Surreal Exposure: Scenes from Seoul Fashion Week
Seoul Fashion Week, a semi-annual celebration of South Korean fashion, is taking place this week at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza. It's a spectacle to behold.
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Songdo: No Man’s City
If one were to go by a recent discussion in Reddit's Korea forum, the most bizarre city in South Korea would undoubtedly be Songdo.
Finding Remnants of Colonial Architecture
Surviving colonial architecture in South Korea invites visitors, only if they knew where to look.
Hope for Korea’s Surviving Colonial Architecture
Early modern architecture under Japanese rule replaced Korea's well-ordered city centers. But does it really warrant destroying all colonial-era buildings?
Bukchon: Seoul’s Destruction of Heritage
After centuries at the heart of Korean cultural and social life, Bukchon and its Gahoe-dong neighborhood – famed for old houses – have been ravaged.
The “Comfort Women Deal” between South Korea and Japan: Six Alternative Views
One doesn't have to be a nationalist to be alarmed that the deal between South Korea and Japan completely ignored the survivors and their 24-year campaign.
Gay Jongno: Hidden in Plain Sight
The downtown district of Jongno is better known for office buildings, language academies and tourist sights. But it is also home to South Korea's gay community.
A Song for Ssireum: Traditional Wrestling Dies a Slow Death in South Korea
The Uiseong Middle School's ssireum team is a rarity in a country where many customs including once-popular traditional wrestling are slowly dying out.
The Fantastically Dark World of K-Lit
Although South Korean literature has yet to take off in the way of cinema, cuisine or music, it offers an array of stories that genuinely move and surprise.
Room Salons: The Real Moral Scourge on South Korean Society
Prostitution, adultery, and deception practiced by straight men, not homosexuality, are the real moral scourge on South Korean society.
Seoul: The Swing Capital of the World
Seoul is known for its mobile wired-ness, public transportation, and binge-drinking culture. It also happens to have the world’s largest swing dance scene.
A Night at the Gay Sauna: Where Desire Comes Out
At the gay sauna one can literally strip down, discarding one’s name, status, and social markers, and becoming just a naked, anonymous body.