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Sun, November 27, 2022 | 04:37

The death of Korean politics

The death of Korean politics

“He said this about this. Then she said that about that. Oh my god, have you heard their latest comments? Outrageous! Are they going to apologize? There's a petition on the Blue House website!” Quickly, choose one of the three old lads in their colored ties. That's the only solution.

2021-09-11 09:16

The Korean proletariat

The Korean proletariat

Thursday morning was spent discussing the plight of delivery drivers in Korea as part of a live radio show. “Not all heroes wear capes,” I exclaimed in an effort to draw even a small amount of attention away from the glitz and glamour of Marvel action figures and photoshopped gods and goddesses living an idolized curated existence.

2021-09-04 12:24

K-Afghanistan: Welcome to Korea

K-Afghanistan: Welcome to Korea

Welcome to Korea fellow people of the Earth. It is obviously heartbreaking to see the situation in which you have arrived: torn from your home, your land, and your loved ones amidst gunfire, explosions, and the click-clicking of global news cameras looking for stories. But once you eventually find a moment of privacy, we hope that you find sanctity, peace and freedom here in ...

2021-08-29 09:08

Masters of war

“You play with my world like it's your little toy. You lie and deceive; you want me to believe. Come you masters of war,” said Bob Dylan in 1963, addressing no-one and everyone at the same time. As we see people falling from the sky in Kabul and think about the women and children fearing for their lives this week, we have to ask ourselves how far we have really come since the...

2021-08-22 09:10

Should North Korean YouTube be banned?

Should North Korean YouTube be banned?

If people in Pyongyang could watch Polish student v-logs, check reaction videos to the latest Italian espresso machines, and listen to Senegalese lo-fi beats while they travel around the city, things would be very different for them. But rather than focusing on what those inside North Korea can or can't engage with, how about those of us in more open and democratic societies:...

2021-08-15 08:32

Daoist lessons for modern life

Daoist lessons for modern life

My niece is crying at the dinner table. This is not necessarily a bad thing but it has interrupted my drinking. She finished second in the race for class president and is upset that she didn't win: This was a world crumbling before her eyes. Buoyed by cold beer, I decided to test out a bit of Daoism.

2021-08-08 08:24

K-retrowave and AKMU

K-retrowave and AKMU

K-pop dominates the news with its schizophrenic approach to genre-bending and dizzying choreography. Yet despite this assault and insistence on heavily trained idol music, many find solace elsewhere. Amongst everything else, lo-fi, vaporwave, chillwave, retrowave and their various subgenres have all become popular over the past decade, providing the hypnagogic soundtrack for ...

2021-08-01 08:20

Korea's vaccine failure?

Korea's vaccine failure?

The tenth biggest economy in the world, its boy band crushing the U.S. Billboard all summer, and companies like Samsung as genuine powerhouses in the international arena, Korea is truly a cultural and economic phenomenon that has successfully transitioned from a post-colonial military dictatorship to a thriving democracy in a tough art of the world.

2021-07-24 13:38

Hegemony and K-pop

Hegemony and K-pop

“We don't want to change our identity or our genuineness to get the number one. Like if we sing suddenly in full English, and change all these other things, then that's not BTS,” said RM of Korea's world famous pop group in a 2019 interview with Time magazine.

2021-07-17 09:34

Korean gender equality

Korean gender equality

After gaining its independence in 1948, South Korea's newly-established constitution introduced legal equality between the sexes, prohibiting political, economic, and social discrimination on the basis of sex, religion, or social status. It is interesting to note that whereas in other countries such rights were fought for, in Korea the legal rights were largely given. And at ...

2021-07-11 08:36

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