Colin Marshall discusses Frank Ahrens's memoir "Seoul Man," about his stint as a public relations director at Hyundai Motors between 2010 and 2013.
Dropping an America Bomb on Hyundai: Frank Ahrens’s Life-in-Korea Memoir Seoul Man
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.
Bad Air Days in Seoul
Colin Marshall discusses the air quality in Seoul.
Travelogue Korea and the Dream of Isolation
Colin Marshall on the television show "Travelogue Korea" and the obsession with "simple" rural life.
The #MeToo-ing of Ko Un, Korea’s Best Hope for a Nobel Prize
Colin Marshall on Korea's #MeToo movement and renowned poet Ko Un.
Simon Winchester’s Korea, 30 Years On: Classic Travelogue or Cultural Offense?
Colin Marshall considers Simon Winchester's" Korea: a Walk Through the Land of Miracles," 30 years after its publication.
Letter from Gangneung, the Real Capital of the 2018 Winter Olympics
Colin Marshall reports from Gangneung, the biggest city in Pyeongchang County, where much of the 2018 Winter Olympics will be held.
French Nobel Laureate J.M.G. Le Clézio’s New Novel of Korea, and the Love of Korea That Inspired It
Colin Marshall considers a new novel by J.M.G. Le Clézio, "Bitna: Under the Sky of Seoul."
