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 […]
Politics
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 […]
We Need To Talk About Kimchi
Kimchi. The ubiquitous spicy fermented cabbage dish that haunts our lives in Korea. Some people love it. Some people loathe it. But as long as […]
Longevity After The Necessity: The Need For Human Rights Protections During Contact Tracing In South Korea
Throughout history, there are moments in time that require extreme and unprecedented actions to combat them. These moments alter society’s current and past understanding and […]
Inheriting Unfinished Revolutions: Biden’s Middle East Challenge
Vice President Joe Biden meeting Saudi Arabian officials in Riyadh, 2011/ Credit Getty Images. A Promising Middle East When the Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi […]
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 […]
South Korea’s Fight Against Corruption: Can Another Presidential Arrest Be Prevented?
Corruption is rampant worldwide, but South Korea’s long history of corruption in the Presidential office is rather intriguing. This ignominious past, (especially with corruption charges […]
The Global Political Youth Movement: A Fight for Rights, Justice, and Democracy
Each generation is placed in uncharted waters and at the frontlines of human innovation and progress. Born into and grown under a society created by […]
K-pop and Black Lives Matter: A Movement by the Fans or the Famous?
BTS’s chart dominance and various K-pop groups’ increasing visits to American talk shows have raised K-pop’s visibility in US media. Even so, many still see […]
Are inter-Korean relations doomed?
Recent actions by Pyongyang have resulted in the cutting off of communication lines between both countries and the blowing up of the joint liaison office […]