Colin Marshall

Articles

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  When "I" Becomes "We": The Techno-Mythological Imagination of Kim Bo-young's I'm Waiting for You

  For this week's Korea Blog, Colin Marshall reads Kim Bo-young's "I'm Waiting for You."

  Colin MarshallJun 6, 2021
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  K-Pop Evolution: A Youtube Original Docuseries Traces the Origins of Korea's Prime Cultural Export

  For this week's Korea Blog, Colin Marshall dives into recent documentation of Korea's pop culture phenomena.

  Colin MarshallMay 23, 2021
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  The Grandma from Minari Was a Grindhouse Femme Fatale: Kim Ki-young's The Insect Woman (1972)

  "In the Korean entertainment industry, quite unlike the American one, appearing in commercials is the surest sign of having made it."

  Colin MarshallMay 9, 2021
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  The Selling of South Korea: Youjeong Oh's Pop City Reveals How K-Pop and K-Drama Have Transformed their Homeland

  Colin Marshall writes on how Korean media has changed to meet the world's gaze.

  Colin MarshallApr 25, 2021
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  You Can Check in Any Time You Want, But You Can Never Leave: The First Korean "Comfort Woman" Novel, Kim Soom's One Left

  Colin Marshall finds Kim Soom's novel at odds with recent "shoddy scholarship" on the topic of how voluntarily Korean women were sent to comfort stations.

  Colin MarshallApr 11, 2021
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  From Seoul to the Stars: The Journey of Indie Synth-Electro-K-Pop Queen Neon Bunny

  Colin Marshall writes on the K-pop phenom Neon Bunny (야광토끼) and her place in the Korean popular culture firmament.

  Colin MarshallMar 28, 2021
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  We Live in a Building-Turned-Society: The Vertiginously Satirical Sci-Fi of Bae Myung-Hoon's Tower

  Colin Marshall discusses a recent entrant in the world of Korean science fiction by Bae Myung-Hoon.

  Colin MarshallMar 14, 2021
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  Hotels of Pyongyang: A New Photo Book Showcases the Magnificent Kitsch of North Korean Hospitality

  "Living in South Korea, my own fascination with the land north of the border has drifted less toward moral outrage than apathy."

  Colin MarshallFeb 28, 2021
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  A Beloved Children's Story Turned Psychedelic Rural Reverie: Go Yeong-nam's The Shower (1978)

  Colin Marshall analyzes the film adaptation of the ever-popular Korean YA story "The Shower."

  Colin MarshallFeb 14, 2021
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  King Sejong the Great: A Star Trek Writer Pays Novelistic Tribute to the Korean Alphabet's Creator

  "For a book written in tribute to hangul and aimed at a non-Korean readership, it doesn't offer much of an opportunity to learn the alphabet."

  Colin MarshallJan 31, 2021
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  The Agony and Ecstasy of Learning Korean, Expressed by Memes

  Colin Marshall finds some levity among the Korean language-learning community.

  Colin MarshallJan 17, 2021
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  Korean Provocateur: the Harrowing Films of Kim Ki-duk (1960-2020)

  For this week's Korea Blog, Colin Marshall remembers director Kim Ki-duk.

  Colin MarshallJan 3, 2021
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  Pansori at the Disco: Leenalchi, the New-Old Korean Musical Phenomenon of 2020, Gets Frustrated Tourists Dancing

  For this week's Korea Blog, Colin Marshall dives into the 2020 music sensation Leenalchi.

  Colin MarshallDec 20, 2020
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  Five Years a Seoulite: Looking Back at the Korea Blog's First Half-Decade

  Colin Marshall looks back on changes in Korea since he began writing about it for LARB.

  Colin MarshallDec 6, 2020
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  Proper Travel: Island-Hopping Englishman Michael Gibb's A Korean Odyssey

  "Even when transplanted to the other side of the world, it seems, a man from an island not known for its pleasant weather will seek out more of the same."

  Colin MarshallNov 22, 2020
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  Revisiting the Late Kevin O'Rourke's My Korea, a Curious Memoir of a Land that Gets in the Blood

  Colin Marshall remembers Kevin O'Rourke's long-haul observations of changes in Korean society.

  Colin MarshallNov 8, 2020