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Queering Korean Literature: Author and Activist Yi Gwang-su
By Gabriel Sylvian Why doesn’t Korea, a country proud of many "firsts" and "bests," memorialize the first short story ever...
There is No Such Thing as ‘Gangnam Style’
By R.M. Adamson There is no such thing as "Gangnam style." It's not a real place. It is a place...
Inside Korean Work Culture: Overworked and Underappreciated
By Christopher Smith Now hands up people; how many of you during your time working in Korea have had to...
Cancer, Death and Samsung’s Semiconductor Factories
By John Kay In 2005, Han Hae-kyoung who had worked in a Samsung LCD plant since 1995, was diagnosed with...
Seeing, Hearing and Speaking No Evil: On the Propaganda Tour in North Korea
By Donald Kirk The skyline and traffic patterns of the North Korean capital of Pyongyang were not quite the same...
Adventures in Parenting Abroad Part 2: Push It!
By Ms. V You may remember that when I arrived in country I was 32 weeks pregnant, which should have...
Scott Bukatman on “Terminal Identity” and our Contemporary Lifestyle
By Haerin Shin and Angela Becerra Vidergar Four months have gone by since what I’d call Korea’s first “cyberpunk”(-ish) film,...
Drunk and Stupid: How Debauched Foreigners Feed Koreans’ Prejudices
By Christopher Smith Even those of us who do not drink, or just drink and behave themselves, must share in...
Do you Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Sinchon? Playing at Nori Bar and why Hongdae Blows
By Mizaru When you’re playing rock ‘n’ roll to a crowd never let them see you sweat but always let...
‘No Biscuits’?–Did Snoop Dogg Dis Girls’ Generation?
Toon by Lee Scott, words by Iwazaru Rapper Snoop Dogg found himself at the center of a Korean media storm...
Who Do You Love?: Korean Ethnocentrism, International Couples and the Dating Dilemma
By Bo-Kyung Byun One afternoon during the last precious minutes of breaktime before the class bell, a friend and I...
Clueless: How Korean Public Schools Got English Ed. Wrong
By Smurfy Stew To begin this story, I will have to take you way back to the idyllic and overly...
Silver Linings: Making the most out of the MBC imbroglio
Words by R.M. Adamson, toon by Lee Scott There is, I think, some value in speaking the truth about what...
Police Fail to Save Murder Victim Despite Seven Minute Phone Call, GPS Tracking–Police Commissioner Resigns
By Iwazaru According to developing reports, the man, Wu Yuanchun, 42, an ethnic Korean from China, was on his way...
Your Two Cents: Korea’s Election Campaign Circus
By Lee Scott As many of you may know, a major election is coming up on Wednesday, April 11. Not...