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Usually when you meet a fan of Korean cinema, you’ll find their list of favorite films peppered with some of the obvious: “Oldboy”, “Memories of Murder”, “My Sassy Girl”, “The King and the Clown”…
A door slams: kwang(쾅)! A person slips and falls: koong(쿵)! A doorbell rings: dding dong~ (띵동~)! A child laughs delightedly: kkarurururu(까르르르르)! An ajumma laughs politely: hohohohoho(호호호호호)!…
Aesthetically, grammatically and aurally, the Korean language couldn’t be further removed from English. It crops up on “most difficult to learn” lists while its students moan and complain of its complexity.…
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…
Everyone knows college students have the most fun, right? It’s mid-May. The sky is blue, the grass is green, flowers are blooming, the whole world seems to start anew with fresh hope and promise, and with mid-terms…
May 8th is Parents’ Day. It’s the day where good sons and daughters reinforce their showing of devotion and respect to their parents; while bad sons and daughters try to make up for all their wrongdoings with an extra…
April is the cruelest month, they say. Well, in Korea, although it may not be the cruelest, it is definitely a cruel one, especially if you’re a student: it’s time for mid-terms. You might have noticed less students…
What was the standard joke among graphic designers again? “When all goes wrong, go for Helvetica”? Or something of the sort. It especially depicts the designer’s dilemma in typography, and when it comes to Korean…
