For many South Koreans, the former presidential palace in Seoul was a little-visited, heavily secured mountainside landmark. That has now changed as thousands of people have been allowed a look inside for the first time in 74 years.
As one of his first acts, the new South Korean leader has moved the presidential offices from the Blue House, named after its distinctive blue roof tiles, and opened its gates to the public, allowing a maximum of 39,000 people a day to visit.
The normally serious compound has been transformed into something like a fair, with excited crowds looking around and standing in
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2021/02/12
In the first film of the Today Together 2 omnibus Jong-hwan (played by
Ki Joo-bong) lives the life of a borderline hobo, eating only food that ranges in price from cheap to free. His son, Do-jin (played by
Park Se-jun) is repulsed by his father s attitude, even as he himself is about as incompetent when it comes to obtaining a proper place in society. And so it is with all the other stories in Today Together 2 that seem to discuss families on the margin but then, what are the margins anyway?
For a sense of perspective the second short depicts three adult children making kimchi in the absence of their mother, who has since moved to Africa. Dashikis make a prominent appearance. Much like the first story, there s an intriguing trend shown here of parents who actually turn out weirder than their children. For whatever reason, they can t adapt to modern Korean society, and are thus shown to be aloof and indifferent to that society s expectations.