Right before coming to South Korea, everyone amongst my close friends and family asked if I feared going. They were worried that the tense relations with North Korea would make the country unsafe. Of course, I was not frightened or I would never have decided to go, but still, I asked myself the ques
“Because I love you.” This is a common excuse of offenders who commit serious dating violence. “Dating Violence” is term that explains all kinds of attacks that happen during loving relationships, with after-effects that sometimes continue after it has finished, too. The main reason is caused from t
Hidden camera! Reporting it is the best way of preventing it!That was a note on my Facebook timeline, accessed out of habit. I doubted my eyes at first, but then I read it again. I wasn’t mistaken. The notice posted on the Seoul police Facebook page about preventing hidden camera crimes didn’t make
Recently, a movie was released about a German reporter and taxi driver who informed the world of the 5.18 Gwangju Democratization Movement. According to the Korean Film Council, the film received over 10 million viewers. I watched this movie, Taxi Driver, and trembled with rage during the entire run