On August 6 of 2015, a group of feminist users of DC Inside created the highly controversial South Korean radical feminist website Megalia. Following the false rumor that two Korean women who had contracted MERS had refused quarantine to go on a shopping trip, sexist comments were harshly thrown around on DC Inside. This controversy…
Numbers really do matter when you’re a Korean high school student. The nature of the college admissions and testing process in the Korean education system is among the most competitive and harsh in the world. With the CSAT, commonly known as “sun-eung”, approaching in less than a month, seniors nationwide are buckling down….
A junior in high school living in South Korea, Bona Kim says that caffeine is often her best friend. “School is stressful and I’m often tired,” said Kim, who has a seven hour school day that begins around 8 A.M. “I usually get an iced americano from our school’s cafe every day…
Last May, President Moon took office with a left-leaning promise to significantly raise the minimum wage in South Korea. In the past few weeks, he has been facing backlash from both liberals and conservatives regarding his minimum wage policies. On July 16, President Moon apologized in a meeting with his aides,…
