Vegetarian in Korea
June 30, 2008
To be vegetarian in Korea is often perceived as being very difficult, but the food is actually very good for vegetarians. Together with Kim Sujeong from JoongAng Sunday I prepared an article about it.
New media and Korea’s protests
June 30, 2008
On June 27, OhmyNews held its fourth international citizen journalists’ forum with the title “Candle light 2008.” BJs, bloggers, journalists, and schoolars meet to discuss about how the media ownership has changed during the candle light vigils.
Read my articles:
Candlelight 2008: New Media and Korea’s Protests
Korean Bloggers and Journalists Should Learn from Each Other
Seoul. June 28, 2008.
Seoul Celebrates ‘Candle Night’
June 24, 2008
“Sometimes we have to stop and think,” said one of the organizers and started counting down. The audience followed, and on zero, the lights of Seoul Tower was shut down step by step. At other places in Seoul, Lotte Department Store, Dong-ah Daily, City Hall and Kia turned off their lights. Simultaneously, big buildings in Tokyo and Beijing were turning off their lights and in other time zones, about 20 countries participated in the event.
Read my article on Ohmynews.
Seoul. June 24, 2008.
Provoking memories and introducing new ones
June 19, 2008
RADIOHEAD
“The Best Of”
Label: Parlophone
I have mixed feelings about best-of albums. I tent to think of them as produced only to make money. Still, I own a couple and they belong among the albums I listen to most.
Listening to Radiohead’s “The Best Of,” a selection from Radiohead’s seven albums, makes me recall friends. In my hometown, we used to turn up the volume of “Creep” and sing alon gwith the words “what the hell am I doing here / I don’t belong here.” On a hot summer night somewhere in the Balkans, my friend Bojan aksed me to close my eyes and listen to the words of “Everthing in its Right Place.” As I did so, a sudden cool breeze came in from the balcony.
Listening to the album is like travelling through my own memories and Radiohead’s musical development. Maybe that’s the real purpose of best-of albums: to provoke memories and introduce us into new ones.
I play track 16 again. Listening to the words, I can just say: Bojan, you were right. Everything is in its right place.
Seoul. June 16, 2008.
Published in JoongAng Daily
A container wall dividing people
June 14, 2008
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| Protests on July 10th |
It started with the police buses. During the last month, I have been watching the number of buses with barred windows growing every day, parking around the governmental buildings in downtown Seoul. Then, the groups of policemen started to appear. I first ran into them at a street corner in the late evening. About 20 policemen, all in their early 20s, sat in a square position prepared with shields.
Since I came to Seoul two month ago, the discontent with the newly elected president Myung-bak Lee has been growing. On June 10, the anniversary of the protests in 1987 that took the military dictatorship down, the protests that have been going on daily reached their peak. Ten thousands of people took to the streets to speak up against the president.
Read my article on Ohmynews.
Seoul. June 12, 2008.
Donors Impose Ethical Thinking
June 13, 2008
For those who read Finish, an article I wrote last year, called “Donors Impose Ethical Thinking” on young people and donors in Srebrenica for a student magazine in Finland can be found on AuringOssa.
Book review: Listen to the words of ‘Jia’
June 6, 2008
The book review “Listen to the words of ‘Jia’” is published on Ohmynews.
Seoul. June 6, 2008.
This weekend, the reintegration festival “Silvertown Shine!” will take place in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. During three days, the town will be filled of cultural events. The big night is on Saturday when both local bands and bands famous all over Bosnia and Herzegovina such as Zoster, Block Out and Hladno Pivo will perform.
The festival started six years ago when young people working in the Youth Center Srebrenica wanted to bring more culture to their town. They felt that the town often only was connected to the violent history from the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s. During the years, the festival has been growing, attracting more and more visitors from all over the country as well as famous bands from ex-Yugoslavia.
The festival starts on Thursday, June 5. During the first two days, there will be a photo exhibition, artistic films, a graffiti party that will redecorate the youth centre, DJ parties and a meeting of youth organizations on the topic “Development of Culture and Youth Activism trough Implementation of the Festival.”
On Saturday, Zoster, Block Out and Hladno Pivo will perform on the sports playground in Srebrenica. Lavirit from Zvornik, Š.T.R.A.J.K. from Bijeljina, Sasi and Zadnije Popis from Srebrenica will also perform.
Seoul. June 4, 2008
