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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Culturalism - You Keep Using That Word 1: What is Actual Culturalism?

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Last summer, when The Korean from Ask a Korean!  wrote his bit about Malcolm Gladwell, the Asiana crash, and culturalism -- a tour de ...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Psy's Hangover Hite Ad, or The Problem With Trying Too Hard

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Psy. Yes, that Psy, has a new video out. And Gangnam Style just passed 2 billion views. Good lord. I like Psy, don't get me wrong...
Sunday, June 01, 2014

The Amazing George Takei in Seoul, and the Pride Parade Is a Go

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[UPDATE]: You can now listen to Mr. Takei's interview on TBS Radio's program "Inside Out," here on their program podcast....
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Press Freedom: KBS Walkout and the Steady Decline of Press Freedom in Korea

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So on Facebook tonight, from a handful of friends, the word was that KBS only aired 20 minutes of news during the 9pm broadcast, and then f...
Friday, May 09, 2014

Elegy for the Sewol Tragedy: Waiting For A Miracle. Some personal thoughts

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Read KimchiBytes. Read  The Secret Map 's fictional "letter from Sewol" Read  Brother Anthony and Korean poet Ko-Un 's ...
Monday, May 05, 2014

A Few More Links On Culture

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Here: Read two examples of ways to talk about culture (in the broader sense) From the New York Times - " The Case For Disobedience ...
Friday, May 02, 2014

Sewol Ferry and Problems with Citing Culture

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In the last post ( part 1 is here ) I wrote a rundown of the (large large) number of articles that use the Sewol Ferry tragedy as a jumping...
Saturday, April 26, 2014

Sewol Ferry, Safety Awareness and Citing Culture: A Rundown

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You have heard, no doubt, about the Korean Sewol Ferry disaster still in progress off Korea's southwest coast. The death toll keeps cl...