Month: January 2011
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—Meet the Police (Pt. 3)
By John Kay Editor’s Note: This is the final installment in a three-part memoir where the writer reflects on the...
Korea’s Next ‘Kid Idol’ Recruitment Center (How young can you go?)
By Lee Scott The next logical step for girl group recruitment in Kpop. The scouts are looking for talent and...
Karen Armstrong on Twelve Concrete Ways To Live A ‘Compassionate Life’
From National Public Radio Listen to the Story here Twelve Steps To A Compassionate Life By Karen Armstrong Hardcover, 240...
HBC Hipsters to Win The Lottery: A Star is Born
By Mizaru I Hey all you denizens of Haebangchon. You have been noticed and some of you have even been...
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...
3WM’s Poetic Primate of the Month
By Sara Squires Doggy style Koreans know what’s best for you, So when you’re ill know what to do? They’ll...
You Need to Get off of Facebook (a film)
By Ross Gardiner with Sonny Side Films It might be time (AEAP) for all you Facebook fanatics and fiends (FBOCD)...
Visa Hunters in Korea—Women, Beware
By Sophia Brooke My experience started on a normal Saturday night in Itaewon, the main foreigner borough in central Seoul....
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...
B is for Booze—A Memoir of Madness
By John Kay Editor's Note: This is installment one in a three-part memoir where the writer reflects on the collection...
3WM Interview with the Korea Herald
Like expats themselves, their publications in Korea come and go. But some manage to set down firm roots, and as...
Visa Hunters in Korea—Women, Beware (Pt. 1)
By Sophia Brooke If you go online, you may be surprised to discover just how many Western women marry foreign...
2010 Concert Reviews in Korea Part 2: Seikima II/ Loudness. Fatboy Slim/ Justice/ Armin Van Buuren
By Jesse Coy Nelson Part 2: read part 1 here Seikima II/ Loudness,Vivaldi Park, Daemyeong, South Korea 9/3/10 - 9/4/10...
Dancing with Nietzsche—A tiger, a bear, a lot of soju and an MTV gig: Act 3
By Tiger and Bear with illustrations by James Wilson. Act Three: The Performance As we stood behind the wings I...
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