My latest article for the Korea Times is about the building of Korea's first expressways (between Seoul and Incheon and Seoul and Busan...

UPI reports on Korea's submission to the Oscars for this year: "The Man Standing Next" (남산의 부장들), which, as the Korea Herald ...

 In my latest Korea Time article, " Looking down high noses at 'quack plastic surgeons' in 1971 ," I look at the developme...

My latest article for the Korea Times is a combination of archival research and interview. Jon Dunbar was kind enough to invite me along t...

My latest Korea Times article, " Reacting to Vietnamese 'anti-Koreanism' in 1967 ", examines the reaction of the Korean me...

Update, October 13, 2021: It seems the USC Digital library moved stuff around... or something... and none of the links below seem to link. I...

I came across these photos on Facebook which show a "reconstructed" version of teenage independence activist Yu Gwan-sun, who died...

A Vietnamese refugee's memories of Korea Part 1:  Yang Bumo   [Foster Parents] Part 2:  In Search of Freedom Part 3:  Drama at Phu Quoc ...

A Vietnamese refugee's memories of Korea Part 1:  Yang Bumo   [Foster Parents] Part 2:  In Search of Freedom Part 3:  Drama at Phu Quoc ...

Update, July 22: I've inserted some more examples below of festivals from 1974. Original Post: Eight years ago I wrote " Three...