Attention cinephiles in the Big Apple! Have you bought tickets for the 4th annual Korean American Film Festival in New York yet? It’s only a two-day event, this year’s lineup looks amazing:

Sat, Feb. 27:
5PM
Narrative Shorts Competition (Learn More)
7:30PM
Shorts Program (Learn More)

Sun, Feb. 28:
2PM
Thirst by Chan-Wook Park
Going Home by Jason Hoffman
4:30PM
Munyurangabo by Lee Isaac Chung
Make Yourself at Home by Soopum Sohn

It’s all happening at SVA Theatre,…

Sort of. I don’t know who is behind this Twitter account but @koreangov is rather amusing. Some recent updates:

“NATIONAL EXAM DAY IS COMING! Please practice hold your breath, because a breathe is prohibted for the Thursday.”

“‘Red Underwear back in Vogue Amid Flu Fears’ It prevent a flue since is same color of the Kimchi.”

“Park Chan-ho’s Phillies team suffers from conniving, cheating, and imperialism by Hideki Matsui’s Yankees”

“It’is morning. And, it is calm. Because Korea is the land of the monring calm.”

Architects Mass Studies have unveiled their design for the Korean pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China. The Korean Pavilion is situated in Zone A, directly neighboring the Japan Pavilion and the Saudi Arabia Pavilion, and in close proximity to the China Pavilion. The site is around 64,600 ft² (6000m²), and it is one of the largest lots within the expo compound. The pavilion will include a large exhibition space, VIP lounge, press room, conference room, restaurant,…

As a Korean American adoptee who didn’t eat a bite of Korean food until after I turned 18, I’ve had more than my share of these special moments. Whether it’s dropping everything I try to pick up with my chopsticks, tripping and falling down on the way out (okay, maybe I’m just clumsy), or suffering from the general confusion of not knowing how to eat anything or what’s going to happen next, I’ve pretty much covered…

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