“Gov’t supports K-dramas, shows, documentaries to go global”
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2024/07/688_378679.html

“Area south of Itaewon becomes ghost town as Hannam New Town project pushes forward”
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/07/177_378531.html

“The diverse communities that developed in the area have consequently been largely dispersed. In its heyday, the whole region had enjoyed prosperity due to its location next to U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan. In its shadow, diverse communities thrived — including originally Korean migrants from all across the peninsula, Koreans who earned a living supporting the U.S. military community, foreign residents from around the world and sexual minorities.
“The population was a mix of young, kind of hipster-ish Koreans, super old Koreans who had lived there for like 100 years, a large foreign population of mostly Middle Eastern and Africans and some Europeans and North Americans,” Gordon said.
But with the base now mostly vacated, the American military’s spending power has also moved on, and the area isn’t the geographically and socially isolated enclave it used to be. Just as nature abhors a vacuum, so do development companies”.

How typical. No mention of the woman who gave birth 8 times and no doubt did the majority of the child care except in passing.
“Father of eight honored for helping boost birthrate”
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2024/07/262_378629.html

“Slew of fall exhibitions by Korean artists to take over London”
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2024/07/690_378621.html

“First century-spanning anthology of modern Korean women’s literature hits shelves”
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2024/07/142_378326.html

This regressive propaganda is being pushed abroad. Just disgusting. I suppose slavery, misogyny and extreme violence directed at poor people during the Joseon period is what this individual misses:

“What was the cost of modernization when Korea adopted a lot of the Western values that eventually destroyed its family, changed the fabric of society, changed the relationship between men and women, changed the relationship between parents and children?” he said”

“INTERVIEW ‘Strong family values are bedrock of society,’ says GPF chairperson”https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2024/07/262_378069.html

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