traditional Korean houses are now being preserved as cultural treasures, and you can stay in them, too
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Korea’s traditional Haenyeo female freedivers pass into history: see them while you can
Traditional Korean haenyeo female divers are quickly becoming a thing of the past; see them now, while you can.
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis product review: a Korean world class GPS unit, the AVOL HN90R8
Here’s a GPS device that will make traveling by auto in Korea a lot more easy for English-speaking travelers
Read the rest of this entry »The worlds’ wackiest torture museum, in Seoul South Korea
Wacky Seodaemun Prison History Hall in Seoul, South Korea takes the blue ribbon has being the craziest torture museum in the world, a tribute to both its exhibits and its patrons. The truth is sobering. This prison, opened in 1908, was eventually used as a torture and execution venue by both the Japanese and by […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis book review: ‘The Bridge at No Gun Ri’ massacre in Korea
As it becomes increasingly apparent during the reading of the book, the miracle of the book The Bridge at No Gun Ri: a Hidden Nightmare from the Korean War (2001, ISBN 0-8050-6658-6) is that it got published at all. Authors Charles J. Hanley, Sang-Hun Choe, and Martha Mendoza won a Pulitzer Prize for their investigative […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis book review: Thailand (Siam) as it was in 1926
To scholars and historians, a romp through Thailand’s used bookstores is always fascinating, revealing a plethora of material not available in stores carrying new books. But there are treasures to be found in used bookstores in other countries as well, consisting of older books carried home by travelers, and sold to used stores by those […]
Read the rest of this entry »Bachelor in Bangkok: Khun Lee on how not and why not to overpay Thai women
You can go broke really fast by paying too much for dating Thai women
Read the rest of this entry »Ao Dai Festival of Vietnamese fashion to be held in San Jose, California in September, 2012
San Jose, California, is essentially the largest Vietnamese city outside of Vietnam, with an estimated 100,000 residents of Vietnamese ethnicity. Each year, San Jose hosts the Ao Dai Festival, celebrating the garment that is the paragon of traditional Vietnamese feminine fashion, with a fascinating history, and from what has been evident in past festivals, an intriguing […]
Read the rest of this entry »A Short History of the Vietnamese Ao Dai, by Dan Do
WoWasis note: San Jose, California, is essentially the largest Vietnamese city outside of Vietnam, with an estimated 100,000 residents of Vietnamese ethnicity. Each year, San Jose hosts the Ao Dai Festival, celebrating the garment that is the paragon of traditional Vietnamese feminine fashion. San Jose’s Dan Do has written the following article on the history of […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis Book review: Susan Conway’s ‘Thai Textiles’
Here at WoWasis, we consider it a tribute to author Susan Conway that her book Thai Textiles (1992, ISBN 974-8225-798) continues to be a primary source on the subject some 20 years after its initial publishing date. This 192 page paperback retails for $140 USD on the internet, although used copies may be found for […]
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