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Korea’s Animal Casualties

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During a lesson on describing animals, I asked my students about South Korea’s national animal. Foreheads wrinkled. Eyes glanced sideways. “Tiger?” said one student. “Bear?” said another. They looked to […]

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Contemporary Culture

Anything but Comfort for the Almost-Extinct Halmonis

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Every Wednesday at noon, for the past decade, seven geriatric Korean women gather outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul. They are the last of the Korean “위안부/Wianbu”or “Comfort Women”, who were forced to work […]

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South Korea

귀엽다 Korea: The World’s (second) Cutest Nation

June 8, 2012by Deva 9 Comments

Well aware of the cutsie aesthetic that pervades Asian pop culture (only living under a bush for a decade or two would have saved me from Hello Kitty), I was […]

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Contemporary Culture, South Korea

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