January 26th, 2013 at 1:28 pm » Comments (4)

January 21st, 2013 at 6:56 am » Comments (33)

The story below about a high rise brothel in Samseong-dong is currently the top story over at the Korea Times: Police said Sunday they had uncovered a suspected brothel operating in a nine-story building, and fronted by a hostess bar and hotel, in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul. Officers said they found more than 100 females working there as prostitutes. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said it arrested the 35-year-old bar owner, surnamed Jung, in its raid on Jan. 10 for hiring the women as “hostesses” since June 2010 and asking them
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January 19th, 2013 at 6:19 pm » Comments (10)

From the USFK Facebook page: The Eighth Army deputy commanding general for operations thanked the citizens of Seoul’s Gangnam District for their support of the Republic of Korea-United States Alliance. Maj. Gen. Walter M. Golden, Eighth Army deputy commanding general for Operations, was a guest speaker Jan. 8, at the annual Gangnam New Year’s Reception at COEX, the site of the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit and the 2010 G-20 Summit. Hosted by Gangnam District Mayor Dr. Shin Yeon-hee, the reception was attended by more than 1,500 residents of the affluent
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October 25th, 2012 at 1:53 pm » Comments (22)

September 27th, 2012 at 11:26 pm » Comments (25)

Here is an article in the Atlantic where the author explains what it is like to grow in the Gangnam District of Seoul: I grew up in Gangnam, the affluent Seoul neighborhood featured in South Korean rapper Psy’s video(which has over 253 million hits as of this posting, more than the population of Indonesia. It has also entered the Guinness Book of World Records for most-liked YouTube video). In the late 1980s and early 1990s, I witnessed Seoul’s transformation from a grim, dangerously crowded place where all designer garments were counterfeit into a
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September 17th, 2012 at 7:56 am » Comments (31)

Via a reader tip comes news that PSY’s hit song, “Gangnam Style” is causing a surge in tourism interest in Seoul’s wealthy district of Gangnam: But while lots of fans are aware Psy is singing about a place, many are still wondering: Where exactly is Gangnam and what is its style? It’s a question that’s music to the ears of Korean tourism officials who are suddenly facing massive interest in Gangnam — a wealthy district of Seoul. “People want to know: What is there to see? What is there to
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March 3rd, 2012 at 1:00 pm » Comments (5)

Via the Joong Ang Ilbo.

July 2nd, 2009 at 1:27 am » Comments (1)

Just imagine what the headlines would be and what would happen if this club was filled with low quality foreign English teachers with Korean women?: The owner of a club in Seoul, which made the headlines Tuesday for its free-sex atmosphere, was booked, not for the business itself but for the violation of some construction rules, Wednesday. Gangnam Police Station said the owner expanded the restaurant without permission and provided pub-like services after identifying his business as restaurant, which are both illegal. Police and Gangnam ward office officials took the
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