2021 Korean Film Festival Quenches Our K-Movie Thirst This Summer

Admit it. Like the majority of us, you also miss hanging out at the mall and being able to watch movies on the big screen with your friends and family, with popcorn and sodas—and sometimes even your favorite chips only sold in the supermarket or your favorite drink from that famous coffee shop which you secretly brought inside movie theaters (don’t worry, our lips are sealed)—on the side. The comfortable plush chairs and the relaxing ambience of the movie house which sometimes could lull your parents (or you) to doze off. Seems like a long time ago, doesn’t it? With the rising heat index and the continuous threat of the coronavirus, everyone is still encouraged to stay indoors and refrain from doing non-essential activities outside and traveling. To quench our thirst for quality movies, Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines (KCC PH) once again hosted this year's Korean Film Festival online. 

Healing the Pandemic Anxiety: It’s REALLY Okay To Not Be Okay Right Now

Just hearing the word “virus” automatically brings a lot of stress in our minds right now. The start of the decade took an unfortunate turn of events when COVID-19 uncontrollably started spreading throughout the world and no nation was spared by this infectious and lethal virus. The virus is transmissible from person to person and …

[KREW Says] Creatively Dealing with Childhood Trauma – It’s Okay To Not Be Okay

For the longest time, most people are told to always be happy, to always find things to be grateful for even in the smallest things, to stay optimistic when things don’t go well or according to how they want. While the gesture could help us in several ways, sometimes it could be nothing better than …

[KREW Says] Korean drama ‘EXTRACURRICULAR’ shows you how to save money

Extracurricular is an R16 Netflix original series about a top student who runs an illegal business and is caught by one of his classmates who starts to blackmail him. This is not the ordinary Extracurricular activity you know of, as it may be hard to imagine especially from students who wanted to escape from reality. …

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첫사랑: Reminiscing everything Korean!

Do you still remember the first K-drama you watched? How about the first K-Pop album you received? I don’t know about you but, when I was younger, I would always keep track of my “first” Korean experiences. Whether it’s as simple as getting my first haircut from a Korean Stylist (Chic Salon, September 7, 2008) …