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.
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A Match Made by the Gods
Not everyone believes media accounts that there are one million shamans in contemporary South Korea, but shamanism does remain a potent force.
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: 4th Generation Redefines Korean ‘Roots’
His mother tongue is Russian. His ancestors left Korea to settle in Uzbekistan. Now, a fourth generation Koryo Saram is 'back' in the land of his great grandparents.
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.
Plus Power: South Korea’s Plus-Size Runway
These girls are changing the face of K-beauty.
Koryo Saram: Between the Former USSR and Korea
This is the story of a people that are still in search of an illusive homeland. Their predecessors left Korea to escape Japanese colonialism, only to face Stalin's harsh immigration policies in the former USSR. Who are the Koryo Saram?
Painting a World in Two Square Meters
66-year-old Hong Gu-hyeon lives in a room smaller than two square meters in Seoul. He paints mountains and oceans and dreams of creating an artwork big enough to cover the wall of a building.
2018 Seoul Queer Culture Festival
Despite the 33-degree celsius weather, boisterous counter-protests by Evangelical Christians and a petition to the government with nearly 220,000 signatures against the event, South Korea's persecuted LGBT community came together today in downtown Seoul to celebrate diversity.
Conscientious Objector: Why I Refuse to Serve
Technically at war, South Korea requires mandatory military service of all 'able-bodied' men up to the age of 35. That doesn't mean everyone agrees to go -- even though refusing comes with consequences.
Seoul’s Skyscrapers Are an Unlikely Home for Honeybees
In smoggy Seoul, a hopeful beekeeper wants to promote urban beekeeping and raise awareness about disappearing honeybees. We met him on a high-rise, coincidentally on the day of the first inter-Korean summit between Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un.
The First Rally Against South Korea’s Spycam Porn Epidemic
It was a sight to behold: at least 12,000 women shouting at the top of their lungs in central Seoul, enraged by South Korea's widespread spycam pornography, enraged by what they perceived to be police inaction, even discrimination. Here is their story.