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- Human rights activists suffer lack of human rights
- Chronic overwork, emotional labor, wages falling below the legal minimum -- these are not only phenomena taking place in blind spots between the cracks in human rights terms. Ac...
- Dec.1,2019 14:00 KST
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- Luxury consumption on 20s-somethings on the rise
- A “consumption polarization” phenomenon has been emerging in South Korea: people who economize on everyday consumption through low-cost purchases then use the difference to purc...
- Dec.1,2019 13:55 KST
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- [Photo] S. Korean government to shut down up to 25% of coal-fired power plants
- On Nov. 27, the South Korean government announced plans to shut down up to a quarter of coal-fired power plants within the next three months in an effort to reduce fine-particle...
- Nov.29,2019 18:08 KST
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- [Photo] Gwangju Democratization Movement photos released after 39 years
- Photos of the Gwangju Democratization Movement of 1980 have been publicly released after 39 years. Several of the photos show female demonstrators who took up arms against the m...
- Nov.27,2019 16:47 KST
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- Cyberbullying and serial celebrity suicides
- Calls for measures to deal with malicious internet posts are growing louder following the suicide of entertainer and K-pop star Goo Hara, which comes on the heels of singer Sull...
- Nov.26,2019 17:17 KST
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- The rise of “self-photography” among Korean youth
- Han Ji-su, 25, stood in front of the mirror by herself, holding a traditional Korean instrument known as a saenghwang in a studio measuring 13.2 square meters. Taking out a Blue...
- Nov.24,2019 20:07 KST
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- [Reportage] The dire living situation of young Koreans
- Lee Seung-hui (pseudonym) is a 25-year-old woman who lives by herself in Seoul. The low-rise apartment where she lives is four years older than she is, and it already seems to b...
- Nov.24,2019 20:03 KST
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- [Photo] LKP leader holds hunger strike to protest Moon administration
- Hwang Kyo-ahn, leader of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP), started a hunger strike in front of the Blue House on Nov. 20. Claiming the country is facing a “national...
- Nov.21,2019 16:22 KST
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- [Photo] Seoul civic group installs “all gender” restroom
- A civic group in Seoul has installed an “all gender” restrooms in their headquarters. The restroom is, as the name implies, for people of all genders, whether it’s sexual minori...
- Nov.19,2019 17:06 KST
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- Children of undocumented immigrants unable to access healthcare services
- “I think I need to go to the hospital,” the child said. In reply, the mother simply repeated, “Let’s just wait.” The child, who was running a high temperature, pressed again to ...
- Nov.17,2019 15:12 KST