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Friday, April 27, 2018

Conserving electricity, yeontan poisoning and belief in fan death

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Quite a long time ago I posted about "fan death" and how I thought the idea that leaving a fan on in a closed room could have fat...
Friday, March 23, 2018

Giving a lecture for the RAS next Tuesday on “The Rise and Fall of Youth Culture in 1970s South Korea"

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Next Tuesday, March 27, I’ll be giving a presentation for the Royal Asiatic Society: Korea Branch titled “The Rise and Fall of Youth Cul...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Appearing in the Korea Times...

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I've had two articles published in the Korea Times (or on its site) in the past few days. The first is a post about the Mikuk Sikdang e...
Thursday, January 18, 2018

The search for Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium

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While not quite as cool as participating in the Olympic torch relay  (a tradition going back to 1936), I visited a friend in Wonju Monday an...
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Monday, December 11, 2017

Foreign netizens turn on Suwon restaurant for 'blackface' caricature

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[Update: I originally posted this entry based on my reading of Korea Expose's article and my noticing of the Dooly connection. Moments a...
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Monday, November 20, 2017

Colonial-era collaboration and the controversy surrounding Helen Kim's statue

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An article titled " Controversy continues over 'treacherous' 1st Ewha President " appeared in the Korea Times a few days ...
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Friday, November 17, 2017

"Why can't Americans be Punished?"

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The 1988 Seoul Olympics Prologue 1: "Why can't Americans be Punished?" Part 1:   The Seoul Olympics, 25 years later Part ...
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Monday, November 13, 2017

A one-sided depiction of the ROK-US alliance and SOFA

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Last week an op-ed titled " Is South Korea’s Alliance with the United States Worth It? " by Se-woong Koo, best known for running K...