Category Archives: Korea
Cheonhajangsa Madonna
From the site Junge Jurnalisten’s coverage of the Berlin Gay Film Festival, a description of Cheonhajangsa Madonna, also called Like A Virgin: Ssireum [Korean wrestling] is respect for your opponent and for yourself. It takes a wrestler’s inner strength to … Continue reading
Filed under film, Korea, Korean Queer
bROKe in Korea
The star of this week’s Google Image-search Custom Header is an anonymous Korean punk rocker found through bROKe In Korea, a message board for Korean punk rockers. I’m researching Korean speed metal bands for my third novel. If anyone can … Continue reading
Filed under Korea, Korean life, Korean Punk, music, novels
Sangju
One of the best things I read this last year was a short post by Peter over at one thousand secret kings, which is a blog title so beautiful I wish I’d thought of it. This post is beautifully written … Continue reading
Filed under blogs, Korea, Korean America, Korean American, Korean life, writers, writing
The Rails of Korea
Tonight I’m searching for images of the Korean War. I don’t really know why, I’m just sort of following a feeling. Last week my friend Shauna sent me this link to an article about North Korea and South Korea allowing … Continue reading
Filed under Korea, Korean life, political art
