In Rumor We Trust: Proliferating Fake News in South Korea
South Koreans are used to hearing sentences that end in hadeora, a verb meaning “it is said that….” This particular…
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Goodbye, Mr. Half
Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is no longer trying to be the next South Korean president. He has only himself to blame.
Ethics Be Damned: South Korean Journalism Fails
I get visibly tense when I see my name in South Korean media or a local reporter contacts me. Ethics is in short supply in South Korea’s journalism business. I do not wish to be part of this game.
The Choi Soon-sil Gate: The Saddest Political Drama Ever Told
The Choi Soon-sil scandal has been more riveting than most TV dramas. And dramas will be my source of enlightenment during this trying time.
In Defense of Feminism
It is essential to expose the strategy against women’s rights for what it is: Claiming victimhood, angry men seek to assume a position of moral superiority.
Children of Misfortune: Child Abuse in South Korea
Laws can help, but child abuse will not abate without first questioning the conventional psychology of South Korean parenthood.
Gaejeossi Must Die
When ajeossi go wild, young South Koreans have a name for them: gaejeossi.
South Korea’s History Textbook Whitewash
By revising the history textbook, the government will whitewash the past to bolster the conservative cause at the expense of the education system and South Korea’s international reputation as a democracy.
War of Words over the State of South Korea
I am of the opinion that South Korea’s current climate of repression will continue to worsen over the next two years in the run-up to the Dec. 2017 presidential election. But I hope that this government will choose to continue its course of constructive engagement with the media and writers of all stripes.
Korea, Thy Name is Hell Joseon
More and more South Koreans in their 20s and 30s are calling South Korea hell and vowing to escape the system.
When We Became Gangnam
They ruined once-beautiful Gangnam of my infancy, and Gangnam has ruined them in equally beautiful revenge.
South Korean Evangelicals’ Anal Obsession
South Korean Evangelicals hate the LGBT community. They are also obsessed with anal sex.