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‘It’s very important that … people convert to electric cars’
Before leaving the house, many people in Korea make sure they have their face mask with them. With air pollution reaching unhealthy levels, some Koreans are taking to the streets to demand the government find solutions for cleaner air. Others are bla…
May 10,2018
Bakery cafe focuses on hiring people with disabilities
On the top floor of the Seoul Metropolitan Library, Seo Jin-wook happily takes orders every day with a smile. Seo is a barista at the library’s bakery cafe. He has also been diagnosed with a developmental disability. “I have a lot of friends i…
May 05,2018
Law grad puts off green card to serve in military
Yang Jung-hoon had his whole life set in the United States. He graduated from Harvard Law in 2016, passed the bar exam in New York and Massachusetts and was on track to getting a green card last year. Nevertheless, he postponed his application so t…
May 05,2018
Nurse becomes profession’s crusader
In the summer of 2015, when Korea was battling an outbreak of the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), a nurse made headlines for standing by her patients despite the risk of contamination. Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital in Hw…
May 05,2018
J-nomics is working, Moon’s top economic adviser says
President Moon Jae-in’s economic policy, which he has taken to calling “J-nomics,” emphasizes the distribution of wealth over growth in a clear departure from previous conservative administrations. His government has pushed forth the concept of “inco…
May 03,2018
Pro-Israel lobbyist warns of lessons learned from Iran deal
With the U.S.-North Korea summit rapidly approaching, President Trump appears committed to the policy of complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization. The White House has repeatedly stressed that the conclusion to its talks with North Korea…
Apr 26,2018
Reckoning with Korea’s role in Vietnam War massacres
During the Vietnam War, South Korea sent more than 300,000 troops to assist the United States in fighting North Vietnamese forces. While they were only meant to target Viet Cong fighters, civilians say South Korean Marines massacred an untold number …
Apr 25,2018
A shop of their own for $10 a month
Inside a shoddy warehouse near Suncheon Station in South Jeolla, young Koreans are busy working on their business ideas. Called the Youth Store, the two-story building provides a space for people to set up shop and test their idea for just 10,000 …
Apr 21,2018
Reunification activist hikes the country barefoot
Jo Seung-hwan is doing his part to promote the cause of reunifying the Korean Peninsula - by walking barefoot from his hometown in South Jeolla to Paju, Gyeonggi, near the border between the two Koreas. That’s a distance of over 200 miles. The …
Apr 21,2018
Jamie Chung has her eyes on Korean films
Jamie Chung started her acting career relatively late. Born to Korean immigrants in California, she was raised in a traditional household where honorifics were carefully followed and traditions reigned. Her parents believed graduating college wa…
Apr 21,2018
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