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Come for an answer. Stay for the small family stories around it.
Browse 34 field notes by mood or subject. The guides check the practical details; the family records keep their dates, their Korean originals and the little moments that made us write them down.
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All field notes
34 notes and counting. A new one appears when the research is solid or a family day feels worth keeping.
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Guide
Leaving Korea for a While: What Happens to Your Health Insurance
What Korean law does to National Health Insurance when a subscriber goes abroad: suspension of benefits, the limits of premium exemption, and where...
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Guide
Baduk: The Game Korea Wrote Into Law
Baduk in Korea from primary sources: the Go Promotion Act, Baduk Day, professional leagues, and Korean dictionary entries with board-game senses.
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Guide
Reading Korean Weather Forecasts, Warnings and Disaster Alerts
How Korea's weather warning system works: KMA's exact rainfall and feels-like heat thresholds, the three classes of emergency disaster texts, and w...
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Family record
Inside a Korean Department-Store Baby Class
Our first Korean department-store baby class: funny photographs, a happily busy baby and the practical details that made the outing work.
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Family record
Singapore Rain with a Six-Month-Old
Rain, two naps and one flexible day in Singapore with a six-month-old: the family itinerary that improved when most of the plan disappeared.
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Family record
The Baby Passport Photo I Would Not Repeat
A home passport-photo shortcut looked wonderfully practical in 2024. Current Korean rules are exactly why I would not repeat it.
