One of the cool things I've mentioned on here before about living in Korea is people's dedication to jam a garden anywhere it'll fit. These ripening peppers come from a garden built on a half-meter strip of land between two construction fences next to a vacant lot

#photography #nature#macroPhotography#silentSunday #naturePhotography #korea#southKorea

Another cool effect, especially for long bunches of flowers like this, is that they seems to fade in an out of reality in an interesting foggy way

#photography #nature#macroPhotography#silentSunday #naturePhotography #korea#southKorea #bloomscrolling

One of the things I found fun about shooting this way was what happens to flowers up close. You can clearly see the tops of the stamen, but then it blurs further back, only to clear up again as the petals come forward

#photography #nature#macroPhotography#silentSunday #naturePhotography #korea#southKorea #bloomscrolling

"Slice of Life"

Today I set myself a weird photography challenge: I have a 10mm macro ring that a attached to my f1.4 ~50mm equiv lens. I kept most of my shots right at that fastest aperture and tried to capture a really narrow depth of field up close.

Here are some grapes I tested with before I went out in the field near my home in Korea. They're... juicy 👀

#photography #nature#macroPhotography#silentSunday #naturePhotography #korea#southKorea

The wife of South Korea’s jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol and his former prime minister were indicted Friday as part of investigations into his administration and his attempt to overcome opposition by declaring martial law.

https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-han-kim-lee-904f15fbf1f368170b1c0b287d9bb447

#korea

“I look forward to your meeting with Chairman Kim Jong-un and construction of Trump Tower in North Korea and playing golf,” Lee said.

Beautiful trolling. 👏🏻

#korea #uspol

South Korea tells China it wants to normalise ties, upgrade economic relations.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/south-korea-tells-china-it-wants-normalise-ties-upgrade-economic-relations-2025-08-24/

#china #korea #geopolitics

Apobangpo.space is a Mastodon server for BTS ARMY and KPop Fans. All welcome! Share your favourite music, scream for your Idol(s), learn together. All fun and no drama. Bangtan Forever, ARMY forever. KPop Forever. (NOTE: You must be over 18 to join.)

https://apobangpo.space

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Apobangpo.space is a Mastodon server for BTS ARMY and KPop Fans. All welcome! Share your favourite music, scream for your Idol(s), learn together. All fun and no drama. Bangtan Forever, ARMY forever. KPop Forever. (NOTE: You must be over 18 to join.)

https://apobangpo.space

You can find out more at https://apobangpo.space/about or contact the admin @pixelcats

cc @kpop

#FeaturedServer#KPop#BTS#Korea#Korean#Pop#Music#Mastodon #Fediverse#FreeFediverse

Occupied Korea's brain drain worsens as top scientists flee abroad. Weak infrastructure and stagnant funding drive the brightest minds to foreign universities, threatening the country's scientific edge.

https://www.chosun.com/english/national-en/2025/08/12/3YA4GYNXEVHIJMCFPZC7GQE5FI/

#korea #science

South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon-hee has been arrested on charges of involvement in a stock manipulation scheme, election meddling and bribery, making her and her husband, former president Yoon Suk-yeol, the first former presidential couple to be detained simultaneously.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz71rp7yn05o

#korea #worldnews

Trump says 25% tariffs coming for Japan and South Korea as trade war escalates again.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/07/trump-tariff-trade-japan-south-korea/84486135007/

#usa #japan #korea #tariffs #economics

DPRK has built over 80,700 housing units in 1,500 rural villages, promoting the effort as a key achievement of its “Rural Revolution” initiative.

Over 20,000 rural homes are currently under construction, including those slated for completion this year, and tens of thousands of farmers will soon move into new residences.

https://en.news1.kr/northkorea/5500860

#korea

South #Korea’s next labour minister will be first blue-collar worker to do the job; he was driving a train when he got the call

« Kim is expected to focus on issues such as industrial accidents, a 4.5-day work week and legislation that expands the scope of lawful labour disputes, acc. to the chief of staff to the president. »

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3315757/south-koreas-labour-ministry-gets-unexpected-new-driver-former-union-chief?utm_source=rss_feed

South #Korea’s next labour minister will be first blue-collar worker to do the job; he was driving a train when he got the call

« Kim is expected to focus on issues such as industrial accidents, a 4.5-day work week and legislation that expands the scope of lawful labour disputes, acc. to the chief of staff to the president. »

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3315757/south-koreas-labour-ministry-gets-unexpected-new-driver-former-union-chief?utm_source=rss_feed

"The king claimed Heaven had moved his heart to loathe the custom of women loving women. Perhaps these women were moved by a less lofty and more abiding power to be so constant in their loving intimacy with each other."

- Sossang and Danji: 15th century Korean maidservants in love (CW sexual violence and stalking, enslavement, violent lesbophobia. Additional warnings at link) https://ljwrites.blog/posts/sossang-danji/

#history#queerHistory#Korea #translation

As a protestor among millions in #Korea: Please don't use us to denigrate resistance in the U.S. and elsewhere. It smacks of respectability politics and victim-blaming. Resistance movement cultures in the U.S. are as lively and vital as anywhere else, but they're extensively ignored by corporate media and suppressed more violently by far less responsive and despotic governments. The contexts are entirely different and one-on-one comparisons are impossible.

Today's bookstore find is a gorgeously illustrated edition of #BangHallimJeon for younger readers. It's a #Joseon era novel about the loving #asexual marriage between a fiercely independent #queer woman and her heroic female husband, who in current terms could be one or more of #transmasc, crossdressing woman, stone butch, he/him #lesbian, etc. (Depending on how you understand the husband's gender, the subtitle on the cover may come across as misgendering.) I love the two mains and their relationship to bits, and it was a treat to find such a pretty edition for teen readers complete with study guide and commentary! #amReading#Korea #queerFiction