[HanCinema's Digest] Culture Corner

Take a look forward to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, see how spicy cabbage helped power the Korean Wave, My Korean Husband shares some intercultural confessions, and is enough Korean literature being translated?

Advertisement

"WHERE IS KOREAN TRANSLATED LITERATURE?"

How familiar are you with lines from classic Korean literature such as "Why do murders always seem to happen on Sundays?" and "Before my wife turned vegetarian, I thought of her as completely unremarkable in every way"? In this post, Charles Montgomery asks if Korean literature has really gotten the attention it deserves in the hearts and minds of book lovers the world over.

...READ ON LA REVIEW OF BOOKS

"PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics: Think K-Culture on Ice"

The Rio Olympics have come and gone but already the world is looking ahead to PyeongChang 2018 in Korea for the Winter Olympics; it's bound to be a grand and chilly affair, but will it really be "K-Culture on Ice"? In any event, in this post you'll find more information about the build up to the Winter Olympics, how preparations are going, and meet the two mascots tasked with promoting it.

...READ ON NBC NEWS

"INTERCULTURAL CONFESSIONS CHALLENGE"

Ever wonder what it's like dating someone from a difficult culture? My Korean Husband is a popular blog by a cute couple who, in this candid video, entitled "confessions", you'll hear them share the things about the other's culture that they can't stand, or simply can't get their head around: "We thought up this challenge because after being married for several years I think we are comfortable confessing to some secrets or how we feel about some things in each other's cultures".

...READ ON MY KOREAN HUSBAND

"How South Korea Uses Kimchi To Connect To The World - And Beyond"

South Korea is a cultural powerhouse in the twenty-first century. Over the past decade, the country has successfully spread many aspects of its culture (e.g. music, film, art) around the world. but perhaps the most iconic aspects of this K-cultural movement is its food, generally, and kimchee in particular.

...READ ON NPR