Day 10: KBS Exhibition Hall
When I think back to when I first started getting interested in all things Korean (this would have been several years back), it really all started with a single cable box. Having that one cable box however allowed me to watch Korean programming from overseas from MBC and KBS and it snowballed from there. So while you may laugh that my reawakening (if you want to call it that) of my Korean identity all started from watching Korean dramas, I found over the years that I learned a lot about Korea, Korean society and the Korean mentality from those programs. While TV and dramas are often over-stylized and fantastical, you can still get what concepts and ideas are important to Koreans and what they value. Since then, my desire to build or mature my Korean identity has grown beyond just watching Korean dramas and listening to K-pop. My desire now is to be more than just a spectator but a participant as well. I want to be able to think Korean, speak Korean, understand the Korean psyche, have e...