In the Sixties, a boy named Chulsoo invited himself over to the garden of a news reporter called Goo. The boy climbed up on the garden fence to take a peek at Goo's television. It was at a time when the 14 inch TV was shared by more than 14 people. While Mr. Goo's close friends and relatives were given the privilege to watch TV in Goo's open living room, the rest had to clamber up high enough to catch a glimpse of his TV over the top of the fence. The short ones found a crack in the fence an... [2008-08-08]

(The eighth in a ten part series) In the Seventies, Mr. and Mrs. Lee had to go to a local cafe to listen to music. These local cafes were called "Dabang" in Korean. Dabang were the hip spots for youth in those days. They met strangers over a cup of coffee, and Mr. DJ was always there to beautify their aural environment. Mr. DJs normally went by Hyuk or Joon. Normally spoken in Elvis' tone, "Hello, This is Joon~" came out from a small section of the cafe that was surrounded by panes of glass. I... [2008-07-10]

  The Internet has enabled a lot of social changes - events that were not possible twenty years ago happen all the time now. It is difficult to measure and catalogue all of the myriad changes this medium for instantaneous communication has wrought, but people try - on the Internet, of course. Korea has been no exception, and some say is in fact affected more than other countries. The "flash mob" is one of the new kinds of Internet-organized phenomena. As defined by Wikipedia, a flash mob is... [2008-06-12]