Seoul: Post 1960s Genderised Cityscape
“The apartment block was an architectural monument to a phallocentric world.” Source here The contemporary Seoul cityscape, as well as other cities in South Korea, […]
Media
Prostitute: Female Sacrifice in South Korean ‘Hostess’ Cinema (1974-1982)
Female mobilisation for the building of the Korean nation has been a recurring theme in modern Korean history, and particularly depicted within film and literature. […]
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 […]
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 […]
S4;E5: Artists Discuss Art in South Korea
Season 4, Episode 5: features three guests Diana, Leslie, Mersie and from NOVAsia, Sara. The topic of this episode is Art in Korea. Each guest […]
“Hocus-Focus!” The Influence of Media & Cultural Totems in International Politics
Some images are etched into our mind as sacrosanct; irreversible and eternal. For instance, one cannot imagine the Dalai Lama in any other avatar than […]
The Olympics’ Toxic Relationship: Examining S. Korea’s Issue With Food From Fukushima
The Olympics as a Political Platform If you had billions of eyes on you from around the world for a moment in time, what would […]
The Peninsula’s No.1 Korean Wishes to Tell You, “Don’t be Lonely”
“Don’t be lonely, don’t be lonely My friend Don’t be hurt, don’t be hurt My friend” (Lyrics from No.1KoreaN’s song, Don’t Be Lonely) “I’m […]