KOREAN MOVIES: Once Upon a Time in South Korea... National Security 1985 and 26 Years

South Korea’s presidential elections occur quinquennially (the count beginning with the year 1988) and this year, on December 19, the 18th p...

KOREA FACTS: Dokdo Day, Oppan Dokdo Style!

Today (October 25) is Dokdo Day in South Korea, a day commemorating the Korean Empire's legislation enacted on October 25, 1900 to claim...

KOREAN POLITICS: Elisabeth Rehn Interviews North Korea's Almost Heir Apparent Kim Hansol

Elisabeth Rehn, a former UN Under-Secretary-General, former member of Parliament of the Finnish People's Party, and the first female Min...

KOREA FACTS: L'Express Dokdo Article by Pascal Dayez-Burgeon

프랑스 렉스프레스 독도 기사 Pascal Dayez-Burgeon, Deputy Director of the Institute of Communication Sciences of the CNRS, recently contributed an arti...

KOREAN MUSIC: Wait! PSY's Gangnam Style Video Gets Propaganda Treatment?

After reading this New York Times (NYT) article, " Viral Video Gets Propaganda Treatment ," written by Su Hyun Lee, an NYT reporte...

KOREAN MOVIES: My Dear Korea Review on Kim Ki-duk's Pietà

by MovieGoerK & ONSEMIRO Director’s Statement Money inevitably puts people to the test in a capitalist society, and the people today are...

KOREAN MOVIES: PSY’s “Gangnam Style” and Gangnam Oppa in “Architecture 101” (4)

❹  Gangnam Oppa: The Age of Riches This review is solely my interpretation of the 2012 Korean movie "Architecture 101."  So I unde...

KOREAN MOVIES: Kim Ki-duk’s 2012 Film “Pieta”

Kim Ki-duk’s 2012 Film “Pietà ” ( 김기덕 , 피에타 ) by MovieGoerK ● Kim Ki-duk, a Korean movie director and star of international movie festival c...

KOREAN MOVIES: PSY’s “Gangnam Style” and "Gangnam Oppa" in “Architecture 101” (3)

❸   Gangnam Kids: The Rise of Nouveaux Riches I was born and raised in Gangbuk district but wasn’t even aware of that; I was just a kid livi...