Korean Life
categoryA Brief History of Korean Animation Pt. 1: The Early Years
By Thomas Giammarco The first animated films in eastern Asia were the British-made Colonel Heeza Liar series of short films...
Suicide in Korea: KAIST and the Many Thousands More
By Iwazaru The recent string of suicides at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) provides South Korea...
Dancing with Nietzsche—A tiger, a bear, a lot of soju and an MTV gig: Act 4
By Tiger and Bear with illustrations by James Wilson Given the night's events we felt it was only right to...
The Jang Ja-yeon Tragedy—Making It Go Away
By Felix McGee On March 7, 2011, it transpired that the police in South Korea were looking at the possibility...
Dealing with the DPRK (Pt. 1): The ROK’s Numerous Achilles’ Heels
By J. Lee Okay, so let me slowly walk you through the ROK's Achilles' heels. I don't like to rehash...
The Jang Ja-yeon Tragedy—A Strangely Disappearing Paper Trail
By Felix McGee The suicide-abuse case of South Korean actress Jang Ja-Yeon, who was found hanged from a stairway banister...
A Student’s Story: Celebrating High School Graduation in a Korean Wedding Hall
By Stella Jang On February 7th, I graduated from a foreign language high school in a rather mundane and boring...
‘One Korea’: A Rapper Rips into North Korea
Video by Robert Lee Please share this video to family and friends and help create awareness and educate those that...
Ballad of a Thin Man (A French & Korean film)
By Yann Kerloc’h When I’m asked the much awaited question « why are you in Korea ?», now I sometimes...
Inside Korean College Life: 10 Survival Tips
By Elena j. (with insights from Angel R.) Similar to the majority of 600,000 students that took the Korean College...
The 3WM GLBT Open Thread
By 3WM The Three Wise Monkeys is happy to introduce an open forum to communicate about Gay-Lesbian-Bi Sexual-Transgender issues facing...
How Young Is Too Young? Kpop’s Newest 9-year-old Kid Idol Girls
By Iwazaru Just when you thought that girl idol groups in Korea were reaching every area of the populous and...
B is for Booze: Pickled in Pohang (Pt. 2)
By John Kay On the 23rd of August 2003 I went back to Pohang to attend Texas Tom’s wedding. I’m...
The Three Wise Monkeys and Korea Herald Podcast (Uncut)
By 3WM The two founding editors of The Three Wise Monkeys (3WM), Mizaru and Iwazaru, recently sat down at a...
The Tragicomic Side of KPop Music Videos
By DoAn Forest This video concept was born when I bought a 6-DVD of Korean pop music videos. In almost...