K-pop is being trashed: the waste behind it
If you grew up with the rise of pop music, you probably shifted from cassettes to CDs that came in a cute translucent box with […]
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ASMR Love: the 21st Century Romance in Remote Control
In the 1500s, Romeo was compelled to climb tall balconies to profess his love for Juliet, Niulang crossed an entire river for his beloved Zhinu, […]
Korean History through the TV lens: Contextualizing Pachinko’s colonial Korea
“Pachinko”, Minjin Lee’s epic historical fiction novel, published in 2017, follows a Korean family who immigrated to Japan, with the story’s events unfolding between 1910 […]
S5, E3: Is Our News Really Neutral?
Season 5, Episode 3: Yonsei students Imme van Oudheusden and Hsu Chia Yu (Via) discuss news sources from traditional media to TikTok influencers and whether […]
New Women: The Rise & Fall of the first Korean Feminists
More properly, we may speak of it (her status) as her want of position; for the principle is, in Korea, hardly more than a negation, […]
S5;E2: India and Korea: Cultural Similarities and Perceptions
Season 5, Episode 2:This episode features two guests from Yonsei University, Seojin and Shweta. The guests are from Korea and India respectively and each of […]
Translating Veganism into a Korean Context
One day as I was leaving the cafe I worked at in Illinois, my Korean boss was blending nuts. It was a noisy affair and […]
El Amor for Latin Dance in South Korea
El Amor for Latin Dance in South Korea Time away from home, as one of South Korea’s overwhelming winters engulfed my tropical soul, it left […]
The Queers Are Here
“When social discourse claims that one does not exist, or in other words, when one is coerced into remaining a non-social entity, how does one […]
S5;E1: What’s Worth Carrying Overseas?
Season 5, Episode 1: Yonsei students Irene Martinez, Imme van Oudheusden, and Xiaoxiao Wang discuss the most important item they packed in their suitcase […]