Throughout the past few decades, homosexuality has become a center stage subject of interest in terms of human rights and has... Read More
Whether you’re here studying, working, or traveling, chances are you’ll be grilled with these 10 questions at some point during your time... Read More
Romanticizing Stress in Korea Stress is a state of mental tension and worry caused by problems in your life, work, etc. Terrible, right? Although stress itself is completely unwanted, it is seen as a side effect of hard work, meaning that being stressed has become a humble-brag in Korea. People compare, get self-conscious, and... Read More
If New York is the city that never sleeps, then Seoul is the city diagnosed with clinical insomnia. With virtually... Read More
Where’s the Sauce? Words by George Kalli, Illustration by Jonathan Burello “Where’s the sauce?” Warren frantically repeated in his very passable... Read More
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, one of the most important events in village life was the five-day market. As there were few, if any shops, in the villages and small towns of the interior, people depended on these markets for the goods they could not they could... Read More
In the wake of the #MeToo movement and a government crackdown on spycam porn, Korea has turned its attention toward... Read More
It was a dim, cold evening in December, and the clocks were striking six. Tall glass buildings were erected side-by-side... Read More
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... Read More
Korea, in the summer of 1894, was a hotbed of intrigue and uncertainty. China and Japan were on the brink... Read More