It’s that time of the year again. Jangma (monsoon season, 장마) has officially begun. While some may feel that the rain puts a damper on their fun, I’ve actually come to like the rainy season in Seoul. Love it even. Sure, there are the monstrous mosquitoes that have the ability to move like lighting and whose …
Month: July 2012
Last week, I had the privilege of attending a rather bizarre wedding that featured father-of-the-bride drunkenness, a rock-n-roll twist-off, and a gay stripper. OK, so it wasn’t a real wedding, but rather the latest non-verbal performance to hit the stage of the PMC 대학로 자유극장 theater in Hyehwa-dong. I was happy to be on yet …
One of the cool things about Korea is that there is a number of subcultures flourishing, but many of them are so far underground that visitors (and even some locals) might never even suspect their existence. B-boy culture is one of these and while I knew it was present here, my exposure to it had …