East Asia

An ode to the best bar in Uiseong, Korea

So, there’s chatter that KakaoTalk is going to make way into the taxi brokering business as part of the “Sharing-Economy.” As previously…

I hate to distract from the uproar by the expat community on the news that Uber in Korea is being banned. But, I have a “philosophical…

1. How cool it is You know how you get this idea of how a place is going to be based on books.

Shinkansen at Tokyo Station The Shinkansen (新幹線 new trunk line), also known as the “bullet trains” is a network of high speed railway…

Have you wondered why some people learn a language better than others?

221B: Baker Street comes to Seoul.

You’d be out of your candied gourd not to try these dishes

A Beginner’s Guide to the Godfather of Bingsu Pop.

A Very Regal Asylum.

There’s so many great East Asian characters in it

My thoughts between Google Glass and the latest piece of NeuroTech by Keio University, showcased at Human Sensing 2013. 

The Sunflower Movement One Month on 

… because in China, Content is the Emperor

Photo: Yonaguni Island protesters face off against police and secret service personnel in an attempt to block Japanese Defense Minister…

Reading through Kia Ma’s Time.com article about the sinking of the South Korean passenger ferry, I was slightly taken back by the Dallas…

How and why South Korea assumed the global pop lead, and what can America do balance the future?

An ad-curious tale about a cup of noodles (p.1)

The books of Andrew Salmon and Writing in the 21st Century

An Exploration

How I inadvertently played receptionist 

Perspectives from the World’s Most Vertical City

Thoughts on the Similarities, and Differences, of our Asian Cousins

The United States and China Take Characteristiclly Different Approaches

Seoul and its Shamans.