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[Serendipity] Old habits die hard

ViewpointsSept 18, 2020

I am a lists person. I am constantly making lists: the to-do list, the shopping list, the weekly menu list, the book list and the potential interviewee list, not to mention the list that tops them a...
DMZ documentary fest gets underway Thursday with closed-door screenings

FilmSept 15, 2020

After a week of repeated changes of plan due to the resurgence of COVID-19, the 12th DMZ International Documentary Festival released its final schedule Tuesday, two days ahead of the kickoff. Origin...
[Serendipity] In these unusual times, adversity may be unforeseen opportunity

ViewpointsSept 4, 2020

The young men have done it yet again. The trailblazing K-pop boy band’s latest single, “Dynamite,” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the first South Korean music ever to do so. The announcement, w...
[Eye Interview] ‘When people dance, they laugh!’

CultureAug 28, 2020

Getting people to move Ahn began dancing at the age of 5, spurred on by the sight of colors she had never seen before. What she had seen at a marketplace all those years ago was a group of dancers, ...
[Serendipity] Wishing it were a movie

ViewpointsAug 21, 2020

It felt as if I were a character in a zombie movie. I was driving home from the office Monday evening when, over the airwaves, I heard a crisp, measured male voice announcing the number of new daily ...
[Serendipity] Turn crisis into opportunity for arts

ViewpointsJul 31, 2020

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has raged on for more than seven months now, it was said that there would be a plethora of books about the time of the novel coronavirus in the years...
[Eye Interview] With court battle over, singer-artist ready for limelight

Arts&DesignJul 24, 2020

Applying acrylic paint to what appears to be a finished piece of work on the coffee table, Cho looks like a little boy all but begging to be asked what he is doing. Asked what he was doing, he immed...
Wide open nature of Jeju offers solace for COVID-19 weary

TravelJul 17, 2020

Day 3 Finally rain. It starts as a light drizzle and, as my friend has recommended, I head to the Seogwipo Forest of Healing. She has assured me that the thick tree canopy would protect me from ligh...
[Eye Interview] ‘I want to show authenticity’

FilmJul 17, 2020

Seeking authenticity Noting that directors today tend to rely on the image of workers inside their own heads, Kim says they are squeezing workers and minorities into a frame of a victim narrative, c...
[Serendipity] Think of the consequences

ViewpointsJul 3, 2020

The novel coronavirus that began its insidious spread at the beginning of the year continues to wreak havoc around the world, claiming lives, slowing down economies and changing the way we live. Sou...
[Eye Interview] Journeying the world on wings of music

MusicJun 26, 2020

Yi has been hosting one radio show after another ever since he made a debut as a radio DJ in 2007. His shows have included an indie music program, which he hosted from 2014-2017, as well as a literar...
[Eye Interview] Creating universe with small square canvases

Arts&DesignJun 19, 2020

By Kim Hoo-ran ( khooran@heraldcorp.com )
[Serendipity] Time for government to step up to the plate

ViewpointsJun 5, 2020

The 1,442nd Wednesday Rally held across the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Wednesday proceeded as it has for 30 years, opening with a performance followed by individual citizens and group representativ...
[Serendipity] Music can heal. We need it more than ever

ViewpointsMay 22, 2020

Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, life seems to have settled into a humdrum rhythm. Days pass like the swing of a pendulum -- back and forth, back and forth, from home to work, work to home. Yet, s...
Believers in the power of music to heal

MusicMay 22, 2020

At Myongji Hospital, music is not just a complementary program but a proper entity in itself. “We have an independent Center of Arts and Healing, established in 2013, with 13-14 staff, offering progr...