Korean news: Filipino flight attendants smuggling dollars

by Betchay on February 11, 2012

A not-so-good news on Korea Times today:

A Filipino money broker and flight attendants of a Korean airline company were booked without detention by the police Friday for allegedly smuggling dollars out of the country.

Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said it booked 16 Filipinos, including a money broker and 12 female flight attendants, for carrying a total of $2.8 million out of the country in multiple occasions on behalf of foreign workers residing here.

Full story: Filipino flight attendants caught smuggling dollars

I pity those who sent money through the flight attendants. Maybe I’ll just ask a few friends here to start a business on money remittance to the Philippines. We’ll just have to find out how to do it legally ;p

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Korean Ad: Etiquette on the subway

by Betchay on February 10, 2012

I remembered an ad on the subway I saw just last year. While trying to look for it I saw a subway ad about etiquette on the subway. I believe this ad came out three years ago, in 2009. The pictures are pretty self-explanatory.

Do's and dont's on the subway

Do's and dont's on the subway

Did you just touch my butt?! / Rent a motel room!

Did you just touch my butt?! / Rent a motel room!

I don’t see the ad often anymore. Nowadays, what I most see is the ad about using headphones or earphones with MP3 players, cellphones, PMP and other gadgets. They also have an announcement now about not talking loudly on the subway when taking a call.

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Taking the airport limousine bus from Seoul <-> Incheon

February 7, 2012

I like taking the AREX or the airport express train to the airport from Seoul, just because it’s cheaper. However, I prefer the airport limousine bus after an exhausting trip and I just want to take a nap until the final destination. Since I live near Cheongnyangni, I take the 6002 bus which also passes [...]

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Korean Scholarship: MDP and MPP

February 6, 2012

Here’s another scholarship in Korea that you guys might be interested with. It’s for MDP or Master of Development Policy and MPP or Master of Public Policy. The scholarship is given by the Korean Government Scholarship Program for those interested in pursuing the said masteral programs. The school is KDI School of Public Policy and [...]

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Grace Lee and Jasmine Lee top Google search terms

February 6, 2012

Grace Lee, the Korean whom the Philippine president Noynoy Aquino admitted to be dating, topped the Google web search term in South Korea from January 26th to February 1st. Netizens here were obviously curious to find out more about the Korean woman who is the “apple of the eye” of the most powerful man in [...]

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A view of Bukhansan

February 5, 2012

I’ve only been to Bukhansan (Hangeul: 북한산 – the mountain north of Han River) only once. It was sometime in January of 2004 and I didn’t have a digital camera that time. The mountain was covered with snow and we hiked for about three hours. I remember sweating despite the winter cold, so I had [...]

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Pnoy and Grace Lee romance, for real?

February 3, 2012

February 14th or Valentine’s day is coming and one would wonder if the supposed romance of Philippine president Benigno Aquino III and Lee Kyung Hee or Grace Lee is for real? Or is Malacanang just using Grace Lee as a diversion? After all, this wouldn’t be the first time if ever that Pnoy and his [...]

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Pnoy and Grace Lee “dating” according to Korean news

February 3, 2012

The news about the date of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and Grace Lee first broke in Koren news on January 31st. In fairness, everything that has been reported is objective (unlike in one Chinese newspaper where they referred to the President as “balding”). There is just the constant mention of their 22-year age gap. [...]

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Scene in Seoul: -17 degrees celsius

February 2, 2012

We had a snowfall last Tuesday and I wanted to take pictures of the snow-capped mountain from where I’m sitting right now, but I couldn’t because the windows wouldn’t budge open. They are frozen shut! Wonder what’s the temperature in Seoul today? This morning, it was… With a real feel of -24 degrees celsius, according [...]

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Noynoy Aquino and Grace Lee, dating?

January 31, 2012

The news has reached Korea. In fact I read about it on Daum, a Korean news portal. Bloggers, twitters and journalists alike are talking about the supposed date of Philippine president Noynoy Aquino and radio DJ Grace Lee. They also mentioned that the two have a 22-year age gap. The president is 52 years old [...]

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