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  • Sinawi

    29 juin 2012

    The sinawi (시나위) is a collective improvization which finds its roots in the music of the Korean chamanes. To there confined in a ritual role, from the XIXth century the sinawi is performed by professional musicians. It is played during the holidays and...

  • Weekend to Seorak : A time between sky and sea.

    08 avril 2012

    The office in charge of exchanges students suggested leaving discover the time of a weekend, two very known cultural sites in Korea and of a great beauty. I decided to take the opportunity to leave the region of Seoul to discover wilder and more natural...

  • First step : Stopover in Beijing

    05 mars 2012

    Before joining Korea I first had to make stopover in Beijing during 20 hours. I understood that 20 hours was a very long time. So I took an hotel room directly into the airport (you pay on a per hour) to be able to take a shower, get some rest and be...

  • The North Korean threat

    11 juin 2012

    For South Korea, the military threat in case of conflict in the peninsula is immediate and present in all the minds. Situated less than fifty kilometers of the demilitarized zone, the region of Seoul, which includes more than 11 million inhabitants, could...

  • South Korea : The cult of the appearance

    11 juin 2012

    In South Korea, the image which we show around itself represents certain status within the society. For lack of being, seeming healthy (physical and financial) is essential whether it is for the relations in the family, with the friends or in a professional...

  • Arrived at the university

    27 mars 2012

    First of all, the campus. A real change with regard to what I was used to see during my schooling. From the arrival I feel a kind of "American-style" atmosphere with playing fields, thousands of students, the famous "jackets" in the name of the school,...

  • Map

    27 octobre 2011

  • Welcome

    08 septembre 2011

    Hello to all and welcome on my blog. Here I'm going to share this fabulous experience that is ERASMUS abroad. If you wish to know more about my adventure, my impressions and my observations, hold on, you are in the good place! Thomas Paumier, 20 years,...