After the 1960s, a rapid increase in Seoul’s urban population led to inflated prices and a shortage of affordable housing in the city. A large number of slum settlements developed and in 1988 Guryong panjachon (a wooden board house) was created by residents who had been pushed out of their inner-city slums by the government...
Earlybird tickets for electro/ techno party popper Boys Noize in Seoul may be over, but you can still buy discounted tickets through us, saving a chunk off the 50,000 won door price. Score. Message us on and we’ll tell you what the deal is. Friday July 19 is the deadline for cheaper entry. Get on...
I first visited Changdeokgung Palace on a blustery day in the fall when the afternoon light was harsh and slanted and leaves covered the ground. They filled the curved roofs of pagodas in fluffy piles and littered the surface of lotus ponds in such a way that suggested the grounds had suffered years of neglect....
ONGOING Zero Per Zero Exhibit Arts venue Sangsang Madang in Hongdae is hosting an exhibit on its first floor by ace design studio Zero Per Zero, who largely design artistic subway maps with a twist, from this week. The exhibit, named Ready to Go, ends on July 22. The House of Human Being-Proxemics Busan One...
Shabazz Palaces are hitting eclectic Sinsa venue Club Keu Keu this Thursday night (that’s 4th of July for all you ‘Mericans out there) and we have 4 pairs of tickets to give away. The alt hip hop group are currently on their Asian tour and will be playing tracks like the stomper “Swerve” to the...
Electronic music band Tengger [formerly (((10)))] launch their new EP “Electric Earth Creation” Friday July 5th at 9 p.m at Mudaeruk (The Lost Continent of Mu), Seoul. They talk about living on Jeju island, the sound of streets and markets, annoying their neighbours, and playing gigs in restaurants. Chincha: Tell us about the launch? Is this a new...
Community artist Candy Chang lost a loved one and was inspired to think about capturing life’s moments. With the help of her friends, she covered an abandoned house in her New Orleans neighbourhood with chalkboard paint and left the start of a sentence, “Before I die I want to ______” By the next morning, the...
Tucked away in the grey and green of the the small city of Gwangju lies a place known as one of the creepiest in the world: Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital. The building was left abandoned nearly 20 years ago and has since been closed to the public. However, thanks to its intriguing backstory and sinister aesthetics,...
