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'Deny, Defend, Depose'

The tragic killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is a stark reminder of the volatile intersection between corporate power and public...

17.12.2024 10

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Goodbye Romeo and Juliet; Hello Heathcliff and Catherine

Koreans often characterize their culture as a "pot" culture. No, I don’t mean the kind of pot you smoke; I’m referring to a pot as in pots and...

30.11.2024 20

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Goodbye Romeo and Juliet; Hello Heathcliff and Catherine

Koreans often characterize their culture as a "pot" culture. No, I don’t mean the kind of pot you smoke; I’m referring to a pot as in pots and...

28.11.2024 30

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'Mad Cow 3.0' elections

Remember the early summer of 2008 when the Lee Myung-bak administration faced the greatest crisis of its young term when tens of thousands of regular...

04.11.2024 20

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Han Kang's Nobel triumph: What it means for Korean Americans

Jason Lim Growing old is not great. I mean, in addition to random, unexplained pains, I still don't understand how I can pull a muscle while sleeping....

16.10.2024 40

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It's horribly icky and criminal, but is it misogyny?

So, Korean boys and young men are taking the photos of their classmates or acquittances and superimposing them onto pornographic videos or photos for...

30.09.2024 10

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It's horribly icky and criminal, but is it misogyny?

So, Korean boys and young men are taking the photos of their classmates or acquittances and superimposing them onto pornographic videos or photos for...

26.09.2024 50

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The collective must yield

Jason Lim For me, the most fascinating issue that came out of the recently concluded Paris Summer Olympics is the dispute between An Se-young and the...

15.08.2024 20

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Cyberpunk at the Olympics

South Korean table tennis players Lim Jong-hoon, left, and Shin Yu-bin, second from right, take a selfie with Chinese and North Korean table tennis...

05.08.2024 20

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How many Olive Youngs can there be in Seoul?

It's fascinating how familiarity can blind you to the obvious that only comes to light when you see the same thing through the perspective of someone...

18.07.2024 30

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Thy will be done

Ven. Pomnyun is arguably the most popular and respected religious figure in Korea today. He is a household name, known mostly for his engaging Q&A...

16.06.2024 30

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Who are you before you are everything to everybody?

I recently attended a huge conference in Frankfurt, Germany. I don't even know how many people from my own agency went, but it was a lot. Some of us...

02.06.2024 50

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Cookie cutter gentrification of our lives

I visited Frankfurt and Helsinki last week. There is always a stirring sense of anxiety when you go to a new place, especially one where you don’t...

02.05.2024 30

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Tyranny of totality

The great eclipse of 2024 has come and gone. Several families from my son’s school even took their kids out of school for several days to jaunt off...

18.04.2024 20

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Embryonic personhood in Korea

By declaring that a couple could sue a hospital for wrongful death for accidentally destroying their frozen embryos, the Alabama Supreme Court defined...

21.03.2024 10

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Go to hell, Carolina

By Jason Lim   As a Duke University alum, I am no stranger to the emotions that accompany a sports rivalry. So, it hurt when Duke lost to the...

12.02.2024 20

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To Insure Promptitude (T.I.P.)

By Jason Lim   Apparently, English coffeehouses in the 18th century set out urns labeled “To Insure Promptitude.” Shortened, it spelled,...

15.01.2024 20

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BTS and the great equalizer

By Jason Lim   Today’s world is all about differentiation. This is the most natural and basic instinct that we carry as human beings as social...

31.12.2023 10

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Jason Lim

BTS and the great equalizer

By Jason Lim   Today’s world is all about differentiation. This is the most natural and basic instinct that we carry as human beings as social...

28.12.2023 20

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The $700 million transcendent man

By Jason Lim   The most exciting sports moment of 2023 has to be the final out at the World Baseball Classic when Shohei Ohtani struck out his...

17.12.2023 20

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