Do Convenience Stores With No Staff Signal a Future with Fewer Jobs?
Unstaffed convenience stores provide a glimpse at a possible future where instead of paying higher a minimum wage, companies invest in capital to eliminate jobs.
Unstaffed convenience stores provide a glimpse at a possible future where instead of paying higher a minimum wage, companies invest in capital to eliminate jobs.
No-kids zones are polarizing South Korean society. Blame often falls on the parents, and unfortunately more often on the mothers.
Here's an essay by a Portuguese-Korean traveler, who recently visited North Korea. He was discouraged from revealing his South Korean roots.
Korea Exposé's intern reflects on the experience of meeting elderly Koreans on a sweltering summer's day in central Seoul's Tapgol Park.
The capital’s many districts host favela-esque "cubicle villages," called jjokbangchon in Korean. South Korea's destitute and vulnerable call them home.
Urban redevelopment has taken a curious form in Seoul. Fully functioning and inhabited neighborhoods are razed with the consent of a bare majority. Explore the world of redevelopment - "jae-gaebal" -- and the role of hired goons known as "yongyeok."
Racism in Korea is prevalent. British student of Sri Lankan origin explains why he feels Korea does not discriminate based on race but nationality.