So much of what we hear these days is doom and gloom―political battles, a slumping economy, corruption, K-pop stars committing suicide, social problems and thunderous threats from North Korea. It’s enough to make a person pull up the covers and...
I recently attended and enjoyed an exhibition about the life and music of John Lennon and the Beatles at the Seoul Arts Center. However—and I am afraid I will sound like an insufferable snob here—I learned little since I lived through the Beatles...
On this 223-kilometer bus ride to Korea’s east coast, I had two seat mates. The first was a young woman who had recently been through plastic surgery; I could see her bruised face underneath a mask. The second was a burly man who reeked of...
I do not have a bucket list. Even if I did, going to see a fortune-teller would not be on it, not even at the bottom. I have never had the least desire or need to avail myself of clairvoyants. I feel no contempt for those who partake, but I sure...
[It’s a sad fact that my year-long effort to get Abner Haynes into the College Football Hall of Fame and my even longer drive to convince the French to put Jikji on a Seoul-bound airplane ended—unsuccessfully—within a couple...
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