[HanCinema's Digest] Culture Corner

Published on 2015/10/04

What's Chuseok really about?, All K-pop has a great guide to start learning more about one of Korea's favourite holidays; Korean author Sung J. Woo talks about pornography in his second book; Eat Your Kimchi go day camping in the park and have some tips to share; and The Korean Herald features a new book ("Time of Accumulation: Suggestions for the Future of Korea") that takes a hard and detailed look at Korea's economic future in light of now.

"A detailed explanation of 'Chuseok'"

Do you know about Korea's harvest festival, Chuseok? You may know, love, your K-pop and dramas, but have you ever been curious about Korean culture itself and its traditions? This great feature by All K-Pop provides some thoughtful history and cultural insight around this annual celebration. And if were looking for a place to start, this is it.

…READ ON ALL K-POP: http://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/09/a-detailed-explanation-of-chuseok-2015

"First-World Problems: Love Love and Porn"

Korean author Sung J. Woo reflects on his second novel, Love Love, and, more specifically, his reactions to the controversy of writing pornography: "…I wanted to explore this sordid subject because of my rather strong diametrical emotions on the topic.… It doesn't matter whether there's high production value, like some period piece that actually looks like the studio spent some cash making things look pretty; all I can think is, oh goodness, this poor woman. This is her job".

…READ ON IAMKOREAM: http://iamkoream.com/first-world-problems-love-love-and-porn/

"Korean Camping Tips"

K-camping? Eat Your Kimchi meet up with some friends to enjoy 'day camping' in Seoul city parks. The couple having been living in Korea for over seven years but have never ventured out to camp in a city park before, until now! They grabbed all their gear and experienced it all, survived, and have a bunch of great tips and info to help you do the same-like knowing you can still order takeaway!

…WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EccqxGR09c

"Engineering professors look into fallacies of Korea's fast growth, remedies"

Korea has earned incredible growth across all sections of society in the last 60 years; it's a rise that, according to 26 scholars from Korea's prestigious Seoul Nation University, is finally slowing down. "Time of Accumulation: Suggestions for the Future of Korea" is compiled by SNU professor Lee Jeong-dong and thoroughly details a plan for the future of Korea Inc.: "The ability to create and present a fundamentally new concept, a new blueprint and a new market paradigm - that's what makes a game changer. ... That's something that can't be earned without accumulating one's own lessons of trial and error".

…READ ON THE KOREA HERALD: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20151001001178