Korean Life
categoryAjjuma Manhandles Middle School Girl on Seoul Subway
By Iwazaru Since the beginning of the week Korea has been abuzz about this video clip of an older woman,...
A Love Story between Korea and Germany (Life can be complicated! Especially if you love a Korean woman!)
By Thomas Holloway I traveled to Seoul on June 17, 2010, only two weeks after Kate left Berlin. At first...
Cancers of Korean Education
By teen journalist Matt Choi According to recent research, South Korea is the second highest scoring country of average high...
Inside Korean College Life: 10 Survival Tips Pt. 2
By Elena j. (with insights from Angel R.) At university, “Meetings,” in the Korean sense, are not just any equivalent...
Inside Korean College Life: 10 Survival Tips Pt. 1
By Elena j. (with insights from Angel R.) Similar to the majority of 600,000 students that took the Korean College...
TEXTS FROM KOREAN GIRLS
4) "I'm sinae.. your letter thank you^^ I like you. because,you promise obey.. I look first meet man.. carelessly not...
QUEER MAPPING IN SEOUL
By critic Jeon Bongho A queer mapping of Seoul in this kind of homophobe environment is no walk in the...
Gi Hyeong-do: A Misunderstood Modern Gay Korean Poet (Pt. 2)
By Gabriel Sylvian with Iwazaru Last year, in honor of the twentieth anniversary of poet Gi Hyeong-do’s death (1960-1989), a...
Korean World Cup Fever (or is that nationlism?)
By Andy Morris In case you’ve been hiding in a cave for the last eight years, in 2002 Korea and...
Am I Korean… American… Korean American? Part 2
By Sue Rissberger During the past few months as I've been delving into my own treasure chest of personal questions,...
Am I Korean… American… Korean American?
By Sue Rissberger After 30 years of being away from Korea, I returned last summer. A year and a half...
PUSH IT REAL GOOD
By Spooky Washington A friend and longtime Seoul resident, embroiled in a pension-avoidance fiasco with his employer, recently lamented to...
Confucius Steps Back as Gender Equality Moves Forward
By Jake Reed Like Bob Dylan said “The times they are a changing.” If you have walked down the strip...
Gi Hyeong-do: A Misunderstood Modern Gay Korean Poet
By Gabriel Sylvian with Iwazaru As Korea continues to undergo changes far beyond economic development, there are individuals and groups...
Losing Kathryn: Death of a Korean Girlfriend Pt. II
By Konrad Kostecki I remember when I met her. It was a fairly unoriginal introduction—over a drink. In Korea, it...