I grew up hearing a plethora of nationalistic rhetoric, such as “I should be proud of being a member of this homogeneous society.” I was born three years before president Park Chung-Hee was assassinated in 1979.
I created a world based on my emotional memory of childhood. A memory that has always stuck with me from my past is the presence of dust. It was dusty, it was always dusty. In towns, bulldozers created dust while skinning out vegetation to build roads and bridges.
https://asianfrank.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/InPursuitOfGreatness_5.mp4 In a historical context, Korean nationalism seems necessary as an effort to control what it could within the context of a complex weave of Korean traditions. It was obvious there was a need...
In my own self-deprecating fashion, I expected the film would not go as well as I had planned. Consequently, I determined that the production would be concept-driven and its development would involve a progression...
One of the references I used is the Japanese animation Sailor Moon (1991). I remember it as an animated series on TV when I was a child. I initially dismissed it as too girly...
There is another ego, the news reporter, who comes in at the end of the film. This news crewmember is selling bigotry and the twisted Korean cultural value of victim-blaming empathy to the victims...
Classic Odyssey KBS (KOREA BROADCASTING SYSTEM) KBS Classical Odyssey is a fun classical music program for anyone intrigued by the classical genre and who continues to tune into classical music. “Besame Mucho”, “Bird Song,” and...
Besame Mucho was produced as a television animation special for KBS Classic Odyssey, a classical music program created for audiences interested in orchestral and classical compositions. The project was developed as part of International...
KBS Classic Odyssey KBS Classical Odyssey is a fun classical music program for anyone intrigued by the classical genre, and who continues to tune into classical music. “Besame Mucho”, “Bird Song,” and “Mountain Goblins”...
KBS Animantary: Korean Folktale was a long-running animated documentary series that reintroduced traditional Korean folktales to younger audiences through animation. The project required sustained collaboration across research, storytelling, design, and animation over multiple years of production.
“A Fortune Teller from Goguryeo” A Fortune Teller from Goguryeo is a representative episode from the long-running KBS animated documentary series Animantary: Korean Folktale, which reinterpreted traditional Korean folktales through animation for younger audiences....
“Lady Vengeance” Animantary “Korean Folktale” — KBS (2001–2004) Lady Vengeance is a selected episode from the long-running KBS animated documentary series Animantary: Korean Folktale, which reinterpreted traditional Korean folktales through animation for younger audiences....
ARANG Online multimedia educational content for children Accomplished Research, Concept Design, Storyboard, and Character design 2001 -2004
Synopsis: The dictator of North Korea has a dream; someday they will develop a big powerful missile to reach and destroy the Yankee empire (the United States, which North Korea has blamed for their...
Has North Korea just announced that it discovered a way to travel in time? The country set its clocks back by 30 minutes to “Pyongyang time” (instead of the same time zone as Seoul and...
http://www.thesearchforgeneraltso.com/ Filmmaker Ian Cheney explores the origin of a spicy-sweet chicken dish that is a popular item in many of America’s Chinese restaurants. Release date: January 2, 2015 (USA) Director: Ian Cheney Screenplay: Ian...
This was one of the stereotypes I started hearing about when I moved to the US: Men’s penis size… especially Asian men’s penis size. Dennis Rodman started visiting North Korea, claiming to be a...
The Choco Pie is Korea’s all-time favorite childhood snack. Lately, I found them in an Asian grocery store in Ellicott City, MD. A box of twelve Choco Pies was sold for only $1.99. Around that time, I heard the news...
This series of videos presents North Korea, the forbidden world, the last twisted Stalinist state on Earth. We have been informed of an injustice by people and organizations and have gathered strong evidence from...
Dennis Rodman sings Happy Birthday to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seated above in the stands, before an exhibition basketball game at an indoor stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, Jan. 8,...
A propaganda machine – a vehicle of anti-communistic patriotism and ethnocentrism in my childhood. 1. Size matters – intimidate or dominate. 2. Provide good protection. 3. The detachable control center (Cockpit) provides mobility and bail-out exit....
A man released from a jail after 45 years of death raw sentences. 45years later not guilty because had his confession without evidence. The part of story that still haunting me is that he...
The Boy Who Cried Communist and the Black Tent Horror. There was a boy. He was about a fifth grade who lived an isolated mountain region near DMZ in South Korea. In 1968, 120 special...
Everything that we have imagined yesterday is happening today and tomorrow. Technology allows us to fulfill our dreams. Today we can buy a pair of glasses that connect us to the Internet of things....
I am in the middle of an identity crisis as an expatriate from Korea. While having this nostalgic moment of thinking about being surrounded by my people in Korea, and searching for the meaning...
I missed home but I knew that I could build a home 6,863 miles away from my old home. It may not feel like home, but I can make it feel like home. I...
How to Build a House in 7 steps. Building your dream home can be one of the most exciting and rewarding projects you can undertake. Getting the opportunity to plan out each step of the...
The carpet samples were free. I grabbed many different carpet samples from Home Depot. I took my time and felt each carpet texture carefully. I didn’t have carpets in my house in Korea. I...
