Colin Marshall writes on the lineage of North Korean dictators and Anna Fifiled's recent in-depth biography "The Great Successor."
The Making of a Dictator: Anna Fifield’s Extensive Kim Jong Un Biography The Great Successor
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 Harrowing Journey to an Island of Women, and Into Korea’s Psychological Recesses: Kim Ki-young’s Iodo (1977)
Colin Marshall talks about Korean folk shamanism Kim Ki-young's film "Iodo."
With Parasite, Bong Joon-ho Comes Back to Attack His Homeland — and Wins it a Palme d’Or
"'Parasite' visualizes more explicitly the idea that the richer Koreans become, they more they turn into grotesque parodies of Westerners."
Los Angeles and Seoul, a Tale of Two Ugly Cities
Colin Marshall looks at the aesthetics, both perceived and real, of Seoul and Los Angeles.
Ways of Looking at Kim Swoo-geun, Korea’s Poet of Brick, Concrete, and Much Else Besides
Colin Marshall reviews the career of Kim Swoo-geun, the architect who located a distinctly Korean building style.
Birthday, the First Tearjerker About the Ferry Disaster that Killed 250 High-School Students
Colin Marshall reviews “Birthday,” the first major tearjerker about the 2014 Korean ferry tragedy.
Stoked by a Racist Ad, a K-Pop Sex Scandal, and an Anti-Communist Massacre, Can the Korean Demand for Apology Ever Be Satiated?
Colin Marshall explores the art of the public apology in Korea.
Listen to the Seoul of the 1980s, Real or Imagined, with Streaming Mixes of Korean “City Pop”
Colin Marshall on "city pop" and its proliferation on YouTube.
Fried Chicken’s Central Role in a TV Drama, a Police Comedy, and Korean Culture Itself
Colin Marshall on the central role of fried chicken in Korean culture and media.
Luc Besson’s Léon: The Professional, a Cultural Phenomenon Going Strong in Korea for 25 Years
"Léon: The Professional," the film that launched director Luc Besson into an international renown, came out a quarter-century ago this year.
