Yana Lekarska is a freelance journalist & filmmaker based in Seoul, & her interest in Korean film & cinema history brings her to film festivals across the ROK. During the recent 17th Jeonju International Film Festival, she spoke with Korean-American...

Do all South Korean students need English in order to be a success? And why are students learning to score well on tests rather than to actually speak English? Seoul-based essayist, broadcaster, & Los Angeles Review of Books Korea Blog writer Colin...

The arrest of a Canadian working for a university in Daegu on charges of growing marijuana in his apartment has once again ignited a discussion over how foreigners & drugs are depicted by South Korean media entities, & a blog post written by prominent...

The Seoul Night Market opened earlier this month with a competition to choose which foods trucks will have permanents spots at the Yeouido Han River Park from now through the end of October. Korea FM attended the competition & spoke with one of the...

A four-story building in Los Angeles that once served as a symbol of uniting Korean Americans together as a community is now at the forefront of an ongoing legal battle between factions fighting for its control. Korea FM spoke with LA Times reporter...

On the two year anniversary of the sinking of the Sewol, dozens gathered at a public event in Seoul to discuss the factors that led to the April 16, 2014 ferry sinking that killed more than 300 people, most of whom were high school students on a field...

April 16th, 2016 marks the two year anniversary of South Korea's worst maritime disaster when the Sewol Ferry sank on a routine trip from Incheon to Jeju Island while transporting hundreds of high school students on a field trip. Most of the 304...

That's the title of a recent piece from the Korea Herald that makes the case that while South Korea's capital once saw only greasy, fried food & doughy dessert snacks, Seoul’s streets are now seeing new culinary creations & out-of-the-box dining...

Marmot's Hole blogger Robert Koehler goes through the recent South Korean parliamentary election results & discusses his thoughts on Saenuri's fall behind the main opposition Minjoo Party in National Assembly seats as well as the rise of liberal...

Christian Science Monitor writer John Powers says that while HIV & AIDS patients in South Korea have long found it difficult to find medical care, as the number of cases increase, so does patient abuse. Korea FM spoke with John Power & US attorney...