(Published : Mar 1, 2016 – 16:43) In 2015, the term “Hell Joseon” spread on social networking services and has now become the most common…
(Published : Mar 1, 2016 – 16:43) In 2015, the term “Hell Joseon” spread on social networking services and has now become the most common…
Since the late 2000s, news coming out of Europe has been negative. The financial crisis of 2008 hit Europe hard. Concerns over high debt levels…
(Published : Feb 2, 2016 – 18:17) Foreigners who show an interest in learning Korean hear conflicting things from well-meaning native speakers. They are told…
(Published : Jan 19, 2016 – 17:13) Living in my hometown of Ann Arbor after 29 years away has helped me connect my past. The…
(Published : Jan 5, 2016 – 17:45) The end of 2015 saw the implosion of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy, Korea’s main opposition party,…
(Published : Dec 22, 2015 – 17:40) Small news stories often trigger larger questions that society has left unanswered. One such story is a recent…
(Published : Dec 8, 2015 – 17:08) Recent years have been good to Korean literature in translation. In 2011, Shin Kyung-sook’s “Please Look After Mom”…
(Published : Nov 24, 2015 – 17:20 ) The sudden death of former president Kim Young-sam last week underscores how far the 1980s and 1990s…
(Published : Nov 10, 2015 – 17:14) The unveiling of Seoul’s new English slogan “I.Seoul.U” at the end of October stirred a hearty round of…
(Published : Oct 27, 2015 – 17:40) The Park Geun-hye administration’s proposal to publish state-authored history textbooks unleashed a storm of protest. One by one,…