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 […]
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“We Can Do it” Korea’s Street Artists Send Message of Solidarity Amidst Pandemic Woes
Though South Korea prides itself on avoiding full lockdown, many artistic venues have been forced to reduce activities in response to COVID-19. Theatres, galleries, and […]
The Quest for Perfection : Women and the Beauty Myth
In 1990 Naomi Wolf published “The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women” to a polarized reception. The author argued that the […]
Coronavirus panic hits South Korea
It’s all everyone is talking about these days: the coronavirus. How dangerous it could be, how to stop its spread, where to buy more masks, […]
Taking Gender and saying ‘Whatever’ to it: Drag and LGBT+ in South Korea
Like most people with an online streaming subscription and a proclivity for procrastination, my worldview on drag performance and the LGBT+ community has mostly been […]
True Tales of Korea’s Foreign Labourers
“The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.” -Rudyard Kipling. Indeed, it is impossible to understand a country if you never […]
Would Education Obsessed Korea Really Cut Elite Schools?
In South Korea, it is not uncommon for elementary students and their parents to obsess over the standardized test grades of children as young […]
Episode 7 – Claiming Koreanness? Adoption and emigration from Korea (with Emily Williams & Sue Jeong)
In the seventh episode of the NOVAsia Podcast, editor Suhena Mehra sits down with Korean-American adoptee Emily Williams and Korean-Canadian Sue Jeong, to discuss […]
Are Korean laws keeping the hummus out of Seoul?
Wealthy Middle Eastern tourists traveling to Seoul are on the rise. But they face one particular challenge once they get here: finding something to eat. […]
Cho Kuk: is the new Korean Justice Minister a righteous reformist or corrupted hypocrite?
Cho Kuk, South Korea’s new Justice Minister wanted to root out corruption. His first case? His own. Contributor Gabriela Bernal explains the unfolding controversy, and […]