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Welcome to Korea! Are you here for BTS?
Welcome to Korea! Are you here for BTS?
Saffron Willett
“You must love K-pop!” These were the words that I heard when receiving an award for an extended essay on Korean war geopolitics, a topic seemingly far removed from the world of K-pop; they were wo...
Does the Boycott March Onward?
Does the Boycott March Onward?
Chae Soomin
Are boycotts effective at all? It is a question that needs to be raised after Coupang’s audit report on February 26th, stating that its total net revenues were $8.8 billion: up 11% Year-over-Year o...
The Game South Korea Was Built to Lose
The Game South Korea Was Built to Lose
Hugo Adam
A 1970 mathematical simulation, four simple rules, and the demographic collapse no policy has managed to reverse. Imagine a world governed by four rules on a grid, i...
Too Little, Too Late? How Government Inaction Fueled the Cambodian Scam Crisis
Too Little, Too Late? How Government Inaction Fueled the Cambodian Scam Crisis
Lee Yeryoung
On August 8, the body of a 22-year-old South Korean university student was discovered in the back of a car in the Bokor Mountain region of Cambodia. Found with his hands bound, an autopsy of the la...
Reckoning with the Itaewon Tragedy, Three Years Later
Reckoning with the Itaewon Tragedy, Three Years Later
Kim Juhyung
It’s October 29th, 2025. People in purple jackets are solemnly gathered in Gwanghwamun Square. The digits on their phones turn to 10:29 AM. For one minute, sirens whine throughout Seoul in remembra...
The Government Wants to Kill Me
The Government Wants to Kill Me
Yoon Jaein
Some lives are harder to live than others. When your body is constantly on the verge of giving out on you like a broken lightbulb going on and off, it becomes much easier to entertain the idea of d...
Strolling into “Pawrent-hood”: What Dog Strollers Reveal About Korea’s Changing Landscape
Strolling into “Pawrent-hood”: What Dog Strollers Reveal About Korea’s Changing Landscape
Rishika Mahanta
On a crisp Sunday morning in Seoul, sunlight spills across the sidewalks along the Han River, where cafe chatter hums beneath the rustle of gingko trees. A woman in her late twenties strolls by, a ...
Superman: Truth, Justice, and the Way out of Hell
Superman: Truth, Justice, and the Way out of Hell
Chae Soomin
There is a pervading pessimism taking over the globe at large, stemming from the sense that we’re existing in a world with a hundred problems all at once. That was what I thought would be reflected...
Projection on the Plate: Korean Chefs and the Making of National Image
Projection on the Plate: Korean Chefs and the Making of National Image
Kim Suk Hee
When the competitive cooking show Culinary Class Wars first aired, it capitalized on an emerging trend. Chefs had already been rising as a new kind of public figure, with established names commandi...
Televised Breakups: What Divorce Shows Have to Say about Love as Spectacle
Televised Breakups: What Divorce Shows Have to Say about Love as Spectacle
Do Quyen
While dating shows have been popular in Korean reality TV, in recent years, the entertainment industry has witnessed the emergence of a new genre: divorce shows. Unlike dating shows, which highligh...
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