An actress fainted five minutes into its first show, and people tore down its posters and called it “absolutely crazy.” The Korean adaptation of American playwright Eve Ensler’s feminist play, “The Vagina Monologues,” celebrates its 10th year anniversary this year. An episodic play featuring explicit explorations of women’s sexuality, its Korean adaptation had a rocky beginning in 2001.“The first line of our show was, ‘Vagina!’ and our actress Kim Ji-sook was shocked by the cold response from th

This is a series introducing associations and clubs that expats can get involved in. This week, Expat Living spoke to Brother Anthony of the Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch. ― Ed. ● Name of Club: The Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch, usually shortened to RASKB, or even “the RAS.” We have a very fine logo using difficult Chinese characters; they basically mean “Korea deserves to be better known.” Our Wikipedia page explains it at length.● Location: All over Korea and even beyond when we go o

If you ever wondered what Korean music was like before K-pop, a new website might give you a clue.G’OLD Korea Vinyl ― the G’OLD stands for “good old” ― is a celebration of Korean music from the 1950s through to the end of the 1980s, providing video and audio clips that are hard to come by elsewhere.It was born out of a relationship that developed between Sean Maylone, the man behind independent booking agency Super Color Super, and Gopchang Jeongol, a retro music bar.Maylone says he came to love

How much can you focus on a model’s looks before it becomes objectification? One expat photographer is looking to find the answer.Korea’s increasing number of Photoshop disasters and posters with child-like women with vacant stares has met with some of the criticism common in the West.But Zachary Westbrook says that there is too much focus on what photographers shouldn’t do.“It seems to me that the entire conversation is about who is to blame, not how to properly present women,” says Westbrook,

  Mention erotic art, and many think of the more sordid side of photography, but the International Artists’ Community is out to prove that image wrong in their next exhibition.The best erotic art, the IAC argues, is playful and suggestive, and leaves room for the viewer to complete the fantasy themselves.And caf Blind Spot seems sure it won’t have patrons spluttering on their cappuccinos, as they have agreed to host the event. Ten artists from five countries will show paintings, photographs and

NEW YORK (AP) ― Justin Verlander figured time had run out on his chance to become the first starting pitcher in a quarter-century to be voted Most Valuable Player.Last Tuesday, he found out about 12:40 p.m. that he was a unanimous winner of the AL Cy Young Award. It was closing in on 1 p.m. Monday, and he still hadn’t gotten word on the MVP.“I had told myself that it wasn’t going to happen,” he said. “I figured somebody else got the call.” Not to worry, there was just a slight delay because Verl

Arsenal hosts Borussia Dortmund in a UEFA Champions League game that could pit South Korea captain Park Chu-young against Japanese star Shinji Kagawa on Wednesday but which prevents either of them being named as the 2011 Asian Player of the Year.It is a cause of controversy every November because the Asian Football Confederation decrees that only players who attend the ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are eligible to receive the continent’s major individual football prize.Since the rule came i

Sponsorships hard to come by without taking major risksKorean mountaineering is in crisis after five climbers lost their lives in the Himalayas within a month, prompting calls for a change to the overheated competition in overseas expeditions.In Oct. 17, veteran climber Park Young-seok and fellow climbers Gang Gi-seok and Shin Dong-min set out on the south face of Annapurna, aiming to push for the 8,091-meter summit. But they went missing after notifying the base camp they had encountered extrem