Andrew Farrell

Korean baseball bosses strike out with fans

Last update: 11:08 | 15.05.13 | © Metro Éireann

Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing – and the Korean Baseball Organistaion (KBO) is only beginning to realise that.

Psy causes a stir with new smash hit â€˜Gentlemanâ€™

Last update: 12:14 | 01.05.13 | © Metro Éireann

In July 2012, Korean pop music phenomenon Psy released his sixth studio album, led by the single ‘Gangnam Style’.

The last frontier of the Cold War

Last update: 10:42 | 12.04.13 | © Metro Éireann

In November 2010, North Korean forces fired approximately 170 artillery shells at the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, killing two civilians and two soldiers. South Korea retaliated by targeting North Korean gun positions, reportedly killing up to 10

Running through Korean history

Last update: 13:02 | 29.03.13 | © Metro Éireann

On the morning of St Patrick’s Day, I ran my first ever race – a 10km run in Seoul. Just hours after the festival to mark Ireland’s national holiday had concluded, thousands of people – many of them foreigners looking a bit tender

Too much to lose

Last update: 14:16 | 20.03.13 | © Metro Éireann

‘Abandoned to pariah status” was how The Korea Times headlined the news that the UN Security Council has unanimously passed new sanctions following North Korea’s third nuclear test on 12 February.

South Koreaâ€™s problems rest on Parkâ€™s shoulders

Last update: 11:08 | 14.03.13 | © Metro Éireann

Behind the mystery of the Cheonan

Last update: 12:04 | 15.08.12 | © Metro Éireann

Behind the mystery of the Cheonan

Hereâ€™s mud in your eye!

Last update: 15:32 | 01.08.12 | © Metro Éireann

Here’s mud in your eye!

The long fight for freedom

Last update: 13:38 | 15.07.12 | © Metro Éireann

The long fight for freedom

Korea prays for a downpour

Last update: 14:33 | 01.07.12 | © Metro Éireann

Korea prays for a downpour

â€˜Shocking realityâ€™ of Koreaâ€™s foreigners

Last update: 02:06 | 15.06.12 | © Metro Éireann

Four months after singer-songwriter Jenny Hyun’s much-published broadside, South Korea is embroiled in yet another racism row following MBC’s decision to broadcast a hugely inflammatory report titled ‘The Shocking Reality About Relationships

â€˜Dictatorâ€™s daughterâ€™ angles for South Korean presidency

Last update: 13:26 | 01.05.12 | © Metro Éireann

By the end of the year, Park Geun-hye might become a familiar name in world politics. The daughter of former President Park Chung-hee swept her Saenuri party to an unexpectedly comfortable General Assembly election triumph last month, and now stands on the

A little bit of home, abroad

Last update: 13:44 | 01.04.12 | © Metro Éireann

As more Irish emigrate to pastures new, St Patrick’s Day takes on a greater relevance, writes Andrew Farrell

Koreaâ€™s problem with racism

Pop stars ‘blacking up’ on national TV are just a symptom of a wider malady, writes Andrew Farrell

Crossing the line

Andrew Farrell learns about the few brave – or foolhardy - souls who have defected both ways across the DMZ

Bad day for a white wedding

The pressures on Korean women can take the joy out of marriage, writes Andrew Farrell

Whatâ€™s bringing all these tourists to South Korea?

Monday 23 January 2012 in Seoul was like a scene from an apocalyptic movie. Streets in this booming metropolis were eerily silent, with barely any of the eighteen or so million people who live within 90 minutes of its downtown. Restaurants were closed, and

New year for South Korea but same old story

On 19 December last, I received an ominous text message. It read: “Kim Jong-il is dead. South Korea on emergency alert.”

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