(Published: 2024-03-22 05:24) When people think of multilingual cities, big names like New York and London immediately come to mind. Other important global hubs, such…
(Published: 2024-03-22 05:24) When people think of multilingual cities, big names like New York and London immediately come to mind. Other important global hubs, such…
(Published: 2024-03-08 05:39) South Korea’s low fertility rate made the news again recently after a government report predicted that the rate would fall to a…
(Published: 2024-02-23 05:31) Ask former residents of Seoul, Korean and foreign alike, what they miss most about the city, many will cite the mountains in…
(Published: 2024-02-09 05:30) On a recent visit to Seoul, I noticed something that had never caught my attention before: smoking in outdoor nonsmoking areas. As…
(Published: 2024-01-26 05:13) For much of January, I had the privilege of being invited to give talks on two books that I wrote in Korean.…
(Published: 2024-01-12 05:31) For the first time in years, I spent the holidays in Japan. One of the highlights of my visit was a long…
(Published: 2023-12-29 05:31) City rankings often produce strange results. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s high ranking for Osaka, Japan in recent years has always struck me…
(Published: 2023-12-15 05:30) December in the US brings short days, chilly weather, and the Holidays, but every four years it brings something else: quiet before…
(Published: 2023-12-01 05:24) The Modern Language Association recently released its survey of second language enrollment at US universities as of the fall 2021 semester. Founded…
(Published: 2023-11-17 05:27) As we move deeper into the 2020s, it feels like the 2010s are fading into history. Among the many trends of the…