“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.”
Why gamers aren’t buying the best games
by YANG Yeong-seok from Inven  ·  9 MIN READ
Video game streaming and an unintended consequence.
How Korea’s “Good Doctor” made it in America
by KEUM Jun-kyung from Media Today  ·  9 MIN READ
The former head of KBS America on deciding between remakes and dubbing.
Park Dongwoo
“My competition is Broadway”: Stage Designer Park Dongwoo
by SHIM Kyu-sun from Dong-A Ilbo  ·  26 MIN READ
Q: How do you combine your own ideas with the audience’s preferences? A: “I don’t really feel the difference. Shakespeare’s plays are Bible for the theater, but they were popular during his time too. He edited and revised his plays based on the reactions of his audiences. So it’s not right to keep his plays exactly the same when we put them on now. Because it’s the audience of today that’s watching. Making the plays superficially interesting is accommodating the audience’s tastes, but taking into consideration what the audience enjoys today is respect.”
I’m not even asking for respect. Defensive individualism.
by Gorani from Nongaek  ·  7 MIN READ
“Our generation is used to the older generation criticizing us for our lack of patience because we were raised with warm food on the table and clothes on our backs. But that doesn’t mean that we only sit and take their criticism.”