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...
Seoul: Post 1960s Genderised Cityscape
“The apartment block was an architectural monument to a phallocentric world.” Source here The contemporary Seoul cityscape, as well...
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...
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...
The Queers Are Here
“When social discourse claims that one does not exist, or in other words, when one is coerced into remaining...
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...
“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...
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...