Take a look at what appears to be the beginning of a series of articles done by the Chosun Weekly, translated courtesy of Korea Beat.
Archive for the ‘Foreigner POV’ Category
More Balance?!
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Finally, a Bit of Balance
Friday, July 24th, 2009HT to Korea Beat.
Looks like the Chosun Ilbo has finally started doing what the Korean media should have been doing a long time ago — reporting also on patterns of violence against foreigners. Although it remains to be seen whether this writer’s observations regarding the rise in petty violence against foreign men will ever make it into mainstream reporting, at least a major daily has started to report on a problem I noted with rising numbers of sexual assaults on foreign females quite some time ago. Winter brought the issue to the fore during her tenure on Misuda.
Here’s to a story that doesn’t fit the grand narrative.
“Live from Korea”
Monday, July 6th, 2009We here at Korean Media Watch feel like a certain tipping point is being reached, as foreigners are beginning to fight back, speak up, and tell their own stories. We’re all about “getting another narrative out there,” so we were very happy to find a tip in our mailbox pointing us to this video.
It’s excellent because it’s heartfelt and makes a very good point, but without the longwindedness. As they say, a “picture is worth a thousand words,” so what you see here speaks volumes.
And two of my own images were used in its making, so I am flattered.