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June Hee Kwon, a Korean scholar teaching cultural anthropology at California State University Sacramento, gave a talk on Dec. 16 at downtown Seoul's Eulji Space on her new book, titled “Borderland Dreams: The Transnational Lives of Korean Chinese Workers,” published in English by Duke University Press in November.
How Oscar-winner 'Parasite' reveals gold spoon and dirt spoon class divide in South Korea Sacramento Bee 2/15/2021 Theodora Yu, The Sacramento Bee The invisible, indelible boundary drawn by smell depicts the severe inequality in South Korea through two families in the Oscar-winning film “Parasite.” But the movie dives more into the country’s social problems, running deep and wide. The South Korean film won big Sunday at the 92nd Academy Awards, including becoming the first non-English language film to win best picture. Bong Joon-ho, who won best director and best origi...