(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…
(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…
Published: 2025-05-15 17:53:08 Seoul and Tokyo are two of the most populous capital cities in the world and often invite comparison. I took advantage of…
Published: 2025-04-03 16:58:31 In mid-March, I went to Washington for the first time since the pandemic. On one of the days, I went to the…
(Published: 2025-02-06 16:54:22) Last year marked a major turning point in the history of public transit in Seoul. The GTX-A high-speed regional transit line opened,…
(Published: July 13, 2024 – 05:31) Tourism around the world is booming this year, building on several years of recovery from the disruptions of the…
(Published: June 14, 2024 – 05:31) The other day, I was asked what comes to mind when I think of Seoul. I thought for a…
(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: 2024-02-23 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: 2024-01-26 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: 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…