An Exhibition Named “As They Are” I used to spend a great deal of time visiting art galleries to see paintings. However, no master’s works ever succeeded to evoke an emotional response that was more than admiration. My inability to respond with my heart must have been due to my lack...

A Tearful Literary Night in Central Asia I am now a winter traveler staying in Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked country in Central Asia, which gained independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. Wherever you are in this country, you can see lofty mountain summits covered with eternal snow. Ti...

The Legacy of Mollendorff in Leipzig Last week, the exhibition “Korea Rediscovered!” opened at the Grassi Museum of Ethnography in Leipzig in the northeastern part of Germany. The city was one of the venues for a touring exhibition of selected Korean objects from 10 German museums. At...

Looking Forward to the Era of Hallyu 3.0 Girls’ Generation, a leading K-pop group, reportedly has been invited to a popular French TV talk show to be aired on February 10. Last week, the nine-member vocal group appeared in three major TV talk shows on U.S. networks. The Korean Wave, or hal...