Being Gay in Korea South Korea seems highly modernized from the outside; it boasts one of the fastest internet connection...
Cringeworthy English Moments We Know Too Well Korea Moments That Awaken Your Inner Grammar Nazi “When I see your face,...
Dding Dong Safe Space for LGBT Youths in Korea There are still many challenges ahead for the LGBT community in Korea as the human rights charter that would have banned discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity was disapproved by previous human rights lawyer and Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon....
As we welcome in another New Year with copious amounts of food and alcohol in homes or at local pubs...
Gripped by excitement and apprehension of the looming cultural immersion, we ventured to Hanmaum Seon Center, a Buddhist temple nestled...
Modern transportation has made travel to most places in Korea, no matter how distant from Seoul, easy and comfortable. However, there are exceptions. One of these exceptions is Ulleung Island. Its distance from the mainland and the fickleness of the local weather often make any trip to the island one...
In 1882, three courageous American officers became the first Westerners to step foot in Busan. When the intrepid elderly British adventurer Isabella Bird Bishop visited Fusan (modern Busan) in January 1894, she declared, “It is not Korea but Japan which meets one on anchoring.” She was, of course, referring to the large population of Japanese that literally dominated the foreign settlement of that port, and, for the most part, the surrounding Korean community.
Years ago, I remember searching the internet for “why do people in Asia wear masks?” Because after pondering the question...
From unwieldy pipes to black-market cigarettes, tobacco has been an important part of Korean society for over four hundred years....