Memories of Dictatorship from Not Long Ago
As someone who has experienced South Korea's history, I have deeply mixed feelings toward dictatorship. But I also feel ambivalent toward unfettered freedom.
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Say You Love Kimchi, And Nothing Else If You Want in
When ‘political’ and ‘active’ in manners that the South Korean state approves, foreigners are encouraged to speak. But doing the opposite may exact a price.
Chaebol Nutcase: Welcome to a Feudal Aristocracy of the Orient
The Korean Air heiress is in jail, but convicted chaebol CEOs hope for freedom as the government proposes pardon "as a way of overcoming the economic crisis."
The Republic of Korea: No Democracy as We Know
South Korea dissolves a political party for the first time since 1958. Debate rages on as to what this implies for the country's democracy.