Hadong and Gurye

  Countryside charms and nature's beauty await along the banks of the Seomjingang River   Gazing southeast, the sun rises slowly but surely over the horizon. The Seomjingang River’s pristine waters reflect the morning light…

Old Is New Again

Young entrepreneurs use old buildings to give Seoul new life   “Dull, inert cities, it is true, do contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else. But lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration,…

Not your mother’s hanbok

Designer In Oh of local studio Inohjudan adds a bit of youthful freedom to Korea’s traditional attire

Game On

With each broadcast, Erik ‘DoA’ Lonnquist is helping define what an e-sports caster should be

Not just a pretty face

Non-Summit veteran Alberto Mondi balances work, celebrity and life in Korea

A Midsummer’s Improvisation

Director Jang Kun-jae spins together two stories into a single, sweet film

ERIC MCLEE: Redefining the Korean Late-Night-Scape

Throw away all your preconceptions of the “Korean dream”, whatever that may be.  And if you hadn’t thought of it before, allow this young man to paint you a picture and illuminate the possibilities in this land of the morning calm. Eric…

Keeping the classics alive

Institute for the Translation of Korean Classics Director Lee Myung-hak strives to make Korea’s classical canon both accessible and relevant

Drawing a nation

‘Sketches of Korea’ creators Benjamin Joinau and Elodie Dornand de Rouville bring an unpolished Korea to the world

One Crazy chef

Celebrity chef Choi Hyun-seok gets a nation cooking

Safekeeping the past

As director of Seoul’s Lock Museum, Choi Hong-kyu breathes life into Ihwa-dong