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https://www.koreatimes.co.kr:443/opinion/blogs/morningcalmtales/20251224/morning-calm-tales-a-christmas-story-in-korea-1990
[MORNING CALM TALES] A Christmas story in Korea 1990 - The Korea Times
Dec 23, 2025 - I arrived in Korea in 1990, just two weeks shy of Christmas. When my recruiter called in early October to offer me a teaching position at ELS (YBM...
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https://www.koreatimes.co.kr:443/opinion/blogs/morningcalmtales/20260125/morning-calm-tales-koreas-winter-cold-clings-different
[MORNING CALM TALES] Korea's winter cold clings different - The Korea Times
Jan 25, 2026 - My first winter in Seoul taught me the meaning of warmth — by taking it away. I had grown up with Midwest winters, and thought I knew cold, but thi...
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https://www.koreatimes.co.kr:443/opinion/blogs/morningcalmtales/20250830/morning-calm-tales-koreas-1990s-coffee-revolution
[MORNING CALM TALES] Korea's 1990s coffee revolution - The Korea Times
Aug 30, 2025 - Something was brewing in Korea. It was my first week in Seoul when a few students invited me to a new coffee shop called Jardin, just down the bloc...
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https://www.koreatimes.co.kr:443/opinion/blogs/morningcalmtales/20260324/morning-calm-tales-colorful-hues-of-springtime-in-korea
[MORNING CALM TALES] Colorful hues of springtime in Korea - The Korea Times
Mar 24, 2026 - My first spring in Korea, way back in 1991, began with a sky that looked wrong. The daylight had turned a dull yellow, as if someone had drawn a th...
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https://www.koreatimes.co.kr:443/opinion/blogs/morningcalmtales/20260213/morning-calm-tales-lunar-new-year-on-mount-seorak
[MORNING CALM TALES] Lunar New Year on Mount Seorak - The Korea Times
Feb 12, 2026 - Six weeks after I arrived in Korea, I fell madly in love — not with a person, but with the country itself. That winter 35 years ago, I decided on a...
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https://www.koreatimes.co.kr:443/opinion/blogs/morningcalmtales/20260404/morning-calm-tales-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb
[MORNING CALM TALES] How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb - The Korea Times
Apr 3, 2026 - In the spring of 1994, a crisis erupted when a North Korean official declared, during a meeting with his South Korean counterpart at Panmunjeom, “S...
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