It’s been a long time coming, but finally here – the Korea Journal announces its blog to the Korean Studies community and those interested in a more academic take on Korean society, culture, literature, and history.
This is Michael Hurt (a.k.a. the “Metropolitician”), but right now, I’m writing to you in my capacity as a consulting [...]
I love the fact that The New York Times is loving The Host. I’m still wigging out that my favorite director from back in the day is now the hottest thing since sliced tooboo around the world.
Here’s an example of something I notice from time to time with the Korean media.
The February 19 issue of New York Magazine reported in “The Inverse Power of Praise” on some new findings from a Columbia University study that showed it just might be beneficial to not praise your kid too much for being “smart” [...]
Soyeon’s leaving for Russia on Wednesday, so we just wanted to give her a happy sendoff post and also a unique chance for you all to give some feedback, since she’s been peeping in on this site.
Although Soyeon meant to take the time to write this in English, she has been wrapping things up at [...]
The next installment of the “Spacegirl” series – as some Korean folks around me like to affectionately call it – is served. To those of you who asked, I did my best to consolidate the subtitles into longer sentences, instead of breaking them into smaller chunks that keep you reading more than watching.
Soyeon changes a [...]
I’ve been dying a slow death in front of my Mac. But it’s been worth it.This episode has actually been in the works for the longest of any of them, from all the way back in the summer of last year, when my friend Soyeon was still busy surviving the major elimination rounds of the [...]
Greetings, Marmot’s Hole readers!
This is Michael Hurt, also known as the “Metropolitician,” writing in for the first time here as a guest blogger. It’s quite an honor to be able to guest blog and collaborate with the Main Mammal himself, and I’ll strive to do this site the justice it deserves.
To that end, for those [...]
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