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9 Naver Webtoons I read in 2019
When I think of my evolving relationship with Korean pop culture, I think I will remember 2019 fondly as the year I committed myself to Korean webtoons. Webtoons are online-first original comics optimized for mobile consumption. (There’s an interesting article that came out earlier this year contrasting webtoons to Japan’s print-first manga culture.) A number…
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On reading Han Kang
When I read The White Book, I felt a kind of desolation. It wasn’t agony like Human Acts, but a quiet, persistent sadness.
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Japanese words to understand the Japanese mind
We recently got back from a trip to Tokyo, and half of my heart is still there.
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On the one Korean drama I can’t forget
Sometimes certain stories come into your life right when you need them the most.