Building Rapport Through Multimodal Lessons: Value Shields
By Maria Lisak While my students may feel lots of loyalty to each other for being Korean and united under Han (the Korean Han nation), classism, sexism, and lookism can … Read More
Opportunities and Opportunism: Third-Party Three-quels
By Jonathan Joseph Chiarella Politicians in Korea often form new parties. The ROK has no run-offs, but every level of government has some degree of proportional representation. This and local traditions … Read More
Finding Halal Foods in Gwangju: Challenges That Need to Be Accepted
By Qurratu Having a solid six years’ experience living in a dormitory, food taste does not matter because I am grateful enough that a plate of rice is guaranteed three … Read More
Helping Others Helps the Helper Also
By Park Nahm-sheik I have been a lifelong teacher of English helping people learn to use the English language. I started with private tutorials for any and every comer. This … Read More
Three Lazy Hikes Along the West Sea
By Isaiah Winters I hate the West Sea. It’s shallow and muddy with a color palette usually ranging from some metallic sludge to full-on dirty dishwater. In last year’s August … Read More
Come an’ Getcha KIIP – The Korean Immigration Integration Program
By Clare Rawsterne Anyone familiar with England, might know that the headline is a salute to the proverbial market stall owners of London, who call out over the crowds to … Read More
The Korean Diaspora of the Americas and the Provisional ROK Government
By Kim Jaegi The Beginnings The history of the Korean diaspora in the Americas begins with the immigrant laborers to Hawaii in 1903. Two years later, approximately 7,400 Koreans had … Read More
Bus Mart: Gwangju’s Expat-Friendly Market on Wheels
Everyone has heard about mobile food trucks, but have you ever witnessed a food mart on wheels? Yes, it is true. I was also surprised when I first learned about this grocery market through my friends. So, I decided to introduce you all to Mr. Park Jong-kyu, who runs the popular Bus Mart.