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An Excuse to Talk: Culture, Coffee, and Pinggyego
Pinggyego does not set out to explain Korean culture. Built around informal gatherings and unstructured conversation, it allows everyday habits, memories, and social rhythms to surface naturally. Through casual talk—about food, work, the past, and ordinary routines—viewers learn not through instruction, but through observation. In doing so, Pinggyego becomes a quiet cultural resource, offering insight into Korea as it is lived and spoken, rather than formally presented.
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K-pop, Childhood, and Timing
K-pop has rarely entered people’s lives through childhood. It usually appears later, when taste becomes personal and identity begins to take shape. In Korea, children’s culture has long existed as a separate layer, shaped around routine, familiarity, and emotional calm. Recent moments of idols appearing in children-oriented media suggest not a change in audience, but a shift in timing. K-pop is no longer only something people grow into; in limited cases, it is something they
Jan 21
Exhuma: Beyond the Burial
At first glance, Exhuma appears straightforward — a familiar rites-gone-wrong story. But if you pause and question what you’re seeing, the experience shifts. What initially looks like a horror film slowly reveals itself as something worth taking notes from. Geomancy, land, belief, ritual, and language quietly shape its world, without explanation or spectacle. Exhuma doesn’t teach these elements; it assumes them — and in doing so, offers far more than it explains.
Dec 30, 2025
