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The Harmonium in My Memory

Film Review: The Harmonium in My Memory

To Sir With Love meets The Road Home in this endearing tale of Yun Hong-yeon, an adolescent girl ...

Korea, S / Korea, N Celeste Heiter

Fire Chicken

Recipe: Fire Chicken

Get ready for a fiery treat with this popular Korean pub snack. Bits of chicken are soy-marinated...

Korea, S / Korea, N Celeste Heiter

Film Review: 301/302

Dark matters are treated with a light touch in this food-as-metaphor film by Korean director Cheo...

Korea, S Celeste Heiter

The Bow

Film Review: The Bow

With no dialogue between two nameless characters, The Bow tells a visually seductive story of a s...

Korea, S Celeste Heiter

All Work and All Play: An Interview with Cartoon Animator Jack Heiter

To those of us with kids of our own, and those of us with toddler-aged nieces and nephews, and ev...

Korea, S Celeste Heiter

The Korean War, by Peter Lowe.

War Without End

A review of The Korean War, by Peter Lowe.

Korea, S / Korea, N Kenneth Champeon

Jogyesa temple

Seven Hours in the Soul of Seoul

A couple of hours before dawn and xenophobia hangs thickly in the air. I'm standing at the tail e...

Korea, S Joshua Samuel Brown

Incheon International Airport

Bee Bim Bop and Morning Calm: Crossing the Pacific on Korean Air

The author prefers to fly an Asian airline when crossing the Pacific. [It's] like culture in a ca...

Korea, S Steven K. Bailey

3-Iron, written and directed by Ki-duk Kim

Film Review: 3-Iron

A moody and mysterious Korean film, 3-Iron follows Tae-suk, a fetching young man on a sporty silv...

Korea, S / Korea, N Celeste Heiter

Film Review: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring

Boys will be boys, even living a monastic life in the middle of a remote lake in Korea. But the c...

Korea, S Celeste Heiter

Tulip Festival at Everland

It was a bright Thursday as I made way to Everland Theme Park . The time was about 11 in the morn...

Korea, S Audrey Lim

The Way Home

Film Review: The Way Home

Sang Woo is seven years old. His deaf-mute grandmother is 75. Sang Woo is bratty, mischievous, ru...

Korea, S Celeste Heiter

Cinequest 2016 - Night Song

Love is in the Air at Cinequest 2016

In its 26th year, the Cinequest Film Festival, held annually in San Jose, Calif., once again has ...

Korea, S / China / India Celeste Heiter

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Ginseng Festival, Geumsan, South Korea

At the Ginseng festival in Geumsan, South Korea. Geumsan county, 81 miles south of Seoul, is the ...

Korea, S AFP/Nam You-Sun

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Mr. Lowell Goes to Asia

A review of Percival Lowell's The Soul of the Far East, a dusty but nevertheless interesting book.

Korea, S / Japan / China Kenneth Champeon

Gyeongju, S. Korea.

Gyeongju, Gateway To The Soul Of Korea

Korea’s ancient capital, Gyeongju, is a showcase of the nation’s history and culture...

Korea, S Graham Simmons

Bibim Bap

The Harmonium in My Memory Korean Recipes & Photos

This hearty and unusual Korean menu features an array of classic dishes, including Quick and Easy...

Korea, S / Korea, N Celeste Heiter

The Red Shoes

Film Review: The Red Shoes

In this modern horror thriller interpretation of a Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, Sun-jae, a...

Korea, S Celeste Heiter

Bullfight Festival, Chongdo, South Korea.

No coup de grace, just guts and glory at Korean bullfights

CHEONGDO, South Korea, March 28, 2005 - With steam pouring from their nostrils and hooves poundin...

Korea, S AFP/Park Chan-Kyong

Uisangdae Pavilion, at Naksansa Temple. is a great place to see sunrise.

The Grace Of The Bodhisattva: a Korean Temple Stay

The author goes for a temple stay at the Naksansa Temple in South Korea's Gangwondo Province, and...

Korea, S Graham Simmons

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