【by Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, June 2021】 What is South Korea? It is the name of a country in East Asia. However, it is “South” Korea, not simply Korea. We South Koreans usually repeat that “I am from South …
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【by Woosung Kang, June 2021】 Pandemic arrived as an uninvited guest, instantly taking over our household economy and totally devastating the normal way of life. It seemed to alter everything around us …
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【by Sang-wook Nam, June 2021】 How can we understand the current boom of K-culture represented by the recent popularity of Korean music and cinema such as BTS and Parasite? Given the structure of inten …
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The Eruption of Media in South Korea and Emerging of “NFT” (Non-Fungible “Truth”) | Soo-Young Nam
【by Soo-Young Nam, June 2021】 Our hope that the development of digital technology will enrich our media experience is predicated on the belief that digital records are infallible. NFT (Non-Fungible To …
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【by Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, June 2021】 The Korean zombie craze suddenly starts to attract global attention. Train to Busan (2016) was its beginning point, and this trend culminated due to the extreme fas …
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【by Hang Kim, June 2021】 There exists a familiar scenario of being born in colonial Korea, receiving a college education in the Japanese empire, and settling at the center of political, business or ac …
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A Koreanizing World? UX of Contemporary Korean Literature and Asia’s Calling | Ho Duk Hwang
【by Ho Duk Hwang, June 2021】 1. A Koreanizing World? 82nyŏnsaeng Kim Chiyŏng (Kim Ji-young, Born 1982) and Asian Values It is widely known that throughout the 20th century, under the turbulent…