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Korea: Sports & Recreation

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An Expat Discusses Living in Seoul, Korea

An expat who worked in the military describes his experiences of living and working in South Korea for six years. Includes ideas for learning the language and some descriptions of his positive experiences with the Korean people.

10 Tips for Living in Korea

Expats in Korea agree that traffic is terrible and should be taken into serious consideration when deciding how far from work and school to look for homes. Expats also agree that Korea is a very homogenous society and foreigners will get lots of stares.

16 Expats Talk about What It's Like Living in Korea

Expats in Korea talk about living in Korea - topics range from international schools to deciding where to live to the lack of diversity.

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Debugging Information

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Time Stamp	04-Jul-20 08:32 AM
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Host Name	173.245.54.217

Execution Time

Total Time	Avg Time	Count	Template
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27 ms	27 ms	1	/home/www/html/navsidesbottom_rdesign5.cfm
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2 ms	2 ms	1	/home/www/html/navleader_rdesign5.cfm
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0 ms	0 ms	1	/home/www/html/rewritecityname.cfm
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0 ms	0 ms	1	/var/www/expatexchange.com/expat/ibkey.cfm
1 ms			STARTUP, PARSING, COMPILING, LOADING, & SHUTDOWN
65 ms			TOTAL EXECUTION TIME

red = over 250 ms average execution time

SQL Queries

GeneralSet (Datasource=forum, Time=0ms, Records=1, Cached Query) in /var/www/expatexchange.com/expat/queries/qry_GeneralSet.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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UpdateUserVisits (Datasource=forum, Time=2ms, Records=1) in /home/www/html/Application.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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getcatname (Datasource=expert, Time=1ms, Records=1) in /home/www/html/rgall.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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getbidders (Datasource=expert, Time=4ms, Records=0) in /home/www/html/rgall.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

Select DISTINCT Resources.resourceID, Resources.type, Resources.resourcename, Resources.eventdate, Resources.description, Resources.homepage, Resources.directlink, Resources.includelink, Resources.photo, Resources.phototype, Resources.quotebutton, Resources.usefullrewriteurl, Resources.fullrewriteurl
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GetNetworks (Datasource=expert, Time=1ms, Records=153, Cached Query) in /home/www/html/navmeta_rdesign4.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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getname (Datasource=expert, Time=0ms, Records=1) in /home/www/html/navmeta_rdesign4.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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getcities (Datasource=expert, Time=1ms, Records=2) in /home/www/html/navmeta_rdesign4.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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checklog (Datasource=stats, Time=1ms, Records=1) in /home/www/html/navtop_rdesign5.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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contentcheck (Datasource=expert, Time=1ms, Records=1) in /home/www/html/navtop_rdesign5.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

	SELECT *
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	Select *
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UpdatePageViews (Datasource=expert, Time=2ms, Records=1) in /home/www/html/navleader_rdesign5.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

  UPDATE banners
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getaffiliates (Datasource=expert, Time=4ms, Records=0) in /home/www/html/rgall.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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getcatname (Datasource=expert, Time=1ms, Records=1) in /home/www/html/rgall.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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UpdateImpressions (Datasource=expert, Time=2ms, Records=1) in /home/www/html/rgall.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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getlistings (Datasource=expert, Time=4ms, Records=0) in /home/www/html/rgall.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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gettaxgeneral (Datasource=expert, Time=8ms, Records=6) in /home/www/html/rgall.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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checkculturefeature (Datasource=expert, Time=8ms, Records=0) in /home/www/html/navcontentbox.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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         and networkid = 66 
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checklivingfeature (Datasource=expert, Time=5ms, Records=1) in /home/www/html/navcontentbox.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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getsummary (Datasource=reports, Time=0ms, Records=1) in /home/www/html/navcontentbox.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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gettaxgeneral2 (Datasource=expert, Time=4ms, Records=1) in /home/www/html/navcontentbox.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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checkrptarticles (Datasource=reports, Time=4ms, Records=1) in /home/www/html/navcontentbox.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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getreportarticle (Datasource=reports, Time=1ms, Records=1) in /home/www/html/rewritearticlefirsttitle.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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getnameforarticle (Datasource=expert, Time=0ms, Records=1) in /home/www/html/rewritearticlefirsttitle.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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getrptarticlephotos (Datasource=reports, Time=0ms, Records=1) in /home/www/html/navcontentbox.cfm @ 08:32:02.002

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