Beyond Representation: Towards a Liberatory Asian American Politics
Asian Americans, Everywhere All At Once Asian Americans have long been plagued by the “perpetual foreigner” stereotype. Regardless of...
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Bridging the Gap: Australia-Korea relations in the 21st Century
People often ask me why I moved from my home country of Australia to Seoul. My answer is always...
Why the West Needs Korea: The Orientalist roots of Brainwashing
Introduction: “Forgive them, for they know not what they do” To the West, North Korea is a country antithetical...
“Partial Globalization”: A Spanish Volunteer’s Experience in Korea
Summer of 2022. My first summer in Korea. What started as a random Instagram ad, became a precious experience...
Food Scarcity in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Work of a Local NGO to Provide Aid
Food Scarcity in the DPRK Access to food is an everyday concern for individuals living in the Democratic People’s...
K-pop is being trashed: the waste behind it
If you grew up with the rise of pop music, you probably shifted from cassettes to CDs that came...
The Price of Convenience and The Recycling Myth
My rude awakening about the recycling myth happened when I got COVID a few months back. It is safe...
Cyberbullying: the case of South Korean celebrities
The invention of social media has brought about a number of positive and negative changes in global society. People’s...
The Future of Quality Education in the Asia-Pacific: A Post-Covid Evaluation
2022 marks the ninth annual Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) which was held March 28th-31st in Bangkok,...
The Mekong River – Environment and Economic Impacts of Dam Building in Southeast Asia
Dam building in Southeast Asia has had detrimental impacts on the environment and economies of communities that rely on...