• Korean Punk and Indie Rock in a K-Pop World

    By Colin Marshall After years of solo study, I first started taking Korean language classes at Los Angeles’ Korean Cultural …

    When Old Blue Eyes Was Red: The Poignant Story of Frank Sinatra’s Politics

    By Jon Wiener I remember Sinatra who didn’t pal around with rich Republicans. During the early 1950s, at my Sunday school …

    12 Things That Are Banned on the Chinese Internet

    This is the fourth in a series of “Provocations,” a LARB series produced in conjunction with “What Cannot Be Said: Freedom …

    THE LARB END-OF-YEAR EDITOR INTERVIEWS: David Higgins

    Editor’s Note: This is the fifth interview of several we’ll be publishing this month, all with our section editors. Like …

    Two Provocations by Ann Telnaes

    This is the third of a series of “Provocations,” produced in conjunction with “What Cannot Be Said: Freedom of Expression in …

    The Poetry of, or Rather in, the Seoul Subway

    By Colin Marshall When I want to learn about a city, whether researching it on the internet or stepping out …

    Why Aren’t You Banned Yet?

    This is the second in a series of “Provocations,” produced in conjunction with “What Cannot Be Said: Freedom of Expression in …

    THE LARB END-OF-YEAR EDITOR INTERVIEWS: Stephanie Cha

    Editor’s Note: This is the fourth interview of several we’ll be publishing this month, all with our section editors. Like …

    Holiday Book Ideas from China Bloggers and FOBs (Friends of the Blog), Part Two

    We started with a simple plan. We’d get six people to suggesting a pair of books apiece, making a dozen …

    America Has School Shootings, Korea Has Sinking Ships

    By Colin Marshall You still see the yellow ribbons here and there around Seoul. I remember seeing them even in …