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Se-Woong Koo
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"Adulkid": The Accelerating Evolution of Homo Consumens

The adage that β€œchildren will be children” may not hold true in South Korea. Adding to the pressures faced by kids to excel in academics and god knows what else, a new social trend revolves around the concept of β€œadulkid,” aimed at making children look and behave like adults. At

Anna Park
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The quieter side of the MERS outbreak

Streets around a hagwon district in Jukcheon, Gyeonggi Province, are all but deserted as MERS forces schools and even private classes to go on a temporary hiatus. (Anna Park for Korea ExposΓ©) It has been over two weeks since MERS landed in South Korea, and an unusual quiet has descended