By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, April 15, 2012 SEOUL, South Korea — For years, I walked untouched among the ranks of the surgically enhanced — all those nips…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, April 15, 2012 SEOUL, South Korea — For years, I walked untouched among the ranks of the surgically enhanced — all those nips…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, March 8, 2012 PHOTOGRAPH by the Los Angeles Times SEOUL — It began when an out-of work math professor who had just lost…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, March 5, 2012 PHOTOGRAPH by Chosun Daily SEOUL — Hong Seok-cheon stands beaming before an adoring studio audience. It’s a place he has…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, January 8, 2012 BUSAN, South Korea — Joseph Michael Murphy had the defeated look of a man on a losing streak at the…
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, 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, October 27, 2010 MARA ISLAND, South Korea — The sea is restless as Kim Jae-yeon perches on the rocky shoreline, eyeing the churning…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, October 4, 2010 PHOTOGRAPHS by the Los Angeles Times SEOUL — Freakish fall weather has resulted in a national kimchi crisis, causing South…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, July 21, 2010 TAEAN, South Korea — A dull-gray fog hangs over this deserted beach town, reflecting the now-gloomy psyche of a once-bustling…