In Search of Koreans in Cuba: A Tale of Jeronimo Lim
On a vacation to Cuba, I did not expect to be picked up by a granddaughter of Jeronimo Lim, a Cuban Revolutionary who also happened to be Korean.
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Beyond Infantilizing Portraits: South Korean Adoptees Speak Out
Adoptees are often pitied as victims, or told they are lucky. Korean adoptees living in South Korea challenge assumptions about who they are.
Gamcheon Culture Village: Hilltop Slum Turned Tourist Attraction
Gamcheon Culture Village is heralded as one of the more successful examples of urban renewal in South Korea. It doesn't mean everyone is happy about it.
The Judgment Day: Park Geun-hye Ousted by Constitutional Court
On Friday, Mar. 10, 2017, South Korea made history when the Constitutional Court of Korea ruled in favor of president Park Geun-hye's ouster.
Black Fowl Down? Avian Influenza Outbreak Threatens Indigenous Poultry Stock
The latest bird flu outbreak in S Korea have seen 33 million fowls culled. An indigenous poultry farm in Nonsan keeps guard over their black chicken.
Impeach the Impeachment: Older Conservatives “Defend Democracy”
A growing number of conservatives are competing against the anti-Park Geun-hye protests by holding their own "Taegeukgi Rally" to "defend democracy."
Dispatch from Yeouido: President Park Geun-hye Gets Impeached
On 9 Dec 2016, South Korean National Assembly impeached President Park Geun-hye. Read our dispatch from the streets of Yeouido.
Haebangchon’s Forgotten Past: A Stairway, A Shrine and The War Dead
There’s a nondescript stairway on the outskirts of ‘the hip Haebangchon.’ The steps once led to a Shinto shrine for 7,000 spirits of Japan’s war dead.
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.
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.
Weekly Brief: Sept. 26th – Oct. 2nd
Baek Nam-gi's struggle continues; the Sewol commission ends; Kim Young-ran law takes effect; child labor batteries; and elderly poverty.
Pleasures of Seoul
To paraphrase a common sentiment among overseas Koreans, where they live might be called "a boring paradise, but Seoul is an exciting hell.”