The head coach of Notre Dame is Marcus Freeman. At just thirty-nine, he is one of the youngest coaches in college football. In only his third season, he led Notre Dame all the way to the national championship game in…
Among Korean American men, the richest is Michael Kim of MBK Partners. Among women, it’s Thai Lee of SHI International. But the most well-known Korean American business leader in the U.S. right now is probably Michele Kang. Kang moved from…
A few days ago, Korea celebrated the 80th anniversary of Independence Day. From 1909 to 1945, Korea was under harsh Japanese rule. Japan tried to erase Korean names and language, forced many Korean women, some teenagers, into sexual slavery, and…
After watching the 1990s film Seopyeonje, a sorrowful tale of an obsessive pansori (traditional Korean musical storytelling) master who seeks to reach a deeper realm of sound through his supremely gifted daughter, while striving to preserve this venerable vocal art against…
The Korean alphabet, Hangul, has always felt to me less like a puzzle and more like a set of LEGO pieces. I learned it in kindergarten, and even then it seemed built for ordinary people, not experts. That’s why kids…
It’s Sunday evening a little after seven, but there’s still some light outside. When I look out my window, I see cars and motorbikes rushing down the big six-lane road, and soft rain falling over everything. The summer rain feels…
“Seoul” is a song written and sung by Kim Nam-joon (RM), the leader of BTS, one of the most famous K-pop groups in the world. In the song, RM talks honestly about what it feels like to live in…
Perseverance, harsh and continuous, may be employed by the smallest of us and rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistibly greater with time. This quote from Goethe has long been a guiding light for me, one…
I was talking about Korean films with a friend, and as someone who loved movies, I ended up recommending some of my favorites. I thought I’d share the list here as well, in case any of you are searching for…
