Creating a Goddess Myth in a New Era: Artist Park Sobin

“Art is said to be spoken in various languages, depending on the viewer, but my self-portraits are my view of my art in my 20s, when I was intensely concerned about human instincts and nature. They expressed the power of love to blossom new lives in the midst of the fear of people who could not be free from the pain of those times. The theme of my works was then about the myth of love that provides the energy that humans have been pursuing.”

The Revered and the Feared: Korea’s Mountain Spirits and Hobgoblins

With Halloween just behind us, this is as apropos a time as any to talk about spirits and the supernatural.

The Heavens Open: Korea Is Created

Every year, October 3 is a national holiday, Gaecheon-jeol (개천절, 開天節), often rendered as “Korea Foundation Day” in English but literally actually means “opening of heavens celebration.”

The Secrets of Jeju

Everyone on the peninsula is familiar with Jeju-do – Korea’s largest island but smallest province. But what far fewer people are aware of is the story of its founding or how great a place Jeju is to visit in the wintertime.

Hangover-free Alcohol?

North Korea Have Claimed To Have Created An Alcohol That Prevents The Inevitable Hangover That We All Dread.

The Urban Legend of Organ Harvesting and Gwangju Taxis

Dispelling the myth of the organ nabbing taxi drivers

Behind the Myth: Is “Han” Uniquely Korean?

Adam Volle’s last Behind the Myth Column asks: is ‘han’ unique to Korea?

Behind the Myth: The Three Founders of Jeju

Explore the myth around the demi-gods that were said to reside on Jeju before the island was inhabited.