loving this beautiful monster"

Traveling alone used to be different.

Thailand's cannabis crackdown is pushing consumers underground and killing small businesses — but some insiders say the market needs to bottom out before it can recover.

American dad Derek Laan says that in Korea, he makes less money in exchange for a more interesting life.

Author Bart Schaneman's book The Pot Job explores the underside world of pot dispensaries, theft, revenge, and the law.

Bart Schaneman and his family had a full life in Colorado — a two-story house, cars, and jobs. In his 40s, they decided to move to South Korea.

We watched it flow right through our hands.

On Losing My Job at the Washington Post

Hank Stuever, who twice has been named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in feature writing, will start in his new role next month. “He’s one of the best journalists in the country.”

On Losing My Job at the Washington Post

On Losing My Job at the Washington Post

Dispatches from life in South Korea and the other places I go and people I meet along the way. Click to read Life Reports, by Bart Schaneman, a Substack publication.

An improbably timed defense of the media

The president is eying a plot of land near Memorial Bridge. The art critic who proposed the idea called for a smaller arch or for Trump to pick a new site.