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BFIA heading to the 'Lantern Festival' in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, January 27-30
1 year 16 weeks ago

BUSAN - The BFIA and The National Orchestra of Busan will be participating from January 27 in the Lantern Festival, in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei. This festival is one of the biggest annual festivals in Kaohsiung. Many teams from around the world, as well as famous Taiwanese singers, will take part in the festival, which is best known for the splendid lanterns that can be seen floating down the city's Love River. Every year, Kaohsiung City invites the BFIA and requests the...

Dispatches: Trey in Taiwan (Updated)
1 year 17 weeks ago

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- I rummaged through my Khao-San-Road-Bangkok-style-fisherman-pants to scrape together all the Thai Bhat I could find. Soon, I would be on my way and it was time to trade them for Taiwan dollars. I carry with me everything that I own,  my guitar, a backpack and whats left of my Korean Hagwan fortune acquired after teaching a few years in the ROK.

It seemed like so much more when I left.  But that was fourteen weeks ago. Fourteen weeks of traveling...

Politics and Tear Gas: When Parliaments Get Punchy
1 year 24 weeks ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- When South Korea's conservative Hanara Party secured passage of a free trade agreement with the United States last week, anti FTA Democratic Labor Party representative, Kim Sun-dong, decided that enough was enough. He opened a tear gas canister directly in the face of Vice Speaker Chung Ui-hwa, as if Chung had just given carte blanche to the East India...

Helping a Neighbor in Need
2 years 9 weeks ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- Though the two countries have a troubled past and a relationship strained with historical animosity, South Korea, a former Japanese colony, is stepping up to help their closest neighbor, Japan, following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck the country last Friday.

The Korean government announced in Seoul over the weekend that it would dedicate a portion of its natural gas imports to Japan from now until April to help address growing energy...

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