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Joan Vos MacDonald

Journalist and Author

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Featured Articles

  • How Jang Hyuk And Choi Jae-Hoon Reimagined Action Scenes In ‘The Killer’

    In The Killer: A Girl Who Deserves To Die, Jang Hyuk plays Bang Ui-gang, a retired assassin, whose …

  • Teviot: A Tivoli Mansion Updated With A Touch Of Whimsy

    Stained glass, somber hues, and heavy medieval furnishings were interior design fixtures in the …

  • Director Iris Shim Considers The Mothers And Monsters In Her Film ‘Umma’

    At the start of our conversation about the horror film Umma—the title is the Korean word for …

  • Anupam Tripathi Of ‘Squid Game’ Is Happy He Studied Acting In Korea

    Anupam Tripathi achieved global stardom as Ali in the runaway Netflix hit Squid Game, but he …

  • Wright at Home: Dragon Rock at Manitoga

    Sparks must have flown when Russel Wright met Mary Small Einstein at Woodstock’s Maverick Festival …

  • For Jin Ha Acting In ‘Pachinko’ Was A Deeply Personal Experience

    Having seen Jin Ha play the role of Song Lilong in M. Butterfly or Aaron Burr in Hamilton, it’s hard …

  • Artist Patricia Miranda Vividly Expresses The Tensile Strength Of Textiles

    Patricia Miranda’s recent exhibit, “A Repairing Mend,” might easily be described as …

  • Cheap Old Houses Turns Tired Properties Into One-of-a-Kind Homes

    Meet the Nyack-based dynamic duo behind the Instagram sensation (and HGTV series) Cheap Old Houses, …

  • Where to Find Soulful Korean Food in the Hudson Valley

    From Roxbury to Monticello, from farmstands to fast food, the Hudson Valley is home to several …

Featured Books

Book Cover: Religion and Free Speech Today

Religion and Free Speech Today: A Pro/Con Debate

Book Cover: J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling: Banned, Challenged, and Censored

Book Cover: High Fit Home

High Fit Home: Designing Your Home for Health and Fitness

Book Cover: Tanzania

Tanzania (Africa: Continent in the Balance)

Latest Posts

Can Real Men Compete With Robots For K-Drama Romance?

May 30, 2019 by Joan Vos MacDonald

My Absolute Boyfriend is the latest robot-themed romance to debut in k-dramaland, following Are You Human Too? in 2018 and I'm Not A Robot in 2017. In this girl-meets-robot story, Young Goo, played by Yeo Jin Goo, is a love robot, designed to give …

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Children of Nobody: Unspeakable Acts Under The Moonlight

January 20, 2019 by Joan Vos MacDonald

Whenever someone mysteriously dies in the drama Children of Nobody, the police find fragments of a poem, poetry that is lovely, but at the same time sinister, hinting at dark and unspeakable acts under the moonlight. The poetry is a good metaphor …

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Will Park Bo Gum Free Song Hye Kyo From Her Icy Tower In Encounter?

December 3, 2018 by Joan Vos MacDonald

It's easy to guess that Encounter will be a Cinderella story from the opening credits, and if you still missed that visual clue, Song Hye Kyo's character, a cool aloof CEO, also entrusts her shoes to the freewheeling young traveler, played by Park Bo …

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