Wednesday, September 14 2005
“Please Teach Me English”
Kimchi Casserole -- 'Please Teach Me English' -- South Korean students are under great pressure to learn English. Movies such as Please Teach Me English offer comic relief.
Wednesday, July 13 2005
Club Heavy: Daegu Rocks
There's this little-known place in Daegu that has a very big sound...
Wednesday, May 4 2005
Rage Turned to Stone: South Korea’s Hardened Resentment Against Japan
The few Koreans Smith has met who aren't riding the anti-Japanese bandwagon hint that their open-mindedness makes them feel as if they are shirking their nationalistic duty.
Wednesday, March 2 2005
The Hospitality Brigade
Upon her move from Poland to Korea, Smith finds that it is possible to be nearly killed by kindness. A child of postcolonial wealth and might, and all that implies, negotiates in fits and starts, her early days in an ancient, Confucian land. Culture clash is inevitable.
