It is clear that RM is the leader of BTS, though not the man standing at the center of the stage. RM started rapping as a kid inspired by Tablo of Korean hip hop group Epik High, and the reason he originally joined BTS was not to be in a boy band but to do hip hop. He is a ‘music man’ to the bone. A

Korean culture, which has captivated the hearts of people around the world even amidst the pandemic, is having a significant effect on the country’s economy as well. Breaking through this pandemic with their overflowing creativity, Korean artists are standing out in various fields such as films, TV

The organizing committee of Frankfurter Buchmesse 2021 (Frankfurt Book Fair 2021) has announced that the fair will be held 20th to 24th October. Juergen Boos, Director of Frankfurter Buchmesse has said, “The federal and the state government of Germany discussed with domestic and overseas publishers

Soprano Son Gaseul, who has been acclaimed for her “creamy, crystal-clear high notes” and “flame-like, spellbinding power” by domestic and European critics, gave her recital at IBK Chamber Hall, Seoul Arts Center, on September 19, at 8:00 PM. Throughout the evening, the soprano was accompanied by th

Snack culture, short and light cultural contents we may enjoy making use of spare time irrespective of places and occasions, is characterized by speed, short time, and simplification. Birth of Snack Culture and Its Power of Growth, “YOU” The term, ‘Snack Culture’ originated from the US IT & media ma

Stories mesmerize people all the time. And stories are everywhere - in speeches, in prints and in videos. We live in stories anytime and anywhere. The reason why snack culture has appeared in our society is that our society now has the environment where stories are easily accessible to anyone who wa

It was one evening not long after I had joined the current company when I dropped by at McDonald’s for a bite. Waiting in line, I found a man ahead of me looking into his cell phone. I peeked over it to see what was so funny and some familiar characters captured my eyes. He was reading the webtoon t

Have you ever had? Snacks! The meaning of snacks by dictionary is a small meal or amount of food usually eaten in a hurry, and ‘a kill-time peanuts’ is the representative. This cultural context of cracking and eating peanuts when you are bored having nothing to do is something in common regardless o

Korea is the origin of snack culture? Snack culture, as is known, means enjoying web dramas, webtoons, funny video clips, or sports highlight videos during rush hour or a short break time. It does not have to be rush hour or a break. When walking at the subway station for a transfer, when going upst

Rustle, crackle, crinkle. I tear open a snack bag and put the chips in my mouth; even shake the chip crumbs into it. But the full bag of it isn’t enough. It would melt away on putting it into my mouth. Here is another soundless snack. It is one of Snack Culture, that is, ‘webtoon’ you may enjoy by s

From School to the World Whenever I had to define myself in a sentence I used to choose ‘an outsider teenager from school’ since I was eighteen till I became an adult. At the moment I finished my ten-year school life on the last day of the first grade in high school, handing in the paper on which th

It has been my habit of saying that if I were born again, if I were born with a different face, body and talent, I would like to earn a living by dancing in my next life. I emphasize it’s ‘in my next life’, not my present life, because I realized ‘keenly’ that what I do best is different from what I

Several months ago, there was a metaverse festival at a university in Seoul. Students were invited to the campus realized in virtual space. They created their own avatars and walked around the virtual campus. They were able to visit different colleges, enjoy outdoor performances or even communicate

The original title for the French Film Things to Come, where Isabelle Huppert starred, is L’Avenir, which translates as “The Future.” Whichever L’Avenir translates as, one thing shared in all those titles is that those ‘things’ has yet to come. We wait for the things that are to come with mixed feel

People say the world has been changing a lot and there are different causes of the changes such as the 4th industrial revolution, AI, the metaverse, stem cells and autonomous vehicles. Futurists are predicting that we will be seeing a number of changes in education as well in the near future. Genera

Profession? Or a Symbol of Success? We may easily see that the symbol of teenagers’ learning achievement is ‘Seoul National University College of Medicine’ if we watch the drama 〈Sky Castle〉 describing a picture of the upper class parents wanting to inherit their position and their children accordin

The second season of TV show has started airing. I don’t usually catch up with TV shows, but this one is popular enough to attract my attention. The series is appealing to me in that it tells every day life stories and relationships of medical doctors. The leading factor of its p

I would say it was March of 2012 that actor Cho Jung-Seok started gaining popularity in Korea. Many was wondering “who is Cho Jung-Seok?” when he was found to be cast as the chief of the royal guard in TV series 〈The King 2 Hearts〉, where high-profile actress Ha Ji-won and actor Lee Seung-gi were de

Shin Won-ho, producer of the drama 〈Hospital playlist〉, frankly gave his special impression of Lee Woo-jung in one of the TV programs. “I appreciate every staff but if I have to pick the best of all it must be Lee Woo-jung for me. It has been already fifteen years since we started working together i

I had been waiting for that day – the day when the second season of 〈Hospital Playlist〉 premiered on TV. Not to lose the flow of the story, I went over the first season several times. My computer was playing the show even in the middle of the night when my eyes were closing. The ringtone on my cell