Posts Tagged ‘In the news’

in the news: south korea stretches standards for success

This New York Times article broke my heart, but didn’t surprise me too much. I’ve linked to articles in the past that address South Korea’s obsession with being thin, and now they’re adding height to the mix. Parents spend hundreds of dollars a month, subjecting their children to what seems an awful lot like torture, [...]

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in the news: one in five korean women undernourished

Article from the Korea Times here. I have to say, while it wasn’t exactly a shock to see this statistic — women in Seoul are slim — it was heartbreaking to face these numbers. There had been plenty of clues that this was the case, including the fact that Uniqlo, one of the most popular [...]

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