Global Seoul, Global Lives
Global Lives will soon launch a 24-hour-long film following a day in the life of a Seoul odd-job man, as part of a worldwide project aiming to bring a wider cultural understanding to its viewers. Chincha speaks to Sam J. Queen, director of the locally-shot documentary, as he talks projects, goals and some rather interesting...
On Seoul’s Guryong Slum and Pushing Poverty Under the Carpet
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...
First Impressions
Though I would hate to say that first impressions are everything, I will say that they are usually good indicators of where our interests most genuinely lie. It was for this reason that as I looked back over the photos I had taken since first stepping off of the plane in Korea a few months...
