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South Koreans struggle to climb property ladder as prices explode
In a country where real estate accounts for more than 60 per cent of household assets, the increasing unaffordability has resulted in a yawning generational gap in house ownership and wealth. An analysis of the 2020 Korea Housing Survey shows that house ownership nosedives in people younger than 40. read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/4/28/south-koreans-struggle-to-climb-property-ladder-as-prices-soar
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How South Korea’s Yoon Suk-yeol Capitalized on Anti-Feminist Backlash to Win the Presidency
No candidate capitalized on the anti-feminist movement like Yoon Suk-yeol, who narrowly won Wednesday’s election and will become South Korea’s next leader. The populist, from the conservative People Power Party (PPP), worked to appeal to men who are anxious about losing ground to women, and helped turn a fringe online community into a major political…
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Big shopping complex finds itself in the heart of the race for next S Korean president
One phenomenon South Korea has seen in the recent years is a slow but evident dissolution of the traditional political regionalism—not because governments’ decades-long effort finally worked but the provincial economies are breaking apart: the traditional model of the provincial politics is no longer working. My latest for Al Jazeera English: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/3/8/as-south-korea-votes-shopping-mall-bid-spotlights-regional-split Provincial politics has…
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Stock market boom in S Korea calls for better corporate governance to quash ‘Korea discount’
Despite stellar company performances, the Korean stock market has long suffered a low valuation due to weak corporate governance. The recent market boom may bring about a change. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/2/16/as-house-prices-soar-ordinary-south-koreans-go-all-in-on-stocks
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스토리텔링에 성공의 공식이 있을까?
콜린 윌슨은 자신의 소설창작법 강좌에서 그렇다고 말한다. 반면 찰리 카우프만 은 그런 ‘3막 구조‘ 같은 관념을 극도로 혐오한다. (하지만 카우프만의 대표작 ‘존 말코비치 되기’는 그야말로 가장 클래식한 3막 구조를 따르고 있다.) ‘공식’이란 말 대신 ‘원형’을 써보면 어떨까? 누가 가르쳐주지 않아도, 청중을 가장 감동시키는 이야기에는 공통의 원형이 있다는 것이다. BBC 드라마의 극작가였던 존 요크가 2014년 쓴…