Yu Gwan-sun: The March 1st Movement Female Leader
By Luis Andrés || March 1 marks one of the most significant national holidays in South Korea. Known as Samil-jeol, it commemorates the March 1st Movement of 1919: a nationwide, … Read More
Category: History & Tradition
Refuge at Yeoseo Island: A Wartime Recollection
By Young B. Choi || Many years have passed. Yet the stories my parents have told me about their wartime flight during the Korean War remain vivid in my mind, … Read More
Life in Overdrive: Understanding the Korean Phrase “Ppalli-Ppalli!”
By Murdock O’ Mooney || If you’ve visited South Korea, you’ve probably observed the ppalli-ppalli (Hurry, hurry) culture in action. Buses take off suddenly, tossing passengers down the aisle; taxi … Read More
Cherishing Seollal: An Indian’s Perspective on Korea’s Lunar New Year
By Siddhant Kumar || “Seollal is the rare moment when time slows enough for Koreans to remember that the present stands on borrowed ground”— Kim Young-ha, Author Every year, when … Read More
Gwangju: On the Forefront of Justice
By Park Nahm-Sheik Gwangju has consistently been on the vanguard of freedom, justice, and sovereignty for Korea. It has eloquently demonstrated time and again that freedom is anything but free. We may cite the … Read More
Ponderings & Contemplations: Luminaries from Mokpo
By Park Nahm-Sheik When thinking of famous Koreans who were from the city of Mokpo, first to come to mind for most is the late President Kim Daejung, who I … Read More
Ponderings and Contemplations: Tales from Mokpo
By Park Nahm-Sheik Mokpo, located in the peninsula’s southwest corner, is a city with plenty of interesting sights to see and plenty of interesting things to do. Mokpo is famous … Read More
Rememberance Day and Korea
By Michael Attard As a Canadian, I learned early in life about how Remembrance Day marks the end of World War One. It was on the 11th hour of the … Read More