(Published : 2025-12-25 16:33) For South Korea, one word sums up 2025: resilience. The year opened with an impeached president and prime minister, rising social…
(Published : 2025-12-25 16:33) For South Korea, one word sums up 2025: resilience. The year opened with an impeached president and prime minister, rising social…
(Published: 2025-12-11 16:47) As 2025 winds down, I’ve been reviewing the year, and my monthlong stay in Seoul’s Daerim-dong Chinatown this past May was one…
(Published: 2025-11-27 16:58) The past twenty years have seen a boom in people learning Korean. Hallyu and K-pop have put South Korean pop culture on…
(Published: 2025-11-13 17:15) A Supreme Court ruling on Nov. 6 has thrust Jongmyo, the stately Confucian royal shrine in central Seoul, into the heart of…
(Published: 2025-10-30 17:44) The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit this week has turned South Korea into the center of global diplomatic activity, as the leaders of…
(Published: 2025-10-16 17:44) A wave of youth-led protests has swept across the globe in 2025, from the streets of Kathmandu to Rabat, Lima to Antananarivo.…
(Published: 2025-10-02 16:45:38) October 9th is one of my favorite holidays: Hangeul Day. The holiday is the only public holiday in the world to honor…
(Published: 2025-09-18 17:17) Relations between South Korea and the US have dipped to their lowest point in years. On Sept. 4, US immigration officials detained…
(Published: 2025-09-04 18:10:03) On Sept. 4, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung finished his first three months, or one quarter, in office. He took office…
(Published: 2025-08-21 17:48:37) On a hot mid-August day, I stopped at my local public library and noticed a sign at the entrance offering free bottles…