K-beauty has elevated the sunscreen game. Korean sunscreens are years ahead of the competition with new and innovative formulas unavailable elsewhere. Spring is just around the corner and after a secluded winter, we’re all eager to get outside and get some sun! As inviting as this sounds, we all know the sun can wreak havoc on…
For the past decade, Korean products have pushed their way firmly into the Western beauty and skincare market and have made the 10 step Korean skin care routine a catch phrase in the world of beauty. K-beauty has even inspired Western brands to come up with their own versions of ingenious Korean invented products such…
What in the world is Mukbang? In the last decade, food lovers have discovered and obsessed over a new video genre called “Mukbang” (먹방), which has taken over YouTube, and made millionaires out of a handful of people willing to artfully consume huge amounts of food in front of a captive audience. The popularity of…
My mentor, my friend, and my inspiration, Vernon Jordan, passed away today. As he did for so many individuals, particularly minority professionals, he helped my career immensely – often invisibly and behind the scenes, as was his style. I am forever indebted to him. And, I am deeply saddened by this loss. After a year…
Best of Korea is joining the ‘Gold Open’ effort to give Korean American film Minari a chance at a blockbuster opening week! #GoldOpen is a movement that coordinates theater buyouts and other community-engagement strategies in an effort to raise the power of Asian American films and filmmakers in Hollywood. It helped propel Asian-American films such…
The saga of King Sukjong, Queen Inhyeon, and Concubine Jang Hee Bin (sometimes spelled Hui-bin) is one of the most famous episodes in the 500-year-long history of the Joseon dynasty. Filled with palace intrigue and passionate love affairs, the story of the 19th king of Joseon, his virtuous queen, and one of the most infamous…
As a mother of two young (not yet school-age) boys with the attention spans of a gnat and an exceptional ability to make our house feel twice as small, I have serious reservations about buying them new toys. But I don’t have the same qualms when it comes to books. Our house is cluttered with…
Nelson Chai, Chief Financial Officer of Uber, shares “lessons learned” from more than a decade of experience in senior positions at some of the world’s leading publicly traded companies, including Uber, CIT Group, Merrill Lynch, and NYSE Euronext, among others. Members and friends of The Korea Society and Korea Finance Society were invited to this…
The annual Korean Baeksang Awards (also known as the Paeksang Arts Awards) are the most popular and prestigious awards for film and television in South Korea. Similar to the Academy Awards, the Baeksang Awards have categories to present the best films, directors, actors and actresses, screenplays, etc. In addition to awarding films, awards also go the…
Lowell Humanities Series Webinar Min Jin Lee is the author of Pachinko (2017) and Free Food for Millionaires (2007). She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study at Harvard, and the New York Foundation for the Arts, and holds an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Monmouth College. Her…