KOREA FOCUS

Convergence of Bibimbap and IT A foreign friend of mine, on a visit to Korea, once said, “Koreans are like bibimbap.” Apparently our taste for a dish like bibimbap, consisting of rice mixed with various ingredients, is as intriguing to others as our propensity to put a ...

The Circle Dance Ganggangsullae According to folklorists, traditional Korean society can be divided into several zones in terms of special holidays. North Korea is the Dano zone, the southern Gyeonggi and Chungcheong region and the Honam area in the southwest form the Chuseok zone,...

The Miracle of Pyongyang University of Science and Technology “When I come to Pyongyang I always bring a large tube of toothpaste and my winter underwear. Just in case I end up staying for a long time…” One of my fellow travelers to Pyongyang last week made this confession on the day of our d...

Showing Korea to the World at the "Church Olympics" The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in 2013 will be held in Korea. The city of Busan was chosen as host city on August 31, when the WCC Central Committee met in Geneva, Switzerland. The WCC comprises 349 church organizations from...

Nobel Prize and the Seoul Literary Society Recently the well-known female writer Gong Ji-young came to my residence to talk about her literature at a meeting with the Seoul Literary Society (SLS). Some 50 people were there and it was very interesting to listen to her views on writing and how ...