Month: February 2012
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking? Donald Kirk on China’s Refugee Dilemma
By Donald Kirk The Chinese by now must be getting the message. How long can they pretend not to hear...
Travel Scam Artist to Face Criminal Charges March 13
By John M. Rodgers On Tuesday, March 13 at 10:40 a.m., travel agent and serial scammer, Kang Wan Koo (aka...
Jenny Hyun, Floyd Mayweather and Real Linsanity
By Lee Scott and Iwazaru The first rule of doing damage control on an Internet meltdown is to protect your...
Funky Seoul Corner 12: Don Varner’s ‘More Power to Ya’
By Scott Freeman Many years ago I vaguely remember walking into a record store and purchasing an album titled “More...
International Artists Community Presents: ‘The Nude Collection’
An International Artists Community group exhibition March 3rd-14th 2012 ... Gallery Golmok In art, the unclothed human form has been...
What Really Happened to Robert Park in North Korea and Who Knows?
By John M. Rodgers When 28-year-old Korean-American Robert Park crossed the frozen Tumen River that divides China and North Korea...
How to Get Justice Korean-style–Cash Only (Pt. 2)
By Lee Scott When we arrived at the police station, the minivan's owner had gone out to have dinner. They...
The Older I Get: The Bright Side of SMOE English Teacher Layoffs
By Achilles “I don’t like teaching English!” said “Sally” to the class. “Matt” said the same. And then “Lisa.” And...
Sunday Morning in Itaewon: For Whom the Hell Rolls
By The Expat This morning’s early stroll around Itaewon started out peacefully. I parked my car and walked up what...
Do You Remember Sinchon and All the Strange Rock ‘n’ Rollers?
By Mizaru In the basement of the apartment building I lived in is the Police Bar. My room was above...
The Korean Look Travels Well in China
By David Wills During my three years in South Korea, there wasn’t much the locals would say to me about...
How to Get Justice Korean-style–Cash Only
By Lee Scott It was a little after midnight when we heard a loud police siren coming. A black minivan...
Guerrilla Media: 3WM Takes on Korea and Beyond
By Matthew Lamers with photos by Dylan Goldby “The broader term is New Journalism — think Wolfe, Capote, Talese and,...
Directing ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’–An Interview with Quinn Olbrich
By Earnest Lee Have you ever thought about how weird life can get? Hoping from one culture to another as...
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