What: Spices, dried beans, basmati rice, canned curries, snacks, drinks, frozen veg and meats everything you’ll need to make Indian or Pakistani dishes at home.

Where: On the street next to the Busan Sasang Emart you will find a string of shops selling the same stuff. See the map.

If you spot something hard to find in Korea send us an email at info@theoneonefour.com and we’ll post it on The One One Four.

Daegu, Ulsan, and Daejeon are scheduled to get there own English radio stations by the end of the year. Seoul (TBS eFM), Busan (Busan eFM), and Gwangju (GFN) were launched earlier this year.  Read The One One Four’s profile on TBS eFM in Life&Style  on July 29th. (more…)

The last day of the Jisan Rock Festival drew the biggest crowd of the weekend. With Patti Smith, Jet and Oasis headlining on the Big Top stage and Priscilla Ahn and Sister’s Barber Shop headlining on the Green Stage, attendance nearly doubled today.

The rain held off, and the temperature cooled off in the evening. Campers reported that camping over the festival was well-organizing, and the facilities well-maintained, making the stay a comfortable one. Overnight, campers weren’t confined to their camp sites and could continue the party through out the night anywhere on the grounds.

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On the second night of the Jisan Valley Rock Festival, there was fevered anticipation, as well as curiosity, for headliner’s Basement Jaxx, in their first-ever show in Korea.

Many festival goers weren’t sure what to expect from the London based duo, but what the crowd got wasn’t a duo at all, but rather a full band bringing an unprecedented level of energy, excitement, musical virtuosity, and brain crushing beats to the stage.

The rain mostly held off for the later hours of the show, but my guess is that it wouldn’t have mattered if there was a hurricane because this groups mix of garage, disco, ragga, funk, and hip-hop, orchestrated under the umbrella of deep house provided by beat masters and Basement Jaxx founders Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe, sent the mostly Korean crowd into a frenzy of jumping, moshing, and crowd surfing. (more…)