Entering Korea as a Foreigner During COVID-19 Crisis
Borders are being shut. Flights are reduced. Can a foreigner enter South Korea while coronavirus rages on? Here is the full explainer.
Society
South Korea Needs More Immigrants
South Korea has long exploited migrant workers under its so-called Employment Permit System. It's time to give them the rights they deserve.
Where Elders Are Denture-Clacking Vermin
In a country that has promoted competition for decades, it was inevitable that intergenerational conflict would worsen, with the young and the old seeing one another as enemy in a race to win limited resources.
South Korea’s Corruption, Exposed by Burning Sun
The real damage from the Burning Sun scandal is not to K-pop only, but also to the reputation of the country’s elite, whose corrupt antics have been laid bare for all to see.
South Korea’s Extreme Birth Rate Crisis
Despite pouring some 130 billion USD over the last 13 years into boosting the birth rate, South Koreans may go extinct by 2750. Here is our look at why.
Euljiro: A Hub of Innovation Under Threat of Destruction
The Euljiro area in central Seoul remained intact for decades, providing affordable work space to numerous small manufacturers and artisans. But change is coming all at once, and now this thriving community of businesses is under threat.
Child Inmates of South Korea’s Immigration Jail
In South Korea, detaining children simply due to their migration status, or the migration status of their parents, is standard practice.
Kwanwoo Suh Is Looking for His Korean Father
After South Korean firm Daewoo Engineering and Construction was commissioned to build a highway linking Liberia to Sierra Leone in the mid- to late eighties, some 30 Korean-Liberian children were born.
The K-beauty Nation Begins to Question Its Obsession With Beauty
In a country known for its obsession with appearance and thriving makeup culture, dubbed "K-beauty," some women are starting to say the strict standards of beauty are a form of "corset" imposed by patriarchy, to be removed and discarded.
Koryo Saram: Korean Noodle from Kazakhstan
Oksana is a chef from Kazakhstan who makes the noodles of her ancestors. Her sense of history stays alive through her food.
Interview: The Organizers of S. Korea’s Spycam Rallies
Anti-spycam protesters have made history in South Korea: Their rallies, including the fourth one today, were some of the largest women's rallies ever. Yet the organizers still remain largely in the shadows, nameless and faceless. We spoke to some of them in early July.
Traditional Korean Medicine Makes Bold Claims, but Can It Be Trusted?
If you believe the U.S. National Cancer Institute, consuming the Asarum heterotropoides plant causes cancer. If you believe traditional Korean medicine, it will do wonders for your respiratory system and lower a fever.