In this week’s (month’s) episode, we discuss:

• Substitute teaching in England
• HBC’s Onggi Wall
• Haebangchon’s Block Party
• A Japanese streamer accused of racism/Japan’s superiority complex
• Ansel Elgort wearing a kimono in Seoul
• Japan banning the Taegukgi for the Asia Games
• AI blitzing the Suneung/AI taking over in 2034/AI slop
• Foreign cards finally working on Korean buses
• The weird world of Chuseok gifts
• A Michelin-starred restaurant using ants as garnish
• Jongno-3 being named the world’s coolest neighbourhood by Time Out magazine
• Rising anti-China sentiment
• US favourability at an all-time low in Korea