Found on the Web #16: Buckwheat Seasoning; a new blog, and translation into Vietnamese

A couple of things found on the web.. First, from the estimable Zen Kimchi, a trip to Pyeongchang to explore buckwheat cuisine in the land that Lee Hyo-seok immortalized in Buckwheat Flowers. Having eaten buckwheat noodles in Seoul, I can attest to their tastiness.^^ Second, a fine new blog on Korean literature the Korean Literature Blog…

“Problematic Continuity” and a new Korean Literature Blog

I was at the RASKB annual lawn-party at the British Embassy (stunning, by the way) yesterday. There I grabbed a couple of books including Understanding Korean Literature, by Kim Hyunggyu. It has a brief but interesting essay at its end, titled, Phases of Korean Literature, which makes an interesting argument, or semi-argument, that it is…