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On names in Korea

  By Mark Peterson Last time I wrote about the surprising news report that one Korean company was requiring all employees to use English names in...

24.09.2023 30

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Using Western-style names

By Mark Peterson Now I've seen everything! Korean Bigtech company Kakao has decided to implement a policy of using first names in office...

12.09.2023 20

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'Barbie' and Korean patriarchy

By Mark Peterson One of my editors at the Korea Times suggested I examine the recent summer hit, Barbie, and perhaps contrast it with Korean...

27.08.2023 40

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'Phony' history

By Mark Peterson Once again, Korea is caught up in a battle over history ― not an argument with China or Japan ― we've seen those arguments...

21.08.2023 40

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What's left of Korean culture?

By Mark Peterson With the loss of so-called "Korean age" that I've written about lately , I've started thinking about what else we've lost, and...

08.08.2023 10

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More on Korea's dual age system demise

By Mark Peterson I've been thinking more about the "Korean age," "international age" issue. "Mannai" means "international age" in Korean. Another...

17.07.2023 30

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Good riddance to Korean age

By Mark Peterson As a "cultural columnist," I suppose I need to respond to the news of June 28, the date when Korea abandoned "Korean age" and...

04.07.2023 20

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What I want to tell Confucian leadership of Korea

By Mark Peterson Confucianism in Korea is in sharp decline. I would like to speak to the Confucian Association leaders at some point, and...

11.06.2023 20

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The lost opportunity of Korean language teaching

By Mark Peterson On my recent trip to Korea, I had the privilege of sitting down with an old friend and "hubae," Ross King, Ph.D. in linguistics...

07.05.2023 90

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Lessons from Jeong Mong-ju

By Mark Peterson On my recent trip to Korea, I visited, for the first time, the grave of Jeong Mong-ju, the famous Goryeo official who chose to...

03.04.2023 9

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The Korean family of the future

By Mark Peterson The Korean family is changing. That might be the understatement of the decade. Given that fact, then what is it going to change...

28.02.2023 5

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The Korean family of the future

By Mark Peterson The Korean family is changing. That might be the understatement of the decade. Given that fact, then what is it going to change...

28.02.2023 20

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Home ownership and solving the marriage problem

By Mark Peterson In my last article I wrote a semi-optimistic, semi-pessimistic piece about the new year. I was optimistic that it would be a...

31.01.2023 9

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Home ownership and solving the marriage problem

By Mark Peterson In my last article I wrote a semi-optimistic, semi-pessimistic piece about the new year. I was optimistic that it would be a...

31.01.2023 10

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Upcoming social developments in 2023

By Mark Peterson I'll leave the political forecasts to others, but I want to focus on social issues. Let's look at social trends and predict where...

05.01.2023 20

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