Diary Excerpt: Serendipity in Sokcho
Life in Seoul, at least for the initial period of my stay here, had me entrapped in a humdrum...
Urban Subversion: 6th Generation Chinese Cinema
1980s Chinese cinema created the fifth generation of filmmakers, who were literally the fifth generation of graduates from the...
More than your average fandom: How Filipino K-pop fans fed thousands in the Philippines
How it started In a small subdivision in Cavite province, Philippines, 23-year-old Bie Rosales is known as the one...
Bound by thread of Caste: Legacy of the Indian Craftsman
Craftsmanship in India, much like its festivals and cuisines, is as vibrant, ethnic, colourful and deep rooted in its...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...