The official website of
the bestselling author

Park Chung-hee

Park Chung-hee

If you think the NSA is bad …

SEOUL, South Korea — Americans are apparently blasé about government eavesdropping. In the days after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed that Washington spies extensively on its own citizens, polls found that about half of Americans have no problem with such snooping, as long as it protects them from terrorism.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Jul 18, 2013

Read More »

South Korea and China’s so-called honeymoon

SEOUL, South Korea — China has uncomfortably backed North Korea since the 1950s, at times treating South Korea as a direct enemy and, more recently, a wary and reserved trading partner.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Apr 19, 2013

Read More »

South Korea: A president and a peninsula divided

GWANGJU, South Korea — It is a chilly day in Gwangju, the cradle of South Korea’s political left, and home to what was once a boisterous democracy movement that fought military rule in the 1970s and 1980s.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Feb 25, 2013

Read More »

Modern shamans all the rage in S Korea

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 blood until I became a minion of Satan. “Are you nuts? They’re evil!” another friend exclaimed.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

May 30, 2010

Read More »

Will Korean manhwa replace manga?

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.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

May 30, 2010

Read More »

Search Articles

What to read next: