Colin Marshall's latest Korea Blog entry looks at Korea's megacorp through the book "Samsung Rising" by American journalist Geoffrey Cain.
From Nation-Builder to (Would-Be) Apple-Killer: Geoffrey Cain’s Corporate Biography Samsung Rising
The Korea Blog
Dispatches on the literature, cinema, current events, and daily life of Korea from the LARB’s man in Seoul Colin Marshall and others.
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A British Denmark Expat Takes the Measure of Korea: Michael Booth’s Three Tigers, One Mountain
For this week's Korea Blog, Colin Marshall reviews Michael Booth's "Three Tigers, One Mountain," a history of the geopolitical relations in East Asia.
Everything Turns into ASMR in Korea, Even Cultural Heritage
Colin Marshall explores Korea's fascination with other people's sounds.
Reading Albert Camus’s The Plague in the Time of the Coronavirus
Colin Marshall looks at the COVID-19 scare in Seoul.
Bong Joon-ho’s Biggest Victory: Accepting His Oscars in Korean
Colin Marshall asks, "What if Westerners respect you more for speaking Korean than English?"
The American Dream Dies in Los Angeles: Bae Chang-Ho’s Deep Blue Night
Colin Marshall discusses the impact of "Deep Blue Night," a Korean film obsessed with the American Dream.
Korea’s Greatest Living Novelist Never Published in English: Introducing Kim Hoon and His War on Abstraction
Colin Marshall talks about Kim Hoon, Korea's prolific and successful historical novelist.
Pengsoo, the Genderless, Shameless Giant-Penguin Antihero Winning Korean Hearts and Minds
Colin Marshall explains the rise in popularity of Pengsoo and other anthropomorphic mascots in South Korea.
The Square: The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art’s Ambitious Review of 120 Years in Korea
Colin Marshall discusses the City of Seoul's plan to reimagine Gwanghwamun Square.
Let’s Get Out of Here: The Bitter Korean Neorealism of Yu Hyun-Mok’s Aimless Bullet
Colin Marshall explores a harsh critique of Korean society in the 1960 film "Aimless Bullet."
