Colin Marshall writes about South Korean fascination with North Korean culture and the new Pyongyang Pub in Seoul.
Notes on the Camp of the Pyongyang Pub, Where Seoulites Eat and Drink Like It’s North of the 38th Parallel
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.
You can follow Colin Marshall at blog.colinmarshall.org, on Twitter @colinmarshall, or on Facebook @ColinMarshallEssayist.
A Cross-Cultural Love Story for the 21st Century: Stefano Young’s Marrying Korean
Stefano Young writes a short piece on how he came to write his new memoir "Marrying Korean."
An American in Taiwan — with a Korean Tour Group
Colin Marshall looks at Taiwan from a Korean tourist's perspective.
Learning Korean with Duolingo, the Mercilessly Addictive Language App
Colin Marshall discusses the gamification of language-learning with Duolingo.
Old Man Gobau, the Unflappable Comic-Strip Star Who Witnessed South Korean History
Colin Marshall looks at the long-running "Old Man Gobau" comic strip and its creator Kim Seong-hwan.
When Korea Expats Podcast (or, the Pleasures and Sorrows of Teaching English)
Colin Marshall takes a look at some of the Korean expat blog offerings today.
Our Language Battle: Korea’s Surprisingly Addictive Game Show of Vocabulary, Expressions, and Proper Spacing
Colin Marshall looks at a Korean linguistic game show and fascination with language perfectionism and pride in Korea.
