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Western Seoul doesn’t get much respect. Oh, of course, you can argue that the young and hip Hongdae and Sinchon districts are in western Seoul, but for some reason, when people mention western Seoul it’s usually…
One of the most tragic stories in Korean history is that of Crown Prince Sado. Thought to be mentally unstable, his father King Yeongjo ordered the young Crown Prince to commit suicide. Failing to do that, the King ordered…
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 Gisela Verdin, one of the Korea Blog’s Worldwide Korea Bloggers. A few months ago I ran into someone whom I took Korean Lessons with… after catching up a bit I remembered she had traveled…
To be honest, unless you go extremely overboard, liking comics doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a geek in Korea. It’s a valid genre of reading; it just happens to have a lot of pictures, and the subjects dealt with…
* This post is written by Chris Mitchell, one of the Korea Blog’s Worldwide Korea Bloggers. Marcus Aurelius, the former Roman Emperor, once said, “Here or there makes no difference, if wherever you live you…
* This post is written by Tripologist, one of the Korea Blog’s Worldwide Korea Bloggers. As the crystal-clear turquoise waters swirled below, I continued to follow the path. Ahead of me, the serpentine trail clung…
As the K-food fad continues, Londoners are increasingly likely to have tried traditional Korean food, and visited at least one of the now many Korean restaurants in London. What may have passed them by is the surge of…
