It’s that time of year when the focus is all on the family, and it’s YOUR job to find activities to do together. Whether the gathering lasts a few days or a few weeks, there are more than enough options for awesome family friendly K-movies and K-Dramas that you can watch together. All the K-Dramas…
2021 has been another banner year for Korean American writing with many standout novels, memoirs, and short story collections put out by both major and independent publishers, many of them appearing on ‘best of the year’ lists and one, Grace Cho’s Tastes Like War, becoming a finalist for the National Book Award. This is not…
Whether you live far away from Korean markets or simply crave some new Korean foods selected by an expert, Seoulbox promises to come to the rescue by shipping a box of goodies straight from Korea to your door! Since I grew up in Korea, I was curious to check out what kind of merchandise was…
Sometime in the 1990s, Chinese journalists coined the word “hallyu” to describe the wave of Korean pop culture and entertainment that was gaining popularity outside of Korea. Almost thirty years later in 2021, hallyu along with 25 other Korean words, have officially found their way into the Oxford English Dictionary, the reference book that is…
What are Korean perms and why are they so popular? If you are like me and enjoy watching Korean dramas, you’ve probably noticed the long gorgeous hair of the female actresses. They’ve got such pretty hair. Yes, I know they have personal hairstylists who work on the hair for hours before a shoot but wouldn’t…