South Korea
9 Korean Films You Don’t Want to Miss
“Once you overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films."
When he accepted the Golden Globe for his movie Parasite (2019), director Bong Joon-Ho told the...
South Korea
How South Korea is Beating COVID
From mask vending machines to a general culture of responsibility
As coronavirus cases continue to rise in the US, it’s easy to forget the virus arrived in...
South Korea
During COVID-19, the World Watches South Korea
For Korean Americans, it’s a bittersweet moment as Seoul succeeds while Washington flounders
In late February, I was at my parents’ house in the Seattle area, when what had...
As the camera pans across to a boxing-ring-like blue stage, a 35-year-old Korean man wearing a...
“Is it okay to wear shorts in Calicut?” I recently typed into Google. I was already...
India
Are Delhiites being taken for a ride?
The Delhi government’s pink ticket scheme lets women ride for free—but not everyone is pleased
“Think it’s going to change anything?” a friend asked me when news of the Delhi government’s...
Can a country’s national dish be cheap, highly-processed, packaged instant noodles, chock full of artificial ingredients?...
Jakarta is an overlooked city. Despite being the capital of the world’s fourth-largest, and arguably most...
It is impossible to thread your way through Mumbai without glimpsing at least one or two...
Gamers are everywhere. Earphones in; heads down with their phones clasped in their hands. They tend...
