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Tag: november

  • An interview with William Dunn, the creator of the Korean Restaurants mural (as seen on November 2012 magazine)

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    – I heard you hadn’t tried much of Korean food, yet you did this artwork in the theme of Korean restaurants.  What was the creative process like?  I’ve had “Korean BBQ” maybe three times in my life.  The first time I was a bit overwhelmed by all the side dishes. I didn’t know what went…

  • Control Alt Delete: A Snapshot of Gaming Culture in South Korea

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    By Clark Rhodes In hindsight, maybe I should have played more video games when I was younger. In addition to riding bikes and building forts, I spent much of my childhood magnetized to a television, blowing into Nintendo cartridges, and surfing up and down Cinnabar Island looking for “Missing No.” If you don’t understand these…

  • KKONNECT Goes to KCON

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    October 13th was the day I had been looking forward to for months: the first ever Korean pop culture convention. In the midst of the best year for Korean pop with its growing popularity, I knew I had to attend this event which offered not only a dance workshop led by famous choreographers, panels on…

  • Film Review: The Thieves

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    The Thieves: Raising the Bar by Sierra Fox Big. Loud. Dazzling. For we have known the summer blockbusters already, known them all. Stories we’ve already seen. Jokes we’ve already heard. Characters we’ve already loved. Indeed, The Thieves embraces this formula: an impossible jewel heist, the high jinks in pulling off such a feat, and the…

  • Blog Showcase: Matthew’s ‘Too Poor for Grad School’ – A Korean Book Review Blog

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    By Jacklin Lee Korean literature is no longer an obscure genre in the back aisle of the public library. As the “Korean wave” has been catching momentum so has Korean literature. More and more Korean books and novels been translated into English recently. Korean literature has long been something maybe only Korean historians have been…

  • Hanja Time with Gary

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    A Simple Introduction to Hanja By Gary Routh   Do you know what the Shinsegae department store and the Shilla Dynasty have in common?  What about Seoraksan Mountain and the Korean word for “sugar”? What connection is there between high schools and the Koryeo dynasty?  The answer is in the Hanja. Many Korean words are…

  • Shane & Simeon’s Korean 101

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    So you want to get serious about learning Korean, do you? A little birdie told us you are hungry to learn. Allow me to proudly introduce Shane and Simeon’s Korean 101, a new on-going introduction to useful Korean phrases for our readers who are interested in learning the Korean language. If you tune in each…

  • Korean Organizations in San Diego

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      San Diego Kpop Flash Mob: Active for over a year, this group of diverse people get together Saturdays to rehearse a variety of Kpop songs to perform for flash mobs and special events. Rehearsals are usually taken place by the Geisel Library at UCSD from around 2-5pm. Just recently they completed their third flash…