Looking for a hip neighborhood outside of Seoul to enjoy local culture? Number 1 on my list would be Dongmyeong-dong, Gwangju. You can start your visit by booking a room at Herjaega(희재가), a quaint guesthouse.

Seoul is not one city. There are two centers of urban culture, Hongdae and Gangnam, and competition between the two is transforming many neighborhoods. Overall, Hongdae’s hipsters are gaining over Gangnam’s bourgeois and bobos. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Irwv_Q…

A maverick politician, Ahn Cheolsu, finally has a shot at a major electoral office, the mayor of Seoul. In a polarized electorate, his main opponents are staking a position appealing to their party base, leaving the vast middle to Ahn. n.news.naver.com/article/081/00…

One is an actual neighborhood, the other was transformed into a “trendy” retail overwrought tourist zone nytimes.com/2021/02/12/nyr…

When will the PPP move to the middle? While PPP candidates fight over who is more anti-Moon, the ruling party’s Park Younsun became a middle of the road candidate when her main opponent, Woo Sangho, vowed to inherit former mayor Park Wonsoon’s legacy n.news.naver.com/article/214/00…

전 윌 스미스 행동을 이해하느니 못하느니 논쟁 관심 없습니다 그가 왜 사법처리 되지 않는지가 궁금합니다 한국에선 고소고발 난무했을텐데요

Why are young Koreans obsessed with the MBTI test? They are all so similar in their lifestyles. Subcultures and countercultures are non existent in Korean society, leaving young people with no choice but to turn to personality tests to express themselves. cnn.com/2022/07/22/asi…

The new South Korean president, Yoon Seok-yeol, is largely unknown to the world outside of Korea. Here is my take on how to make sense of him and his politics. globalasia.org/v17no2/focus/c…

[네이버 블로그] 골목길 경제학자의 《골목길 자본론》 출간! m.blog.naver.com/lifestylecity/… 카카오 브런치에 연재한 글을 모아 책으로 냈습니다 골목길이 미래 도시가 요구하는 사회적 자본이라는 메시지를 담았습니다

브런치북 <골목길 자본론>이 나왔습니다 brunch.co.kr/@riglobalizati… #브런치

Capucine at Cafe de la Paix, Paris, (photo by Georges Dambier, 1952)

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