Understanding Korea, One Story at a Time
Dr. Jiwon YoonA closer look at Korea’s current events, culture, history, and social issues—how they shape the Korea of today and tomorrow. For those seeking to understand the stories and moments that brought Korea to where it is now.
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72. A Meal in Your Name
🎧 This essay follows the food onto the set. In the companion podcast, we meet the fans organizing gifts from abroad and the stars picking up the tab for their fans. Read and listen for the whole picture, preferably with a coffee of your ow...
🎧A Meal in Your Name
Somewhere in Korea right now, a coffee truck is wearing an actor’s face. It’s covered in banners and jokes, and it’s serving lattes to an entire crew. Somebody paid for all of it, and somebody else kept the receipts.
In this episode, we me...
71. The Lunch Tray Grows Up
From K-pop cafeterias to office lunch lines, a familiar meal follows Koreans into adulthood.
🎧 Listen to the companion podcast: Twenty-three years ago, my husband lived in an LG company dormitory in Korea for about $18 a month, breakfast...
🎧The Lunch Tray Grows Up
Twenty-three years ago, my husband’s job at LG in Korea came with a place to live—and three meals a day. His monthly dormitory fee, including breakfast, was ₩21,000 (about $18 at the time). Lunch and dinner at work were free. We sometimes s...
70. The Cost of a Hot Lunch
🎧 This essay examines the conditions inside Korea’s school kitchens. In the companion podcast, I follow the workers and parents who got others to pay attention, then hand you a staffing problem and a lunch bell that won’t negotiate.
Liste...
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