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Features Team

The Features Team produces in-depth, long-form stories, offering thorough investigations and narratives on issues that impact societies worldwide, beyond the headlines.

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84 Publications

Reading Korean: Why Hangul Fluency Hides a Growing Literacy Crisis

Korean students read Hangul with ease yet struggle with meaning. COVID widened gaps, but systemic flaws now drive a lasting literacy crisis.

Sep 29, 202510 min read

By Features Team

Young Forty the new sandwich generation of Korea

A concept coined in the 2010s to rebrand middle age as adventurous has, by 2025, become shorthand for privilege and hypocrisy—illustrating how cultural capital erodes across generations.

Sep 21, 202513 min read

By Features Team

Busan’s Choice: Investment Bank or Investment Corporation for Ministry Relocation

As the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries prepares to move to Busan, debate intensifies over whether a new investment bank or a state-backed corporation can mobilize capital faster and more effectively.

Sep 19, 20257 min read

By Features Team

Independence or Privilege? Inside the Battle Over Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service Reform

The Financial Supervisory Service has sweeping powers over banks, insurers, and securities firms—but little structural responsibility when scandals erupt. The government’s reform plan seeks to fix this imbalance, sparking fierce resistance from within.

Sep 14, 20259 min read

By Features Team

U.S. Immigration Raids Undercut Its Own Manufacturing Revival

Raids on Korean workers at Hyundai–LG’s Georgia plant expose the contradiction between U.S. immigration policy and its reshoring agenda.

Sep 10, 20257 min read

By Features Team

South Korea Targets Prosecutors and Finance Ministry in Dual Reform Push

South Korea is moving to dismantle the Prosecutors’ Office and divide the Finance Ministry, aiming to end two long-standing monopolies of authority.

Sep 9, 20257 min read

By Features Team