A Starbucks Korea marketing campaign that collapsed within hours in May offered a blunt reminder that language does not ...

Motion pictures remains one of the last widely shared cultural reference points in an increasingly fragmented media environment. This series, Cinema as allegory: Using film to understand power, ...

In December 1996, a photograph taken from Seoul Tower seemed no more important than dozens of other images captured during my first trip to South Korea. It was taken after a long day of exploration as ...

Through immigration, trade, popular culture, and decades of exposure to Lunar New Year traditions, most Americans now understand that the East Asian zodiac begins and ends with a familiar set of 12 ...

For decades, anime occupied a strange place in American entertainment culture. It was visible enough to attract loyal audiences, yet distant enough to remain outside the mainstream. In cities like ...