The assertion I made in my previous post that the Kia Bongo was named after Omar Bongo is incorrect. As Ben pointed out  in a comment  to t...

Update: The assertion below that the Kia Bongo was named after Omar Bongo appears to be wrong. As Ben pointed out in a comment below, Maz...

There's an issue of the British illustrated magazine The Sphere from 1945 posted at Ebay which has an interesting image of Seoul (click...

Years ago I posted about Kim Ki-chan's book " Lost Landscape ," in which this photo, taken in modern-day Bucheon, was publishe...

Happy lunar new year / 새해 복 많이 받으세요 to all of my (rather neglected for the last six months) readers out there. There have been lots of c...

Tomorrow, Saturday, July 11, at 3pm, the Royal Asiatic Society Cinema Club and Seoul Film Society will have a free screening of the 1975 Kim...

Christian protesters of the Korean Queer Cultural Festival have been getting quite a bit of attention online. As Korea Observer reported, th...

Last week I posted links to the first two parts of an interview with myself by Andre Goulet for his podcast, The Korea File (Part 1: "...

[Update: The second part of the interview, titled "Korean Identity and Anti-Americanism" can listened to here .] At the beginning...

Not many news outlets picked this up - only the Segye Ilbo and JTBC - but JTBC offers video of its news report titled "More 'reta...

Last Friday the Korea Times reported on the CERD ruling in an article titled " UN racism ruling piques government " (hat tip to co...

In late 2009 I posted here about a foreign teacher who was refusing to take a second HIV test in order to renew her teaching contract at an...