Seoul-based essayist, broadcaster, & Los Angeles Review of Books Korea Blog writer Colin Marshall joins Korea FM's Chance Dorland to discuss Lee Dong-jin’s Red Book Room (이동진의 빨간책방), a weekly podcast that since 2012 has been offering an hour and a...

Pokémon Go has become an overnight success with millions of downloads and users across the world. But, for Pokémon fans in South Korea, the success of the new app has been bittersweet as the game has not yet been officially released in the ROK....

Seoul-based rockabilly band 'Street Guns' beat nearly 10,000 other artists around the world to win Hard Rock Rising's "Rock Local / Win Global" $50,000 first place prize. To learn more about "Street Guns" and the independent music scene here in Seoul,...

Viral images of a trash covered beachfront park in Busan demonstrate South Korea’s ongoing problems surrounding litter & trash disposal in public areas. Korea FM’s Chance Dorland spoke with Busan Haps web editor-in-chief Jeff Liebsch & longtime Busan...

Marmot's Hole blogger & tourism magazine editor Robert Koehler joins Korea FM host Chance Dorland to discuss South Korea's new national slogan, "Creative Korea." While the government spent $3 million dollars to select the new branding campaign, the...

Cyclists are criticizing the Seoul City Government for the creation of new bicycle crossing lanes throughout the city that start & end from high curbs instead of ramps. Korea FM's Chance Dorland spoke with Kojects writer Nikola Medimorec & two other...

Barry Welsh's Seoul Book & Culture Club recently hosted a live podcast recording featuring KoreaFM.net podcast hosts. Marmot’s Hole blogger Robert Koehler, Los Angeles Review of Books' Korea Blog writer Colin Marshall, notorious Facebook group Only in...

The 17th Annual Korea Queer Culture Festival is in full swing here in Seoul with festivities kicking off earlier this month in front of City Hall with the 2016 Pride Parade & other activities. Korea FM attended the event to speak with festival...

OinK - Only in Korea Facebook group creator Travis Hull joins former Arirang employee Daniel Lee & Korea FM's Chance Dorland to explain how Daniel's Facebook post criticizing the poor English of Arirang TV's "Aerial Korea: Ep 13: Busan 부산" video led...

Students from the University of California, Berkeley recently traveled to South Korea to receive helpful suggestions on their research from Seoul National University professors at the 4th SNU-UC Berkeley Korean Studies graduate student conference....