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Photo Essay: Korean Adoption
Between delivery and placing them with a foster family, babies usually spend their first few weeks in the adoption agency's nursery. The nurseries are usually crowded with a handful of caregivers to...
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Korean Censors in Retreat
Korean TV broadcaster SBS decided that female performers could wear hot pants, but couldn’t expose their navels. KBS banned a music video because the singer didn’t wear a seat belt. And the Ministry...
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Feature: The Trend in Korea of Living Alone
I know about high rents, low wages, no wages, exploitative landlords, travel costs, dangerous areas, debts, student or otherwise, and the housing ladder… But come on. For Britons, if you’ve always...
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Korean B-Ball Star Assaults Middle School Girl Smokers, Netizens and Parents...
SEOUL, South Korea — According to reports, South Korean pro basketball player Lee Hyun-ho may have driven a little too hard to the goal of stopping teen smoking when he confronted several middle...
View ArticleKorea’s Gender Imbalance: The Fight for Power
In countries around the globe, the issue of gender equality is front and center—and some, simply don’t like that. In May, the BBC documentary Blurred Lines: The New Battle of the Sexes investigated the...
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When Culture Gets Too Close For Comfort
Blog posts, forum threads and social media abound with lengthy explanations for cultural misunderstandings between Westerners and Koreans, usually putting the blame on Confucianism. But sometimes,...
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A Weighty Matter: Are Koreans Really Getting too Fat?
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is advising people to eat sparingly during vacation feasts. The worry is that Koreans are becoming too obese. Is it really that big of a problem? Korea, it seems,...
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