Festivals and Event Ticketing, Things to Do »
In a small, relatively smart office space, a short walk up from Jungang Rotary is one of Jeju’s number one concert and musical ticket vendors. More than just the vendor though, Popcorn CEO Koh Chung Hoon (고 충훈) is the man who helps book the big shows for Jeju with past, notable coups, including The Last Empress (widely regarded as Korea’s first “original” musical) and a Korean musical version of Grease. Popcorn was founded around five years ago when Koh returned to Jeju from time abroad in Austria. On …
Interviews, Sport on Jeju, Things to Do »
The amateur league baseball season on Jeju has begun and the huge stadium behind the bus terminal in Jeju City is alive with the sounds of the game. However, it’s something you usually don’t hear much of – apart from a circulating rumour that some foreigners are participating on an undetermined day at an undetermined time. Jeju Life managed to track down one of those foreigners, Canadian Troy MacLellan, to find out more.
MacLellan’s history with Baseball
MacLellan‘s first encounters with the league came in October 2007 when …
Interviews, Things to Do, Visiting Jeju? »
Here I was in some unknown suburb of Reykjavik, Iceland, having an impromptu Playstation Singstar competition with my new Icelandic friends. Previously we had been out together at a birthday meal and I had bought my most expensive glass of wine ever ($40!). Fast forward a day later and I was skating across Reykjavik pond with an Austrian girl who had been building a large walk-in camera from old schematics in Vienna. Later still, I would have a guided tour of the city from a balding Icelandic man who …
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Fun Cafe Board Game Room
Story by Joseph L’Esperance | Photo: Jim Saunders
When I was told about the “board game bang,” you may be able to sympathize with what I imagined. A small, simple entrance, which revealed the small, dimly lit hallway leading to a similarly lit room. Only, instead of six television sets and two microphones on the wall, I imagined shelves and shelves of board games!
So, when I got off the elevator at the 5th floor above Mr Pizza in City Hall, I was met with the English words …
