KMK: Gi Hyeong-do | A Misunderstood Modern Gay Korean Poet
Gi Hyeong-do (1960-1989) is one of the most highly recognized names in modern Korean poetry
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KMK: Values Collide in the Workplace
Let me preface the following post by saying that I received it as a comment on my Anti English Spectrum post, but decided that it should be posted as a post on its own. I removed all names as I have not had the opportunity to talk with the people named in this letter. I […]
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KMK: Jeju | Folk Art Village
This visit happened after I’d uttered the phrase, “If you’ve seen one Korean Folk Village…” Which, I can now reluctantly invalidate because the Jeju Folk Art Village provided a few distinct experiences I’ve yet to encounter in it’s sister sites dotted throughout Korea. Things didn’t start off on that great. Drizzle quickly turned into slushy […]
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KMK: Korea is Best?
Okay, we all know or come to know that living in Korea will mean facing shall we say unpleasantness, from time to time. There’s is a long list of greivances that the foreign community in Korea has including but not limited to: Yellow Journalism Objectification Inequality Unreasonable suspicion Mistreatment Now some people ignore it, others […]
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KMK: Lee Jung Seop and Kim Young Gap
Jeju just isn’t a paradise for work weary Seoulites to flee to for a few days of rest and relaxation. Nope, it’s also, and has been for a very long time, an island refuge for artists. Once you’ve seen the craggy bluffs, deep blue seas, and forested volcanic craters its not hard to figure out […]
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KMK: Beginning of a New Era
Heralding the coming Seoul Museum of Contemporary Art a special exhibition was held last fall. The site of the exhibition was the former headquarters of Defense Security Command. It was formerly a grim and shunned place known for torture during Korea’s darker times. Now, however, it has been reborn as a space to showcase art […]
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