The 1980 Kwangju Uprising and the United States Part 1:  Sources and Historical Background Part 2:  Expectations of US intervention and ...

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising. As well, it was 15 years ago yesterday that I first published a post on this blog,...

Foreign English teachers in Korea opened their door today to find a paper bag burning on their doorsteps, only to stomp on it and find this ...

South Korea's handling of its coronavirus outbreak has been praised for its efficiency and results, and I'm certainly glad to be liv...

After the government announced weeks ago that it wanted to raise the age of consent in Korea from 13 to 16, and the ruling party agreed (b...

A few weeks ago, when I was curious about the 1918 flu pandemic, I wondered what was available about Korea. As it turns out, Canadian medica...

I recently saw someone claim that Japan changed "Corea" to "Korea" and was prompted to dig up Kushibo's post from 20...

For my latest Korea Times article , I look at the reaction to the 1963 cholera epidemic in Korea. At that point there hadn't been an out...

I was contacted by the blogger Filmi Girl late last year and during the ensuing email conversation I found out she knew a lot about 1960s J...

My latest article for the Korea Times is essentially about the session band 동방의 빛, or ‘Light of the East,’ who recorded over 30 albums betw...