Culture
Natural to Koreans, Odd to Foreigners
Nobody sat next to them on the subway. It was not what they thought it was.
Juwon Kim/May 2026
19 stories found.
Nobody sat next to them on the subway. It was not what they thought it was.
Juwon Kim/May 2026
Four teams, three countries, and a trip the paper reports back on after the fact.
Seoyun Lee/Mar 2026
Two Korean words that survive no dictionary, and what they say about how a society holds itself together.
Juwon Kim/May 2026
Available on Baemin and Coupang Eats. Start at level 1. Nine toppings the writer will vouch for.
Hayeon Son/May 2026
Twelve student-run booths on 11 February, raising funds for the Philippines, Korea, Kenya and Thailand.
Hayeon Son/Mar 2026
Sixteen million viewers, a village head with a scheme, and a boy king sent into exile.
Kai Lee/Mar 2026
Yeouido, Seokchon, Bomun, Nami, Jinhae. Go in the early days of April or you will miss them.
Caiden Kim/Mar 2026
Students stop the clock for bathroom breaks and cry over eight hours. The correlation is weaker than expected.
Hayeon Son/Mar 2026
It started as a New Yorker essay. The editor-in-chief on why the book is brave, and what it means on a re-read.
Victoria Oh/Dec 2025
세계를 건너 너에게 갈게, by Lee Kkot-nim. A letter written in 2016 arrives in 1982.
Hannah Cho/Nov 2025
Twenty years in Korea, board games and fantasy football, and why he would pick teleportation.
Caiden Kim/Nov 2025
Five years for obstruction. Prosecutors asked for death. Seven trials still to come.
Jalen Park/Mar 2026
Everyone knows KFC, Yoajung, BHC and Dominos. Here is the local list instead.
Miel Park/Nov 2025
Nine siblings, a pet wild hog, Cast Away, and why she is leaving VIS after two years.
Valor Times Staff/Jun 2026
On being a scholar before a teacher, League of Legends, pineapple pizza, and whether he is leaving Valor.
Caiden Kim/May 2026
The Head of Upper School on a fast transition, hobbies she jokes she doesn't have, and not rushing the next stage.
Victoria Oh/Mar 2026
Two alternative R&B records, one from DEAN in 2016 and one from Frank Ocean in 2012, for anyone starting out.
Uibin Lee/Feb 2026
The Christmas Community Event lands at the Samjung Hotel on 16 December, with YANA, Miral and IFCJ.
Hayeon Son/Dec 2025
Talent Show 2nd place winner. Weird, unique, humorous — and a conspiracy theory about where the rain comes from.
Victoria Oh/Dec 2025
