By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, September 19, 2011 SEOUL — Kazakhstan was becoming a problem. Gary Simpson had already failed once to get his package out of that…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, September 19, 2011 SEOUL — Kazakhstan was becoming a problem. Gary Simpson had already failed once to get his package out of that…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, August 21, 2011 SEOUL — When he was 35, Park Jin-hun quit his job, left his family and moved to Exam Village. Pursuing…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2011 PHOTOGRAPH by Matt Douma SEOUL — For a quarter of a century, Kim Un-tae has found comfort in the red…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, August 14, 2011 PHOTOGRAPH by the Los Angeles Times BUSAN, South Korea — Pity the Chinese food delivery guy on Haeundae Beach as…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, August 4, 2011 DOKDO ISLAND, South Korea — Four decades ago, fisherman Kim Seong-do came to this tiny outcropping known as the lonely…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, June 25, 2011 SEOUL — In South Korea, they’re known as “errand men”: hired street muscle who play often-violent mercenary roles in property…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, June 19, 2011 PHOTOGRAPH by the Korea Times SEOUL, South Korea — The drop box is attached to the side of a home…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, February 9, 2011 PHOTOGRAPH by Matt Douma SEOUL — Each morning when he opens his eyes, and at odd moments throughout his day,…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, November 8, 2010 PHOTOGRAPH by the Daily Mail SEOUL — As the cameras whirred and her fellow legislators watched in silence, the petite…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, October 27, 2010 MARA ISLAND, South Korea — The sea is restless as Kim Jae-yeon perches on the rocky shoreline, eyeing the churning…