Irregular Residents in Japan: Forgotten Tales of Human Suffering
“Not knowing what is happening makes you crazy and terrified because you don’t know what to believe,” said an immigrant detained in Japan’s immigration detention […]
Will We be Hired? (우리가 취업할 수 있을까?)
지난 1년 동안 교내의 일명 ODAR (Office of Development and Alumni Relations)에서 사무조교로 일하면서 어떤 동문을 학교로 초대할 것인지는 나의 가장 큰 관심사였다. 초대할 동문을 […]
A Kingdom without a King: The disappearance of Kim Jong Un and its implications
The global spread of the coronavirus continues to instill fear and panic. However, we have to brace ourselves for another issue that might have significant […]
Move over K-Pop, Korea is Hot to Trot
Becoming an idol star’s fan is not just for teenagers. Parents can have idol biases too. This all started because of an unlikely music genre; […]
Does Anyone Remember What Happened to Australia?: The Illusion of Social Media Activism
Most of us around the world are well into our state-sanctioned, mandatory month of social isolation. While living our best shut-in, internet-immersed lives, we don’t […]
Nexus between the Tokyo Olympics, Coronavirus, and Politics
The COVID-19 pandemic has been making global headlines. Also commonly referred to as the coronavirus, the rapid spread of this newly identified virus has been […]
South Korea Telegram Case & Gaps in the Legal System
South Korea has, once again, been hit by a massive sex-related criminal scandal. In 2018, it was the spy-cam (molka) issue which exploded. In 2019, […]
The Quest for Perfection : Women and the Beauty Myth
In 1990 Naomi Wolf published “The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women” to a polarized reception. The author argued that the […]
Coronavirus panic hits South Korea
It’s all everyone is talking about these days: the coronavirus. How dangerous it could be, how to stop its spread, where to buy more masks, […]
Taking Gender and saying ‘Whatever’ to it: Drag and LGBT+ in South Korea
Like most people with an online streaming subscription and a proclivity for procrastination, my worldview on drag performance and the LGBT+ community has mostly been […]