Some North Koreans Head Home
The number of North Korean refugees reaching South Korea is on the decline. The South Korean government says it’s due to tougher border security, enforced by their ruler, Kim Jong-un. But advocates say...
View ArticleThe Middle Kingdom Comes to the Hermit Kingdom
For Xiao Lei, a 30-year-old office worker from Beijing, visiting Korea was all about following in the tracks of Kim Soo-hyun, the actor of the Korean television drama “My Love From the Star,” now a...
View ArticleSouth Korea’s Alpha Women Myth
Recently in South Korea the term ‘alpha girls’ has been used to describe women who are extremely successful in their work, accomplished and ambitious in pursuit of career advancement. This icon, and...
View ArticleSouth Korea’s Press: The Illusion of Freedom
On the surface, South Korea’s media appears to be thriving and even serves as an example to a region where liberal democracy is the exception rather than the norm. The country’s peaceful transition to...
View ArticleMERS’s Best Friend is Ignorance
The post MERS’s Best Friend is Ignorance appeared first on Asia Sentinel.
View ArticleTrickle-Down Economics Doesn’t Work
Concerns are arising that South Korea’s potential for economic growth is plummeting. These concerns are followed by arguments that policies that emphasized growth were, in reality, focused on the...
View ArticleAsia in 2016: Korea
South Korean President Park Geun-hye was stripped of her executive powers after the country’s legislature voted for impeachment in December, the culmination of a year of political scandal that saw...
View ArticleWhy Can’t Korea Solve its Fertility Problem?
Country currently has the lowest global fertility rate The post Why Can’t Korea Solve its Fertility Problem? appeared first on Asia Sentinel.
View ArticleSouth Korea: Your Tired, Your Hungry, Your Yearning to Be Free Needn’t Apply
The country lags the world in its rate of opening to refugees The post South Korea: Your Tired, Your Hungry, Your Yearning to Be Free Needn’t Apply appeared first on Asia Sentinel.
View ArticleSouth Korea and Japan: Unhappy Partners
One side says Japan wishes it could float away, the other side says good idea The post South Korea and Japan: Unhappy Partners appeared first on Asia Sentinel.
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