Hankyoreh (한겨레)
New York Times Topic - North Korea
New York Times Topic - South Korea
2024/12/04, South Korea’s president declares martial law, vowing to ‘eradicate anti-state forces’ (Hankyoreh)
2024/11/06, South Korea Imposes New Curfew and Fines in Bukchon Hanok Village, Seoul to Combat Overtourism (Travel and Tour World)
2024/09/08, North Korea sends more trash balloons south (NY Times)
The August 2024 issue of the "Seoul My Seoul" newsletter advertises a number of interesting attractions and events that might be of interest.
2024/08/24, South Korean beekeepers find meaning working near the DMZ (NY Times)
2024/08/05, Declaring ‘Crisis,’ South Korean Firms Tell Managers to Work 6 Days a Week (NY Times; I also found interesting a commentary by the article's author, which includes links to sources that illuminate aspects of Korean culture, such as 눈치, in and beyond the workplace)
2024/07/25, PBS News Hour segment on the Boston MFA Hallyu! show
2024/07/18, As many South Koreans shun marriage, two women try to redefine family (NY Times)
2024/02/14. Haechi (해치) is back! (SMG)
2024/02/04, Seoul's "Haechi" gets a makeover (Korea Herald)
2023/10/21, Little change after Halloween calamity (NY Times)
2023/10/19, Why South Korea has so many protests (NY Times)
2023/08/07, Seeking love, with help from the city government (NY Times)
2023/05/19, Late-Night poetry and cat-feeding in Haebangchon, Seoul (NY Times)
2023/05/02, A brutal sex trade built for American soldiers (NY Times)
2023/01/18. Hipster hangouts in Euljiro and Sinheung Market (NY Times)
2023/01/11, An article about the September 2022 Climate Justice March in Seoul includes many links to other relevant items (Resilience.org)
2022/08/10, "Banjiha" basement homes (Korea Herald, Korea Times)
2022/08/09, Record rainfall kills at least 9 (CNN)
2022/07/04, Free online Korean language instruction for foreign residents starting July (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
2022/07/08, Even in death, Internet Explorer lives on in South Korea (NY Times). (This is a great illustration both of South Korea's particular mix of the cutting-edge and the habitual, and of the ways habits, path dependencies, network externalities, and design intentions interact in policy and administration.)
2021/11/29, Living with COVID-19: Korea Struggles to Balance Normalcy with Spike (National Interest)
2021/10/06, This article about The Squid Game notes a nexus of Seoul housing prices and school zones that appears similar to the U.S. (NY Times)
2021/09/08, South Korea’s surge in Covid cases threatens its plans for reopening (NY Times)
2021/04/07, Oh Se-hoon wins the Seoul by-election (NY Times). (As it happens, Mayor-Elect Oh is also former Mayor Oh, whose administration created the SCSP a dozen or so years ago. You will forgive me for hoping that his recent election augurs continuation of the program.)
2021/03/23, Seoul mayor match set: PPP Oh Se-hoon vs. ruling DP Park Young-su (Korea Broadcasting System). (More: Former Mayor Oh Se-hoon to run in 2-way Seoul Mayoral race (Korea Herald), several stories linked from one page at Chosun Ilbo, and more about Oh from Korea Post)
2021/03/12, Coupang, the "Amazon of South Korea" (NY Times)
2021/02/26, Kicking off vaccination for 10 million citizens (SMG)
2021/02/23, Zombies are everywhere in South Korea (LA Times)
2021/01/26, Former mayor of Seoul sexually harassed secretary, report finds,(NY Times)
2021/01/18, Questions hover over Samsung as chief returns to prison for bribery (NY Times)
2021/01/12, Seoul criticized for sexist tips to pregnant women (Korea Times)
2021/01/12, Seoul's advice to pregnant women: Cook, clean, and stay attractive (NY Times)
2021/01/07, Seoul city government under fire for sexist tips for pregnant women (Korea Herald)
2020/12/03, The college entrance exam is 9 hours long. Covid-19 made it harder (NY Times)
2020/11/19, Reconstruction of Gwanghwamun Plaza - might be completed by the time of the October 2021 (I hope!) SCSP
2020/08/27, My Family's Shrouded History Is Also a National One for Korea (NY Times)
2020/07/15, Seoul Mayor’s Secretary Speaks Out About Alleged Abuse (NY Times)
2020/07/10, NY Times report on Mayor Park's apparent suicide
Seoul Hosts International Online Coronavirus-Response Conference, June 1-4, 2020
2020/05/02, South Korea's Tracking of COVID-19 Patients Raises Privacy Concerns (NPR)
2020/04/19, Taking to the clouds to rebuke Samsung (NY Times)
2020/04/10, South Korea goes to the polls, cornavirus pandemic or not (NY Times)
2020/04/08, Nine tactics Seoul used to slow the spread of COVID-19 (WeGO, PDF file)
2020/03/26, Cities after coronavirus (Shenker)
2020/03/26, SMG COVID-19 Information Resources
2020 New Castle County Reads Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. Author talk and book signing on April 23, 2020.
2020/02, SMG e-newsletter special issue about response to COVID-19 outbreak
2019/11/22, NY Times article about the "Relentless Invention" Korean film festival at Lincoln Center and this appreciation of Lee Myung-se’s “Nowhere to Hide”
2019/10/12, NY Times: ‘Republic of Prosecutors’: Crusading Reformer Divides South Koreans
2019/08/23, NY Times: On this day in history
Delaware Korean Festival - Saturday, September 21, 2019