What's up by Ko Duhyun

In Hanze university. there are a lot of Korean students! “When the earthquake struck New Zealand, one of my Korean cousins was apprehensive about my safety and called me on Skype hurriedly. Isn’t it funny? At that time, I was in the Netherlands,” says Sungyi Yoon (22). She was an exchange student from Chung-ang University. Her cousin was confused and thought she was studying in New Zealand because the names of both countries have similar pronunciations in Korean. However, her cousin’s mistake mainly results from the fact that New Zealand is a popular country for Korean students who want to [...]

Cribs – Jeongwook Heo

March 23, 2011 in Cribs by Ben Schumacher

‘Till last year, I lived in international student house at Winschoterdiep. Since students could not stay in their room that Housing office offered more than one year, I had to move to other room. Unfortunately I had no much time due to a flight ticket to Korea. The day before going to the airport, I visited this house. I was satisfied with conditions and a location, a payment of it. So, I closed my rental contract.’ ‘The thing that I like most about this room is this split level structure (1). At the first time, I put my bed upstairs [...]