Covid-19 Updates: June 2020
by R.H. Lee  ·  43 MIN READ
“Korean, Men,” who are you?
by JEON Hong Gi-hye, LEE Myeong-sun from Pressian  ·  26 MIN READ
An interview with culture critic and sociologist Choi Tae-seop on his recent book, Korean, Men: A Social History of Difficulties, from Gwinam to Gunmusae.
Kim Jae-ho / Baby News
My quest to stay civil
by Gorani from Nongaek  ·  6 MIN READ
We will keep living on
by MOON Jang Won from Meconomynews  ·  18 MIN READ
Surveys of laid-off SsangYong workers and their spouses.
“Why are you here?”
by Jiin CHOI  ·  5 MIN READ
A Korean literary editor on why she’s studying in the UK. The first in a new series.
Is carpooling really destroying taxis in Korea?
by LEE Hyeong-du from DelighIT  ·  12 MIN READ
David Chipperfield Architects
Why did North Korean defectors join the Taegeukki protests?
by LEE Jae-jin from Media Today  ·  15 MIN READ
“In this era of peace on the Korean Peninsula, the issue of North Korean defectors requires a combination of approaches… Defectors show characteristics of minorities, marginalized, and drifters.”
Festival/Tokyo, Tsukasa Aoki
A bridge between Korea and Japan: Play Translator Juri Ishikawa
by SHIM Kyu-sun from Dong-A Ilbo  ·  28 MIN READ
“Korean theater people are surprised by the restrained format, the level of quality achieved through calculation of the tiniest details, and the thoroughness of Japanese plays; Japanese theater people are attracted to the sincerity of the themes, the primal rituality, the dynamic playfulness, and the rough yet deep scent of life in Korean plays.”
Is Eurocentrism intellectual poison?
by KIM Chang-hoon from Pressian  ·  21 MIN READ
“Korea is a society in which nationalism is going extinct—its embers lighting up only during football games. Minjok persists as a sentiment but as an ideology it is fast disappearing.”