Oh, and the Korean is hoping that everyone is following the story of New York Philharmonic in North Kor...

New York Times article today talks about how some schools in Germany now uses comic book-style textbooks to teach its students about Holocaust. The Korean is not sure how to feel about this; it feels like sometimes, Germans are trying a bit too hard. But one thing is for sure: the harder Germany tries to atone for its past crimes, the worse Japan looks in comparis...

Help the Korean Destroy a Family

[The Korean's note: the following email has been edited for privacy and other concerns.]Dear Korean,My name is [REDACTED], Filipina and I've been in Korea for almost three years. Yes, three years of hardships in understanding your culture through the family of my husband. I met my Korean husband through a Wedding Match in the Philippines. I don't actually know about "Wedding Match". I passed all...

LA Times had an article about something that all of us knew already -- that Koreans now live all across Southern California, not just K-to...

This week at work for the Korean looks really bad... Please sit tight and continue the discussion. The Korean will get to all the comments and emails at some poi...

Discussion Topic: Authenticity

Dear readers:The Korean so far has been faithfully answering your questions. (If you are wondering what happened to your questions, well, the Korean is now going through questions that he received in May 2007. But the Korean admits that he answers questions that he likes almost right away.)Now it's time for the Korean to ask...

The Korean saw a Life cereal ad on TV that featured a white mother, an Asian father, and three beautifully mixed boys. Did anyone else see this? It used to be the case that whenever there was a relationship between an Asian and a non-Asian, it always involved an Asian woman and a non-Asian man. Nowadays the Korean is noticing a lot more Asian man-non-Asian woman relationship, and now it's on TV. Somehow,...

Oh, and happy Lunar New Year everyone. Just don't call it Chinese New Year. Here's an old post of what Koreans do on seoln...

Ask A Korean! News: Pandas in Super Bowl Ad? Sound the Racism Alert!

Apparently after the Super Bowl, some people are up in arms about one particular commercial:Here is the Korean's reaction to those people: Get the fuck over yourselves.Making a fuss over this ad takes the focus away from the real issue of the ad: It sucks. It's dumb. It shows not a shred of originality that people have come...

Korean Funeral Tradition

Dear Korean,I just found out that my boss's mother has died in Korea. I've heard that it's customary to give money to the person who has lost a loved one, but I've known my boss for 2 years and it just seems insensitive to me if all I did was give him some money. Why do Koreans do that? Is there something else that I can do...

Ask A Korean! News: Super Bowl 2008

Super Bowl is once again here. As a person with sworn allegiance to all Los Angeles sports (except college sports -- according to the rules of sports fandom, the Korean must follow the college he attended,) the Korean demands to Commissioner Roger Goodell once again:BRING AN NFL FRANCHISE TO LOS ANGELES!! An NFL franchise in Los Angeles would do a lot more good for spreading football to the world...