May 15th, 2013 | by C. Adam Volle
Texas has the Battle of the Alamo. Israel has the Siege of Masada. Greece has the Battle of Thermopylae. And the people of Gwangju – along with every Korean who identifies with them – have their memories of May 18-27,
December 27th, 2012 | by C. Adam Volle
C. Adam Volle gives us his take on a visit from Vietnam's ambassador to Korea.
November 29th, 2012 | by C. Adam Volle
The difference between our enforcement agencies are the result of our cultures’ different values. American values, in particular our legalism and moralism, are responsible for producing the police we have: men and women who see themselves as moral crusaders defending their communities, punishing the guilty
November 12th, 2012 | by C. Adam Volle
“Follow the money,” it is said, if you want to understand a country’s politics. Far fewer say to study the money, but more should. Learn about the faces on a country’s currency and you learn a lot more about the people who put them there – their self-image, their ambitions.
September 19th, 2012 | by C. Adam Volle
Han is far more than a mere label of an ethnic group.
August 16th, 2012 | by C. Adam Volle
As with so much else, the swastika, or man (Hangul: 만, from 만자) is said to have arrived in Korea with the Buddha, who supposedly bore the sigil upon both his heart and his feet.
July 10th, 2012 | by C. Adam Volle
The pitcher was small and stoneware, but it was green celadon, what Koreans call cheong-ja (청자), and an antique besides, over five hundred years old – crafted in an era of Korean history as renowned for its ceramics as the European Renaissance is for painting
May 29th, 2012 | by C. Adam Volle
May 28th afforded 2012’s best opportunity to contemplate the father he’s been, as the lunar calendar declared it once again Buddha’s Birthday (부처님 오신 날, lit. "The day when the Buddha came"), on which he became 2,575 years old. Or possibly 2,636. Unless he’s 3,
April 23rd, 2012 | by C. Adam Volle
The EAEP is an attempt to graft a strongly pro-environment message onto the larger body of Korean education
Behind the Myth: Korean Ghosts | posted on December 17, 2012
Behind the Myth: Eating Apples at Night | posted on August 8, 2012
Let’s Help Sarah | posted on April 18, 2013
Remembering the Gwangju Democratic Uprising | posted on May 15, 2013
Photo Essay: Buddha’s Birthday | posted on May 20, 2013
