Hibakusha: Contextualizing Japan’s Relationship with Nuclear Radiation
Introduction To Japan’s Relationship with Nuclear Radiation Across history, Japan remains a tragically unique case as the only country to fully experience the actual cost […]
History
Myanmar in 2021 Bears Striking Resemblance to South Korea in the 1980s
Myanmar nun pleads with police to stop bloodshed. Image via Mashable SE Asia. This article was originally posted on The Peninsula Report and has been […]
Mountains of Unified Culture: Baekdu-Daegan As The Spine of Korea
The Baekdu-Daegan As The Spine That Binds The Korean Peninsula The idea of the Korean Peninsula as a nation bound together by the spine of […]
Not Your Punchline or ‘Happy Ending’ – the Mediatization of Asian-American Identities and Hate Crimes
A protester holds a “hate has no place” sign during the We Are Not Silent rally. Image via AFP. On March 16, 2021, a white […]
Swinging With Seoul
A socially-distanced social dance. Video provided by Kirsten Lee. Seoul, South Korea. The city of K-POP, kimchi, and late night shots of soju. But there’s a […]
What Kendo Says About Japan & Korea: A First-Hand Account of the 17th World Kendo Championships
The W.K.C. is held every three years. Its seventeenth edition was hosted by South Korea from the 12th to 16th of September, 2018, and featured […]
Season 2, Episode 5: Yonsei Students Discuss Hong Kong Cultural Past
Episode 5 features Yonsei International University student David Li. In this episode Li, who is from Hong Kong, discusses Hong Kong’s cultural past with members […]
Keeping Up With Nagorno-Karabakh
On 10th November 2020, deep in the Caucasus Mountains that lie between Asia and Europe, the guns fell silent. Six weeks of bloody conflict between […]
A Kingdom without a King: The disappearance of Kim Jong Un and its implications
The global spread of the coronavirus continues to instill fear and panic. However, we have to brace ourselves for another issue that might have significant […]
Smeared in Honey: Egypt’s Modern Day Dictatorship
Smeared in honey to drive flies away from their dictator’s food, was Ancient Egyptians’ subservience to their masters bequeathed upon their descendants producing an increasingly […]