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by WOO Ah-Young from Epi · 36 MIN READ
Boys throwing baseballs to explain motion. Girls boiling water to explain thermodynamics. Gender bias? A science journalist weighs in.
R.H. Lee
by R.H. Lee · 12 MIN READ
A look back, and forward.
Wikipedia / Szerkesztő:Totya
by Subin KIM · 9 MIN READ
Why the author’s NYT take on the Korean War has stirred up a hornet’s nest.
Flikr / Republic of Korea
6 MIN READ
Stuck in a misconception.
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by GU Gwun-hyo from NewsNJoy · 22 MIN READ
Six reformists weigh in on the state of Korean Protestantism, Buddhism and Catholicism.
by JEON Byung-geun from Book Club Origin · 23 MIN READ
“I think nowhere are the promises and dangers of twenty-first-century technology clearer than in the Korean peninsula.”
Media Today
by Anonymous · 13 MIN READ
It’s difficult to exaggerate the significance of television media in South Korean society, or the strains on the freedom of its press.
In 2012, three major networks went on strike including one of the largest, MBC. The issues that spurred its 170 day walkout have yet to be resolved.
Here’s an inside perspective, from an anonymous MBC employee.
In 2012, three major networks went on strike including one of the largest, MBC. The issues that spurred its 170 day walkout have yet to be resolved.
Here’s an inside perspective, from an anonymous MBC employee.
SBS
by Subin KIM · 13 MIN READ
Labor, chaebol, taxes and welfare. A spectrum of visions.
flickr / The White House
11 MIN READ
Also: Labor unions and the US–Korea FTA.
JTBC
11 MIN READ
Public sector jobs, private sector jobs, and “I oppose it”.
SBS
18 MIN READ
Plus Moon’s and Hong’s plans to monitor the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office. And pushback on Ahn’s pledges for political reform.
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by KOO Hee Eon · 9 MIN READ
The ongoing consequences of ineffective sex education in Korean schools.
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by JEON Byung-geun from Chosun Biz · 52 MIN READ
A speechwriter for presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun looks back on life in the Blue House. Also: the speeches of Park Geun-hye, his writing process, West Wing, and Korean Air’s handling of that “nut rage” incident.
Shutterstock / TrifonenkoIvan
DuckDuckGo
5 MIN READ
Back in January, an American professor in Korea published a piece on Medium framing K-pop as “neo-Confucianist pornography”. The article was recently translated into Korean, to considerable pushback. Here’s a summary.
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by HBC Squirtle · 3 MIN READ
One day I got a free gift from “Substitute Housewife”, a housekeeping service . The gift was a cleaning towel with this blunt message: “A substitute housewife is much cheaper than divorce”.
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by R.H. Lee · 6 MIN READ
Since October 2016, an estimated 16 million participants have marched for the president’s impeachment. Here’s a reflection from one of our contributors.