Free Lunches, Free Housing, Free Tuition—Welfare on the Loose
Toon by Lee Scott and words by Iwazaru With the election of Park Won-soon, the liberal independent candidate, in the...
Expat English Teachers in Seoul Public Schools to be Axed en Masse
By Iwazaru Over recent years the growing trend in Korea's ESL education has pointed toward a preference for Korean English...
Othering Pt. 2: Being a Global Nomad in a Third Culture
By Rahn Kim (a.k.a. Hae Ran Kim, a.k.a. 김해란) During my teenage years, I sometimes heard my father half-jokingly express...
Expats Begin Pilgrimage Across Korea in Footsteps of 7th Century Monk
By Iwazaru The pilgrimage began in the southeast Korean city of Gyeongju and will end, if all goes well, in...
‘Facing’: Filming the Fall Labor Protests in Busan
By Yann Kerloc'h I shot these images in Busan, Korea, on October 8th. Some filmmakers and people related to movies...
Funky Seoul Corner #9: Ureaus’ ‘Let Our Music Make Love To You’
By Scott Freeman Ok, so here’s what I did. I was searching thru one of my boxes of 45s and...
Battle of the Bands Holds Round 3 Friday, Dec. 9
By 3WM Battle of the Bands Update: HEAT I - Went to GLASS INSPIRED, with Wild Card THE HUNGER TREE....
Othering: One Girl’s Struggle to Define Herself in and out of Korea
By Rahn Kim Being different had never been a foreign concept, even back when I was still "homegrown." Teased for...
Robocops to Roam ROK Prisons while Scientists Develop Brain Chips
By Marie Kulik The friendly looking disciplinarian robots, three of which are set to roam the halls of a prison...
Weekend Getaway: A Postcard from Sokcho (ghosts and all)
By Mizaru In the sun cased morning Sokcho is just like it’s supposed to look. The pretty blue colors on...
In Utero: Korea’s Youth and Politics
By Stella Jang Every time there is an important election, campaigns are held all over the country in order to...
Mosquitoes in November: Korea’s Ninja Mogees
By Jen Lee and 3WM It's nearly December and the notorious Korean Mosquitoes or mogee continue to infiltrate apartments and...
Bipolar, off the Rails and Locked up in Korea Pt. 2
Read part 1. By Joe Lee I remember going to the window every day and staring out at the street....
Plastic Sex Part 2
By Yi Nam-hui Translation by Gabriel Sylvian Editor's note: This is the second of several parts of Yi's short story....
Korea’s Left, the FTA and Political Machinations
By Peter Ward The Korean-American Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was first mooted and drafted under the presidency of former President...