Breaking Into a Haunted Mental Hospital in Korea
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,...
In Pictures: Korea Queer Festival
Korea’s version of Gay pride, the Korea Queer Festival, fell on Saturday the 1st of June this year. The 14th consecutive event received problems with funding this year and only managed to go ahead due to financial donations from a few individuals. Even with these setbacks, and the well-known culture of homophobia in Korea, people...
From Kreuzberg to Gangnam: An Interview with Jahcoozi in Seoul
Only a few hours after having touched down from Beijing, Sasha Perera and Oren Gerlitz have rolled into the Platoon dressing room and are relaxing before their gig. Although they both confess to being hungover from the previous evening’s exploits, neither seem subdued. In fact both, before long, are pouring drinks. Jahcoozi are a Berlin-based trio who make...
Back to the CRACKHOUSE
This genius party playlist is a Chincha exclusive from @SILKJUICE ‘head chump’ (his words) Zach H (@zhooker). It transfuses the best of what the killer DJs at the Seoul underground label are currently playing at their blowouts, the next of which is this Friday night at Cakeshop in Itaewon. In a nutshell, it’s all about “+...
Events in Seoul This Week: 18th – 25th April
This is LAST week’s event post – click here for this week’s. ONGOING Coffee in Korea Cafe hopping is more fun in springtime, especially if you find some with outdoor tables (we just discovered Ways of Seeing in Hangangjin and its backyard space). Charlotte wrote a piece on coffee culture in Korea this week –...
Tom’s Cat Cafe
Since Easter has just about passed and the lack of chocolate and fluffy bunnies here in Korea is astounding, we thought we’d give you a big dose of sugary cuteness in the form of these cat photos. All the shots were taken at Tom’s Cat Cafe in Hongdae, one of the best feline-petting venues in...
Chincha Films: Bisque Rage
We took part in the crazy Bisque Rage video workshop last weekend where teams made a 90 second film in just seven hours. After a day of shenanigans, which seemed mostly all about setting as many things as possible on fire, there was a party in the night with custom CD artwork classes from Loose...
Events in Seoul This Week: March 7th – 14th 2013
Happy first week of March! We’re ecstatic that we can feel our feet again after the arduously long winter. As well as enjoying the slightly milder weather we’ve been looking ahead to St. Paddy’s Day, started getting excited for some of this summer’s festivals, got schooled on the best way to acquire a room at...
