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Posted inEditor's Pick

The Cost of Convenience

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 19, 2020October 19, 2022

“South Korea’s Coupang promised to make e-commerce lightning fast. A Covid-19 outbreak at one of its warehouses shows that its workers paid the price.”

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Crime, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

Olympic Destroyer: The Cyberattack on the 2018 Winter Games

by Krista Stevens October 22, 2019October 19, 2022

It was Russia, in the cybertubes, using stolen passwords, a secret backdoor, and layers upon layers of false flag cloak work meant to stump security analysts.

Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Quotes

In South Korea, Gentrification Goes Global

by Pam Mandel July 5, 2017October 19, 2022

Factory workers and artists struggle to keep their work spaces in this Seoul neighborhood.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature

Reunification Will Have to Bridge the DMZ and Massive Technological Gaps

by michelleweber June 22, 2017October 19, 2022

Physicians in South Korea are working to understand the health issues North Korean defectors face, in preparation for eventual reunification.

Posted inEditor's Pick

In Defectors From the North, Doctors in South Korea Find Hope — and Data

by michelleweber June 21, 2017October 19, 2022

A program tracking the health of North Korean refugees rests on the premise that someday, health care will once again be a shared responsibility.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Living Some Kind of American Dream at Sizzler

by Aaron Gilbreath August 31, 2015October 19, 2022

To us, Sizzler was the epitome of the American meal. We could have big steaks, the likes of which were expensive in Korea, reserved only for special occasions. There were nice cloth napkins you put on your lap. The waitresses were friendly and would refill your drinks for you; the drink glasses were enormous. At […]

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