Whether you’re here studying, working, or traveling, chances are you’ll be grilled with these 10 questions at some point during your time...
While recent news on Korea’s economy has focused on matters such as the consequences of President Park’s impending impeachment, or...
From unwieldy pipes to black-market cigarettes, tobacco has been an important part of Korean society for over four hundred years. The image that best typifies Koreans of the past is undoubtedly that of an old man, dressed in white, with a long tobacco pipe ready at hand. The pipe was...
In the wake of the #MeToo movement and a government crackdown on spycam porn, Korea has turned its attention toward...
1. When people judge you for speaking English in public Once I stopped in front of a clothing store in...
Between the increasing regulations on hagwons and cuts in the number of middle and high school native English teachers, the last few years have seen significant changes in Korean education policy. The most controversial of these shifting policies, however, may have nothing to do with curriculum. The ongoing debate concerning...
Being Gay in Korea South Korea seems highly modernized from the outside; it boasts one of the fastest internet connection...
LGBTQ in Korea Throughout the past few decades, homosexuality has become a center stage subject of interest in terms of human...
We all know that students have it rough in Korea. They go to school early in the morning and then after school spend several additional hours in private learning institutes studying math and English. These institutes are everywhere now, but they haven’t always been. In 1882—just prior to Korea opening...
