Pleasures of Seoul
The Covid crisis continues, and free travel seems a distant prospect. As we wait for the restrictions to lift, here we reminisce about Seoul and the pleasures it offers.
The Covid crisis continues, and free travel seems a distant prospect. As we wait for the restrictions to lift, here we reminisce about Seoul and the pleasures it offers.
Borders are being shut. Flights are reduced. Can a foreigner enter South Korea while coronavirus rages on? Here is the full explainer.
South Korea has long exploited migrant workers under its so-called Employment Permit System. It's time to give them the rights they deserve.
The Candlelight Revolution three years ago brought hope for South Korea's ailing democracy. Moon Jae-in, who came into power then, has dashed that expectation.
Young people have been leading a lethargic existence removed from politics. But no more. The Park Geun-hye scandal woke us to our potential.
One year ago, recycling firms temporarily stopped collecting recyclable waste at apartment complexes in and around Seoul. South Korean media was quick to blame China for causing the "garbage crisis" without looking at all the facts.
The scandal surrounding Seungri, a former member of boy group Big Bang, illustrates the ongoing struggle for gender parity in South Korea and hints at deep-rooted problems with representation of women by the K-pop industry.
Having identified the humanities as an antidote to their paralysis of innovation, South Korea's big family-controlled conglomerates started selling lacquered rhetoric about the value of humanities education, and about the value of “culture” by extension.
BTS has found success around the world, but South Korean feminists contend that the all-male group, like many male musicians in their South Korea, objectifies and degrades women with their lyrics and comments.
In South Korea, detaining children simply due to their migration status, or the migration status of their parents, is standard practice.
Not everyone believes media accounts that there are one million shamans in contemporary South Korea, but shamanism does remain a potent force.
The American military is gradually leaving Yongsan, a major garrison located in the heart of Seoul. How are the dynamics of military spatial reorganization playing out beyond the metropolis?