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Korea Private Health Insurance: The 36 Million Problem

Massage Bills Beat Cancer Bills Something strange happened in Korean hospitals last year. Claims for manual therapy — the hands-on…

6 days ago

Korea Floor Noise: The Sound That Ends in Court

At 2:30 on a December afternoon in Cheonan, a man walked upstairs with a knife. He had heard drilling. His…

1 week ago

Korea Stroke Care: The 26% Who Arrive in Time

A stroke gives you about four and a half hours. After that, the treatments that reverse it stop working, and…

2 weeks ago

Korea Norway Mackerel: How Oslo Sets Seoul’s Fish Price

Walk into any Korean supermarket in winter and you will find a chilled case of split, salted mackerel. It is…

3 weeks ago

Korea Camera Industry: The Empire Inside Your iPhone

Turn your iPhone over and look at the lenses. Nothing on that housing says Korea. Yet the Korea camera industry…

3 weeks ago

The Other KFC: Korean Fried Chicken History, From a 1960 Rotisserie to a 30,000-Won Bird

Open a delivery app in Seoul tonight and order a Kyochon combo. The listed price is 26,000 won. Then add…

2 months ago

Korea Fishing Industry: 7 Million Anglers, No Winners

ARTICLE BODY Just after four in the morning, the parking lot at an Incheon pier is already full. Men in…

2 months ago

Korea Kidult Economy 2026: How a Country That Stopped Having Babies Started Buying Toys

It is a Saturday afternoon on Changsin-dong's stationery-and-toy street in central Seoul, and the crowd is not what you would…

2 months ago

Episode 5: The Coffee

It. Is. Everywhere.   Despite not being an avid coffee drinker, it is clear the Koreans are. Every street and…

3 months ago

Episode 3: The Doors

In South Korea, it is quite common for stores to use sliding automatic doors. If anything, it is rarer to…

3 months ago