The Lotus Lantern Festival is held annually in Insadong, Seoul. The purpose of the festival is to not only honour Buddha and his birthday which falls on the 10th of May, but also to symbolize lighting up the parts of the world, and ourselves, that are suffering or in darkness. It is essentially for the enlightenment of us all. Thus, on Sunday, I headed off to join in the festivities namely that o ...

Leeum Samsung Gallery can be found about 150 metres from Hangangjin Station, a stop away from the ever popular Itaewon Station – the foreign hub of Korea. It is situated just off the main road, atop a steep incline. I was thoroughly distracted by the houses in this area, very upmarket and of a very different architecture  common to Korea – some exhibiting bare industrial  ...