Dear readers,
The five year anniversary of Ask a Korean! is drawing close. The Korean is preparing a big five year anniversary special, and needs your help here.
Please nominate your favorite AAK! posts. You can nominate them in the comment section here. The Korean will take the nominations until the next Sunday, September 25. Then there will be a poll on the blog to pick the Top 10 Posts of AAK!, to be revealed at the five-year anniversary. (Single posts only -- if you liked a series, like Korea-Japan relations series or Confucianism series, please nominate your favorite post within that series.)
As always, thank you all for reading!
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Why is StarCraft Popular in Korea?
ReplyDeleteYES!! - Why is Starcraft Popular in Korea!
ReplyDelete- a perfect combination of socioeconomic analysis, historical nuance, and geeky content!
Dog meat and fan death
ReplyDeletePosts on dog meat consumption.
ReplyDeleteDog: It's what's for dinner.
ReplyDeleteBest picture ever.
Best topic ever.
Best argument ever.
I like this one, and also this one, which is part of this series.
ReplyDeleteAs for the dog meat consumption post, anything to highlight the nut job that is Kevin Lahey.
Korean language - with the particles list at the end.
ReplyDeleteAnother Person's Room:
ReplyDeletehttp://askakorean.blogspot.com/2011/08/another-persons-room.html
Writing an article about socks is exquisite. Making a point with one is grand. Bravo!
The Best Way to Learn Foreign Language
ReplyDeleteBecause Starcraft is the national sport of Korea, mine would definitely have to be-
ReplyDeleteWhy is StarCraft Popular in Korea?
I think everyone (Koreans and foreigners in Korea) should read the 'Fan Death' post.
ReplyDeleteNorth Korean Riot in 1998
ReplyDeleteConfucianism and Korea Series Part II: What is Confucianism.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great post.
Whatever happened to the adoption series?
ReplyDeleteDog meat. So far it's the best example of what makes AAK great.
ReplyDeleteThere are many good ones, but my favorite are "The Korean's English Acquisition, and the Best Method to Master a Foreign Language, Guaranteed" and the "Confucianism and Korea" series (it's a campy read).
ReplyDeleteI vote for "FAN DEATH IS REAL" and "The Best Way to Learn Foreign Language"
ReplyDeleteConfucianism and Korea, the entire series.
ReplyDeleteI vote for:
ReplyDeleteThe Ultimate Korean Looks List – How to Pick Koreans from Other Asians Just by Looking at Them
My favorite would have to be
ReplyDeletehttp://askakorean.blogspot.com/2011/09/language-split-personalities.html
The question of how personality relates to language is interesting, but what I loved about it was your personal story of consciously shaping yourself after moving to the U.S.
How spot Koreans.
ReplyDeletehttp://askakorean.blogspot.com/2008/09/ultimate-korean-looks-list-how-to-pick.html
David F. -- it is in the works.
ReplyDeleteFor me, the most incisive post you ever wrote was "Why You Should Never Listen to Asian American 'Writers' of Angst." It made me cry and helped me to articulate my own feelings about Asian-American identity.
ReplyDeleteA close second is "The Korean's English Acquisition, and the Best Method to Master a Foreign Language, Guaranteed." That's just a ridiculous (but inspiring) journey.
FAN DEATH!
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ReplyDeleteThe Korean's English Acquisition, and the Best Method to Master a Foreign Language, Guaranteed
ReplyDeleteSome of my favorites are:
ReplyDeleteHow Dare You Call Me By My Name!
The Korean’s English Acquisition
FAN DEATH IS REAL
A Retrospective on Identity
Open Letter to Non-Asian People
Why don't you ask the question on FB? I'm sure a lot of people are connected.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite post:
Why is StarCraft Popular in Korea?
I'd have to say that the Korea-Japan Relation Saga, How Dare You Call Me By My Name!, and The Korean’s English Acquisition were some of my FAVORITE posts...but I'd have to say that my ULTIMATE favorite was(were) the Confucianism and Korea series..I don't want to sound overly dramatic or anything, but it really changed my life in a way...it just made things make more sense. As weird/sad/strange as it may sound, understanding that part about Korea helped me understand my parents..and the way they raised me..and way my dad was for most of my life. It's weird...but I thank you for that awesome series TK. I probably wld have never known about an integral part of my own culture (sadly) had I not stumbled across your blog..
ReplyDeleteSo many of them:
ReplyDelete- God Loves Tiger Mom
- How Dare You Call Me By My Name!
- Drunk Last Night, Drunk the Night Before...
- How to Hold Jesa
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my first read into this blog where it contains this line: before he is a Korean, he is a man - you know - that one
Many happy years to come!
Lesson in Cultural Gap through an Exercise of Translation
ReplyDeleteProtests in Korea
Still More about Korean Names!
definitely StarCraft.
ReplyDeleteNo further nominations, thank you all.
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