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The 50 types of people in the (Korean) workplace
by Chang Sun PARK from Aftermoment  ·  17 MIN READ
“Science is changing people’s view of the world, but aren’t the humanities lagging behind?”
by YANG Doung from Kyosu Sinmun  ·  7 MIN READ
Views from a professor of history at Kyonggi University and a former president of the National Institute of Korean Language.
Shin-Kori 5 & 6: Nuclear twins born out of a wrong question
by KANG Yang-gu from Epi  ·  18 MIN READ
The public consultation into reactors 5 and 6 of the Shin-Kori nuclear power plant.
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Unity through Pyongyang naengmyeon
by LEE Jung-hee  ·  8 MIN READ
And is it really that delicious?
The psychology behind Kakao Talk profiles: What’s your ego-state?
by SONG Jooyeon from OhmyNews  ·  8 MIN READ
Adult, Parent, or Child?
Park Jong-cheol is dead, but those investigation offices live on
by JO Yeong-hun from Twenties Timeline  ·  7 MIN READ
There are still 27 anti-communist investigation offices in Korea.
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Traveling with Korean parents? 11 pointers.
by Minji GWAK from Traveller's Words  ·  32 MIN READ
“At the end of the day, our moms and dads are just ajumma and ajeossi.”
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Gender bias in science textbooks
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.
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How Han Kang’s call for peace played out in Korean politics
by Subin KIM  ·  9 MIN READ
Why the author’s NYT take on the Korean War has stirred up a hornet’s nest.
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Media Today
Ode to MBC kr
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.
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Condom vending machines for teens are appearing in Korea. Here’s why they’re needed. kr
by KOO Hee Eon  ·  9 MIN READ
The ongoing consequences of ineffective sex education in Korean schools.
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No, neo-Confucianism does not explain K-pop (at all)
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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The substitute housewife
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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Protesting, as a Korean-American
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.
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Why even former professors and CEOs are waving the Taegeukgi
by SONG Hyejin from Chosun Ilbo  ·  8 MIN READ
“How then can the younger generation and the Taegeukgi generation communicate?”