Colin Marshall is a Seoul-based essayist, Free-lance Korean correspondent for the western world, broadcaster, and public speaker, working on cities, language, and culture. He has written for a number of publications such as the guardian, open culture and the times literary supplement. Check out http://blog.colinmarshall.org/ for his work.
“‘Han’ seems to me to be an anger that personally emerges or is barely controllable, an anger or a sadness combined”
And today, Colin talks a lot about identity and where a person finds themselves fitting into this complex mesh that we call culture - especially those that have backgrounds from a number of different countries - or who have themselves moved to another country and became an expat.
Konner and Colin discuss Korean culture and the direction in which it is moving. They talk travel, and the importance of the concept of ‘there is no light without the darkness’. Finally, Colin chat about some of the darker elements of cultural and human nature. Concepts like finding the grass that is greener on the other side, or jealousy, or drive, or the burning desire to be better than other people.