A Nation as Beautiful as a Rolex Knockoff
Physical appearance rules supreme in South Korea. But beneath this fixation on beauty is an uncomfortable truth that we are not what we appear to be.
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Inside the Noraebang: Power Ballads and Neoliberal Capitalist South Korea
The popularity of a power ballad - "She's Gone" - speaks to South Korea obsessed with effort and traumatised by a neoliberal capitalist order.
An Assault Upon Our Children: South Korea’s Education System Hurts Students
The world looks to Korea as a model for education but the system has a dark side. Korean education produces students who are overachieving but unhappy and ill.