Finally after a lot of struggle, Seoul’s annual Pride parade went ahead today and by all accounts it sounds like it was even bigger and better than last year. A lot of parade participants have been praising the police for their approach and it sounds like there was considerably…
I have been trying to learn the Korean language ever since I first watched City Hunter without subtitles. I got the idea of what was happening but if you were to ask me what they were saying, I wouldn’t be able to tell you specifics. Enter “Practical Korean”. A…
After a long battle with Seoul Metropolitan Police, the Korean Queer Culture Festival have finally won the right to stage the Korean LGBT Pride Parade on the 28th of June.
The police force had earlier disallowed the parade from going ahead on the grounds that it was a threat to…
“Why does the consumption of K-pop music often trigger a passion for the South Korean language and for traditional Korean culture?”
It’s an interesting question that we here at Beyond Hallyu like many others often ponder.
Unfortunately there is a lack of data in this area and so…
A couple of years ago I wrote an article about aegyo as a cultural phenomenon and the role it plays in giving young women (and sometimes young men) a very limited form of power in a society in which they have very little. Most of the ideas came from a…
How do you solve a problem like Yoo Seung Jun (now mostly known by the name Steve Yoo)? That question came to mind after reading about the former Korean American idol and his infamous controversy. To figure it out, I tried to put myself in his shoes. How would I…
The future of this year’s Pride in Seoul is looking uncertain after a notice banning the parade in the planned route was issued by Seoul Metropolitan police.
The police issued the ban on the grounds that there were too many rallies planned for the same time, including opposing anti…
