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When the K disappears…
When the K disappears…
In the alphabet, the "K" reigns supreme, an indisputable monarch of cultural significance. Governments use it. Companies use it. Academics use it. And Tik-Tokers use it. It is a letter that the others must surely be jealous of. The special one. The one capable of putting you in a hole. The one that should never be used three times in a row (unless you're typing in Korean and ...
2023-06-10 14:50
Pyongyang as lived experience: existentialism and identity in North Korea
Pyongyang as lived experience: existentialism and identity in North Korea
Concepts such as decolonization, orientalism, lived experiences and multiple truths are becoming more widespread in both academia and mainstream media.
2023-06-03 14:05
Korean culture as the solution
Korean culture as the solution
Many people know about Korea's low birthrate. It's one of the lowest in the world, and it's falling.
2023-05-27 16:16
Now is the time of monsters
Now is the time of monsters
Antonio Gramsci's life saw him continually challenging the status quo and picturing a society that championed justice and equality. By exploring cultural hegemony, Gramsci reshaped our understanding of power dynamics and the ways in which ruling classes maintain dominance.
2023-05-20 12:20
In support of the Korean LGBT community
In support of the Korean LGBT community
We live in a world in which, day by day, various causes are championed, new identities promoted, and emerging groups proactively seek representation. I've always believed progressive people help raise the voices of others, rather than simply themselves.
2023-05-13 10:23
Maeum spacing
Maeum spacing
The coffee shop in Seoul is a haven from the chaos of the city outside. A place to take refuge, to pause, to contemplate. To caffeinate and refuel. A human service station where we fill ourselves with the energy to get us through the next leg of our journey.
2023-04-29 12:23
The K trap
The K trap
Individual freedom is the goal of our political age. We are focused on the full liberation of peoples across political, technological, racial, sexual and other intersectional divides. Media focuses our minds on the revolution at hand: freedom from kings, popes, tsars, elites and bureaucracies. Freedom from predestination. We live amidst the birth of existentialism. The rise o...
2023-04-22 12:45
Hyperreal Korean love
Hyperreal Korean love
One of the great ironies of modern life is seeing South Korea be one of the most successful and effective cultures at packaging and selling love to people all over the world and yet, at the same time, possess some of the world's lowest birth rates (and most ludicrous plans to address it). We've heard all the statistics and read all the stories. What makes the Guardian, the NY...
2023-04-15 14:51
Korean Marxism: hegemony and difference
Korean Marxism: hegemony and difference
The only thing which is consistent about life in Korea is its inconsistency. The nation lurches between pride and shame, between the east and west, between triumphant success and devastating failure, between a hypermodern safe paradise and a drug-tainted misogynistic murderous dystopia. There is no single Korea. There is just the totality of all the incomplete views.
2023-04-08 12:43
Sex, drugs, and The Glory
Sex, drugs, and The Glory
Revolutions do not happen often in popular culture. We normally just go through phases: cycling through a series of trends with things moving in and out of fashion over time.
2023-03-25 11:38
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4China reaches out to Korean Assembly to counterweigh Yoon's bet on US China reaches out to Korean Assembly to counterweigh Yoon's bet on US
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