Hagwon Hierarchy
IKR for Korea Exposé Typical hierarchy at South Korea’s myriad English cram schools, better known as hagwon. Of course, there should be an even bigger guy labelled “fear of watching your child fall behind in a hyper-capitalist economy” standing behind the dad, but I ran out of space.
Duck and Cover
IKR for Korea Exposé The confrontation between the two Koreas put residents of the peninsula on edge, but expats in South Korea are taking cover from a blast of a somewhat different kind.
The New Meaning of K-Pop
IKR for Korea Exposé K-Pop and K-dramas are not the only South Korean exports to make people weep around the world. To read more on this topic, please go to The Economist, Human Rights Monitor South Korea, and The Hankyoreh. More of IKR’s works can be found