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Articles about Korea South, ordered by date. Open 'Korea South' in the New Internationalist magazine app for Android or iOS mobile devices.

Clockwise from top left: four elderly women at work in the fields of South Korea’s countryside; automotive workers protest in Seoul in 2018 over General Motors’ decision to close a factory in Gunsan; a US marine instructs a South Korean soldier on the proper way to throw a grenade; a boy purchases fried seafood at Myeongdong open street market in Seoul.Photos: Erlo Brown/Shutterstock; BJ Warnick/Newscom/Alamy; Stocktrek/Alamy; Roman Babakin/Shutterstock

Country Profile: South Korea

The photos, facts, and politics of South Korea.

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NI 541 - The cost of living crisis - January, 2023
541 - January, 2023
Photo: Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (Jeon Han)

Introducing... Moon Jae-in

Profile by Richard Swift

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NI 505 - Bad Education - September, 2017
505 - September, 2017
Illustration: Dominic Bugatto / Three in a Box

Fat

A young South Korean‘s attempts to avoid conscription by becoming obese cause uproar in his family. Written by Krys Lee.

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NI 496 - World Fiction Special - Exquisite short stories - October, 2016
496 - October, 2016
HIV-positive persecution in South Korea

HIV-positive persecution in South Korea

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NI 493 - Love in the time of Ebola - June, 2016
493 - June, 2016
The mayor of Sinsan village points out a map of the proposed air city development on Jeju island, and its negative consequences for locals. Photo: pagansweare.com

Upping the ante aero

Rose Bridger on the threat of an aerotropolis on Jeju Island.

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NI 491 - Last stand - Saving the world's forests - April, 2016
491 - April, 2016
As women have become more empowered, more baby girls have been born. Photo: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters

The girls are back in town

How South Korea got back to normal.

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NI 466 - Where have all the girls gone? - October, 2013
466 - October, 2013
Jeju Island’s beauty is threatened by a new naval base.Justin Ornellas under a CC Licence

Defending Korea’s peace island

South Korean villagers are campaigning to keep a military base off the pristine Jeju island, reports Chloe Simons.

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NI 453 - Protection racket - June, 2012
453 - June, 2012
South Korea

South Korea

A country profile of South Korea.

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NI 422 - Multiculturalism - May, 2009
422 - May, 2009

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
The cost of living crisis January, 2023
Bad Education September, 2017
World Fiction Special - Exquisite short stories October, 2016
Love in the time of Ebola June, 2016
Last stand - Saving the world's forests April, 2016
Where have all the girls gone? October, 2013
Protection racket June, 2012
Multiculturalism May, 2009
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