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With the major parts of the island explored, it’s time to set sights on one final destination as The Korea Blog concludes its month-long travel excursion on the nation’s special island. This week Steve Miller…
Chuseok is soon to be upon us. If the biggest holiday of the first half of the year is Seollal (설날, Lunar New Year’s Day), then the biggest holiday of the second half of the year is undoubtedly Chuseok (추석). Chuseok…
Every two years, I make a pilgrimage down to the city of Gwangju to catch the Gwangju Biennale, the biggest art exhibition in Korea of international contemporary art. I have only missed it twice since its inauguration…
* This post is written by Korean Class Massive, one of the Korea Blog’s Worldwide Korea Bloggers. Sorry for the delay about last month’s Director Lee Joon-ik but he has been probably the most exciting director…
* This post is written by Chris Mitchell, one of the Korea Blog’s Worldwide Korea Bloggers. You know, I was thinking about the Olympics earlier today. A soft, proud smile creeps across my face whenever I reminisce on…
Brothers with polar opposite dispositions. A woodcutter with a chance encounter. Other woodcutters with another interesting encounter. A forbidden romance between lovers of different classes. A brother and sister…
Korea is a country full of discoveries, many of them culinary. Yet, I’ve always noticed a sharp divide between what I find fascinating and what everyone wants me to like. This couldn’t be more apparent when…
* This post is written by Dorothea Suh, one of the Korea Blog’s Worldwide Korea Bloggers. Want to know some facts about Korea or refresh your memory? Have a look at my Korea from A to Z! A – Aegukga Aegukga is the National…
