The Grand Narrative

Wow, a picture really does say a thousand words.

I’m in the middle of writing the next post, but in passing I thought I should mention this excellent video about the struggles of migrant and irregular workers in Korea that I just came across at Two Koreas. Not only does it present them much more succinctly than the thousands of words of virtual ink I’ve spilled on related subjects myself do, but it reminded me of how important Korean fluency is for being aware of and having a real understanding of Korean issues, for this less-glamourous side of Korea is rarely presented in the English-language media.

Not to imply I’m fluent myself of course. But the having the Korean text above and the English subtitles below means that, albeit with the liberal use of the pause button, I’ll be able to use the video for getting some Korean listening and/or reading practice with this afternoon. And before I forget, I found the excellent site Seoulidarity.Net through that post at Two Koreas too, with many posts of a similar nature. Even if you disagree with the politics of both sites, they’re both great for keeping informed, and certainly much more interesting than the average kimchi-making fare for practicing Korean with.

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