A resident in an online community thread put it bluntly in mid-May: “Every time it booms from the ceiling, my heart drops.” Another wrote that after holding it together all …
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Society & Social Trends
Korea’s Birth Rate Rose for a Second Straight Year. The Statisticians Who Tracked It Won’t Call It a Turnaround Yet.
by Hana Suhby Hana SuhFor eight straight years, every annual fertility report out of South Korea told some version of the same story: lower than the year before. That streak broke in 2024, and …
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Daily Life & Society
Korea Just Marked Its 104th Children’s Day. In Roughly 450 Cafés Nationwide, a Child Still Couldn’t Walk In.
by Hana Suhby Hana SuhSouth Korea marked the 104th Children’s Day this May 5 — and in an estimated 450-plus cafés and restaurants around the country, a child still wouldn’t have been allowed through …
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Society & Social Trends
14.9 Million People Watched a Fake Woman at a Real Baseball Game. Nobody Could Tell the Difference — and That’s the Actual Story.
by Hana Suhby Hana SuhLast week, a post captioned “The average Korean woman” went viral on X: a video of a woman in the stands at a Korea Baseball Organization game between the Hanwha …
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Society & Social Trends
South Korea Just Counted 122 ‘No Kids Zones’ on a Live Map. More Than Half the Owners Say It’s About Safety, Not Discrimination.
by Hana Suhby Hana SuhOn Children’s Day this year, the advocacy group Political Mamas (정치하는엄마들) posted to X declaring May 5 “2026’s Children’s Discrimination Eradication Day” and asked followers to report any business that …
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