Rediscovering Ikigai: Japan’s Reevaluation of Individual Purpose
What is it that makes life worth living? What is it that drives you to keep moving forward and...
Culture
“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...
“The King has a birthday today!” Russian Rap Expresses Everything One Is Not Allowed To
Propaganda, protest and resistance are three of music’s many functions. Russian music is no exception. But aside from ridiculous...
To a New Generation of Artists, More Walls Just Mean Bigger Canvases
How Quality Street Art is Colouring Korea and Crossing Cultural Barriers Graffiti was once the realm of high...
“No Foreigners Allowed”: Discrimination Against Foreigners in South Korea
In 2016, it was reported that a 24-year-old US citizen living in South Korea, Megan Stuckey, was denied entry...
All the Shakespeares
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” – (Hamlet, Act II, Scene II) It...
K-Hip Hop: Searching for authentic Koreanness
Type ‘Korean hip hop’ into Google Search and out comes 3,110,000 results—a subreddit dedicated to the genre, Youtube, 8tracks,...
Multiculturalism in Modern Korea
In preparation for this year’s Chuseok, married migrant women in Ulsan were busy participating in a social event run...