Archive for the ‘Korean Brands’ Category

Have you ever wondered what the first Korean-made car was?
The Hyundai Pony was the first Korean-developed car in the world, built in 1975. Being also the first car to be exported out of Korea (to Ecuador in 1976), the Pony helped South Korea become the fifth largest producer and sixth largest exported of automobiles in [...]

I have a theory: the way someone parks their car is partial evidence in how they drive. As you can see in the photo above, if my theory is correct, this driver should not be on the road. They are probably a terror on the road.
Eunmi warned me that Koreans are crazy drivers. After driving [...]

We rented a Samsung SM5 from Avis car rental in Jeju Island. Since Samsung cars are available only in Korea, I was insistent on renting the SM5.  The other vehicle in the same price range was the Hyundai Sonata (by the way, the correct pronunciation is hee-yun-day (not hun-day ). The Samsung line-up includes the [...]


About Kimchi Soup

Kimchi Soup is a blog journal managed by a Korean-American-Jewish adoptee (this is not a joke). Its sole purpose is to document the adventures of the author's return to Korea and to update his family and friends.

The author of this blog journal was adopted form Korea at the age of 6. He was adopted and raised by a Jewish-American family (not a joke). The purpose of his extended return trip to Korea is to learn more about his birth-family history, learn the Korean language, and immerse himself in daily Korean life to fully experience true Korean culture.

Photostream

  • squeak: you have forgotten to mention how the ajuma, at the age of ~45, sprout a darth visor from their fore [...]
  • Winnie: Hey Kee, I'm a Korean American who is going to Korea this May with some Jewish friends. Would you [...]
  • july: i love all the seafood, even i only eat several typr but i like to try them all =) [...]
  • Daphne: our civil defence "trucks" (we call them Rhino, i believe) don't have water supplies as a fire hydra [...]
  • Daphne: Cool... I wish Singapore has got such fast speeds! but is that speed wireless or cabled? [...]