Oct 25, 2010 | Writing
SEOUL, South Korea — Heinz Insu Fenkl, a literature professor at the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz, has cracked one secret to understanding the bizarre regime of North Korea: by reading its comic books. The academic, who refers to himself as an...
Jun 23, 2010 | Writing
Editor’s note: Blizzard Entertainment has announced the release date for StarCraft’s sequel. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will be available come July 27. SEOUL, South Korea — Koh Seok-hyun walks on stage wearing a red and white race-car uniform. He sits...
May 30, 2010 | Writing
DANANG, Vietnam — “Attention passengers. This is your captain speaking. We’re starting our descent into Danang, with heavy winds and rain. Things could get bumpy. As always, we thank you for flying with us.” Oops! They forgot to mention we’re landing in a...
May 30, 2010 | Writing
SEOUL, South Korea — When I told my friends I would visit a Korean shaman, or mudang, their responses weren’t exactly reassuring. One Korean university student explained to me that evil spirits would hijack my body, prompting me to slit my wrists and drink my own...
May 30, 2010 | Writing
SEOUL, South Korea — In his bag, Park Jae Dong always carries a fine-point ink brush. The mellow, aging artist speaks in few words, preferring to communicate through Korean cartoons, or manhwa, which have gained such popularity across Asia in recent years. When his...
May 30, 2010 | Writing
DANANG, Vietnam — At 46, each year of misery seems to have etched new wrinkles around Tran Thanh Dung’s angry gaze. When he was child in the early 1970s, Tran says he witnessed U.S. soldiers shoot his parents — both of whom were communist Viet Cong soldiers during the...
