Culture guides
20 guides
Traditional and simplified Chinese: which characters Taiwan uses, and why
Kimono and yukata: how to tell which one you are looking at
Hawker centres: how they work, and how to eat in one
Jeepney: where it came from, how to ride one, and what modernization means for it
Cantonese and Mandarin: what actually separates them
Songkran: the dates, the water, and what it is actually for
Chinese New Year: the date, the fifteen days, and what to say
The national animal of South Korea: the tiger, and the complication
Haenyeo: the women who dive Jeju without air tanks
Oppa: what it means, and who is allowed to say it
APT: the Korean word, the drinking game, and the song
South Korea’s population: the birth rate, the decline and the projections
The 4B movement: what the four Bs are, and how big it actually is
Pansori and talchum: Korea’s sung stories and masked satire
Hahoe masks: the wooden faces with moving jaws
Chuseok: the rites, the food, and why it is not Thanksgiving
Go-Stop: the Korean card game, and how the scoring works
Darye: the Korean tea ceremony, from Silla rites to the Joseon tea tax