June 2012

While entertaining friends, Yun-hui (Kim Yeon-soo) and Chan-yeong (No Joon-ho) announce their divorce. After 14 years as a couple, their friends are shocked by the decision to slice their picture-perfect marriage in half. They don’t love each other as husband and wife, but want to remain friends and maintain a family with their son, Jeong-won (Lee Hyeon-joon).

On the day after Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was elected to parliament in Myanmar, also known as Burma, Lilly Kip Lee could barely contain her excitement. It was a sun-drenched day in Seoul and the prospects for the political situation in her home country suddenly seemed just as bright. In just a few short months, years of struggle had given way to a rapid series of changes throughout the nation, culminating in the election of Myanmar’s iconic pro-democracy movement leader. “Did you hear what’s happened in my country?” Lilly exclaimed, her voice bubbling with indiscriminate optimism.

Friday

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If you haven’t heard the name Brian Aylward before, it might be because you’re new in these parts. In Korea, Aylward made a name for himself as a stand up comic and founder of Stand Up Seoul. He was also a humor columnist, writing The Last Laugh, for Groove Korea.

Catch him tonight at Sharky’s in Busan, or at one of his shows through next week.

Groove Korea article: click here

Summer in Seoul is marked by several important things: melon pops overflowing from ice cream freezers, sitting in plastic Family Mart chairs drinking bad beer, and mul naengmyeon for lunch. We are driven from our sticky, unairconditioned apartments out into the real world only to try and find relief from the heat and humidity.