Colin Marshall

Articles

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  Reading Albert Camus's The Plague in the Time of the Coronavirus

  Colin Marshall looks at the COVID-19 scare in Seoul.

  Colin MarshallMar 8, 2020
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  Bong Joon-ho's Biggest Victory: Accepting His Oscars in Korean

  Colin Marshall asks, "What if Westerners respect you more for speaking Korean than English?"

  Colin MarshallFeb 23, 2020
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  The American Dream Dies in Los Angeles: Bae Chang-Ho's Deep Blue Night

  Colin Marshall discusses the impact of "Deep Blue Night," a Korean film obsessed with the American Dream.

  Colin MarshallFeb 9, 2020
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  Korea's Greatest Living Novelist Never Published in English: Introducing Kim Hoon and His War on Abstraction

  Colin Marshall talks about Kim Hoon, Korea's prolific and successful historical novelist.

  Colin MarshallJan 26, 2020
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  Something New: The “LRB” Turns 40

  Celebrating four decades of the “London Review of Books.”

  Colin MarshallJan 14, 2020

  • Around the World

  • Literary Criticism

• Pengsoo, the Genderless, Shameless Giant-Penguin Antihero Winning Korean Hearts and Minds

  Colin Marshall explains the rise in popularity of Pengsoo and other anthropomorphic mascots in South Korea.

  Colin MarshallJan 12, 2020

• The Square: The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art's Ambitious Review of 120 Years in Korea

  Colin Marshall discusses the City of Seoul's plan to reimagine Gwanghwamun Square.

  Colin MarshallDec 29, 2019
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  From the Age of Persuasion to the Age of Offense

  A new book about why free speech matters, even when it hurts.

  Colin MarshallDec 23, 2019

  • Education

  • Politics

• Let's Get Out of Here: The Bitter Korean Neorealism of Yu Hyun-Mok's Aimless Bullet

  Colin Marshall explores a harsh critique of Korean society in the 1960 film "Aimless Bullet."

  Colin MarshallDec 15, 2019
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  Notes on the Camp of the Pyongyang Pub, Where Seoulites Eat and Drink Like It's North of the 38th Parallel

  Colin Marshall writes about South Korean fascination with North Korean culture and the new Pyongyang Pub in Seoul.

  Colin MarshallDec 1, 2019
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  An American in Taiwan — with a Korean Tour Group

  Colin Marshall looks at Taiwan from a Korean tourist's perspective.

  Colin MarshallNov 3, 2019
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  Learning Korean with Duolingo, the Mercilessly Addictive Language App

  Colin Marshall discusses the gamification of language-learning with Duolingo.

  Colin MarshallOct 20, 2019
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  Old Man Gobau, the Unflappable Comic-Strip Star Who Witnessed South Korean History

  Colin Marshall looks at the long-running "Old Man Gobau" comic strip and its creator Kim Seong-hwan.

  Colin MarshallOct 6, 2019
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  When Korea Expats Podcast (or, the Pleasures and Sorrows of Teaching English)

  Colin Marshall takes a look at some of the Korean expat blog offerings today.

  Colin MarshallSep 15, 2019
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  Our Language Battle: Korea's Surprisingly Addictive Game Show of Vocabulary, Expressions, and Proper Spacing

  Colin Marshall looks at a Korean linguistic game show and fascination with language perfectionism and pride in Korea.

  Colin MarshallSep 1, 2019
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  A Liberation Day Protest Raises the Question: How Anti-Japanese Is Korea, Really?

  "Some stress that the target of this anger isn't the Japanese people, and isn't even the nation of Japan per se, but Abe in particular."

  Colin MarshallAug 18, 2019