• April 2016

    Following the Money with Ma Yinchu

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    By Austin Dean Who pays for what? This is an eternal source of disagreement in public administration. It’s the question …

    Korea’s English Fever, or English Cancer?

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    By Colin Marshall  A young Korean lady walks down the street, textbooks in her arms and earbuds in her ears. …

    Bringing Empress Wu Back to Life (on the Page)—A Q&A with Weina Dai Randel

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    By Susan Blumberg-Kason Last year, Weina Dai Randel was virtually unknown. Now she’s causing a stir in literary scenes from …

    “Factory Complex”: How (But Not Why) Working Women Have it So Bad in Korea

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    By Colin Marshall  Last week I spent a few nights downtown at the venerable Seoul Cinema (established 1964, which more …

    When Conan Came to Korea

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    By Colin Marshall  I first moved to Los Angeles not long after Conan O’Brien did, or more precisely, after he …

    Fonzie

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    By Bernadette Murphy The desk of Alex, a salesman at Harley-Davidson of Glendale, features a picture of Fonzie sitting on …

    Capturing Seoul’s Street Style: Michael Hurt’s Fashion Photography

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    By Colin Marshall  Last month we featured the work of Seoul-based Korean-black American street photographer Michael Hurt here on the …

    Getting Up to Speed on the Cultural Revolution, Part 2 — Some Works of Fiction

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    By Jeff Wasserstrom In our last post, we pointed readers toward a memoir, a narrative history, a collection of essays …

    Why Korea Needs Alain de Botton (And Why Alain de Botton Needs Korea)

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    By Colin Marshall  Cast your mind back, if you can, to the internet of the late 2000s, through which blew …

    Three Young-ish Korean Novelists on the Plight of the Young-Ish in Korea

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    By Colin Marshall  Back in December, I wrote up a Seoul Book and Culture Club event featuring four Korean writers …