My Play: I’ll Be There
Ever since I saw a Shakespearean play at Daehakro, which is like the Broadway of Korea, I have been fascinated by drama. Our school is very small, so we did not have a drama club, and in my junior year…
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Korean Lunar New Year
In Korea, Seollal is Lunar New Year’s Day. It falls on the first day of the lunar calendar and is the most important traditional holiday of the year. Long ago, the Korean Peninsula was an agricultural society. Farmers followed the…
Christmas in Korea
Korea is one of the few countries in Asia where Christmas is celebrated almost as much as it is in the United States. Nowhere is this holiday feeling stronger than in Myeongdong, the heart of Seoul. In this area, Shinsegae…
My Favorite K-Pop Group: RIIZE
RIIZE is my favorite K-Pop group. They debuted in September 2023 under SM Entertainment, one of the biggest K-pop labels. Their first single was Get a Guitar, and it helped them get noticed by fans around the world fast. The…
Author Han Kang’s book “We Do Not Part”
The Nobel Prize in Literature is given for a writer’s whole body of work, not just one book. When the Swedish Academy chose the Korean author Han Kang last year, they praised the emotional strength of her writing and how…
The Lady in White Hair: The New Ambassador to the United States
One of the people that I admire the most is Kyung-wha Kang. She is the South Korean ambassador to the United States. She began her job in October 2025, becoming the first woman from Korea to serve in this role.…
Omar Yaghi: The Refugee Who Won the Nobel Prize
Some lives start quietly, with no signs of privilege or luck, yet end up inspiring the world. Omar Yaghi’s story is one of them. He was born in 1965 in Amman, Jordan, to a Palestinian refugee family. His childhood was…
Korean Bands III: The Rose
Last week, I was pleasantly surprised to see the Korean alternative rock band The Rose appear on The Kelly Clarkson Show. This quartet, though Korean, sings most of their songs in English. It’s a natural choice, as their lead vocalist…
Lazy Sunday Afternoon and Pianist Yunchan Lim
For a Korean high school student, Sunday is the one true day of rest. And so, I let myself sleep until the sun stood high, almost at its zenith. After a leisurely brunch, I took out my bike and rode…