Between North and South / MFA

Between North and South / MFA 2015 -2017

TIME MACHINE

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...

BBC for BFF

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...

Choco Pie

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...

Best Friends Forever

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,...

The Propaganda HQ

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....

Fate of the Giants

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....