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  • The Racism in Government-Funded Korean Language Course Material

    by Emily Singh

    Looking to Learn Korean for Free? Well, Be Prepared for Some Racism I was going through Sejong Institute’s YouTube playlist to find useful material for my Korean tutoring classes. Then I found this. Let me take you down Racist Hill. Commentary at the bottom. The trope of Jeongnam, the Korean master of condescension, ends with him looking at the two black men’s shirts and...

    May 17, 2018
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    Art & Culture, Liberté, égalité, fraternité, Rainbow Union
  • My first racist ‘attack’ in Europe and what I learned from it

    by Emily Singh

    Image source: Daum Blog Caption: Choose the wrong option. (the artist is mocking the idea of racism by using a multiple-choice question format popular in Korean education) Last Friday, I was leaving a supermarket when a group of young, white, mostly male, Dutch people ran up to me, took a photo of me, then ran away laughing. I froze, ran into MediaMarkt, the electronics store...

    September 19, 2016
    Comments 11
    Diaspora Life
  • The Battle Against Soranet, Korea’s Biggest Porn Hub

    by Emily Singh

    I’ve previously written briefly about Korean women’s battle against Soranet. Today I’ll provide a more in-depth analysis. Soranet, Korea’s biggest pornographic website with over a million registered users, has come under fire several times during its 16-year history. The website, launched in 1999, has been crucial in distributing pornography, but also in encouraging and even brokering illicit activities. Its ability to keep avoiding legal action by...

    January 15, 2016
    Comments 4
    Liberté, égalité, fraternité
  • Korean Feminism Reins In the Collective Power of the Internet

    by Emily Singh

    , Korean feminism takes advantage of the country’s telecommunications infrastructure and satiric humour to combat misogyny An emerging Feminist movement finds power in the collective power of the Internet Founded on August 6th, 2015, the independent website Megalian.com brands a new type of feminism – one that uses the country’s world-class ICT infrastructure to promote gender equality and to humorously bash misogyny on the Korean web....

    January 8, 2016
    Comments 86
    Liberté, égalité, fraternité

disapora life

Liberté, égalité, fraternité

#MeToo in South Korean Politics: An Update.

Cover photo by 불편한용기 via Sisa Journal In 2018, I talked to Arte’s “Tous les Internets (French) | Alle Internetze” (German) about the current state of affairs in South...

July 10, 2020
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Personal

2019 Update

Hi everyone! It’s been ages. Really. I’ve started a new job – in human rights, turned down the PhD offer from Edinburgh due to funding issues (the UK is...

March 6, 2019
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Liberté, égalité, fraternité

Seoul City paves way for a South Korean Welfare Model

The Seoul Metropolitan City (henceforth, "Seoul") is paving its own path of social welfare beta-tests in a nation seldom recognised for social safety nets. South Koreans have been persistently...

March 4, 2019
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North Korea, Press

Interview with Mr. Kang Chol-hwan for Urix, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK)

(The sun was in my eyes and that’s why I look mildly unhappy, but I was really in a good mood) Special episode on the Kim-Trump summit from Norwegian...

June 7, 2018
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Liberté, égalité, fraternité

July 10, 2020

#MeToo in South Korean Politics: An Update.

March 4, 2019

Seoul City paves way for a South Korean Welfare Model

June 26, 2018

“My Body My Choice” – My Story of...

June 26, 2018

Owner of Soranet, South Korea’s Biggest Porn Hub, Taken...

June 13, 2018

Anti-Spycam Rally Shakes Up Seoul (by dotface)

June 13, 2018

[News] South Korean women rise up: An interview with Nayoung...

May 22, 2018

[Documentary] Feminism Reboot (2018)

May 17, 2018

The Racism in Government-Funded Korean Language Course ...

May 15, 2018

Free Health Check-Ups for Refugees in South Korea

May 13, 2018

Seoul City Provides “Baby Box” and Vaccination...

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Korea in Photos

Façades

Originally posted on Matt Lemon Photography:
Façades of Janggyo Building, SKT Tower, Center 1 Building, Hanhwa Building. Jongno District, Seoul. © Matt Lemon Photography. All Rights Reserved. “Architecture...

May 4, 2018
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Korea in Photos

Seoulsearching Day 4: Yoeonhui-dong

Yeonhui-dong is best known for Yonsei University, the country’s prestigious private university, which was founded, like many others, in the 1900s by American missionaries. The school, while known for...

December 24, 2017
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Korea in Photos

Seoulsearching Day 3: Not In Seoul

(Pictures by Emily Singh) Militarymen out on a holiday. South Korean men between the ages of 18 and 35 must undergo a compulsory military service of between 2 and...

December 2, 2017
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Korea in Photos

Seoulsearching Day 2: In Sashimi We Trust 

During my two-week “research trip” to Seoul, I had one primary personal goal in mind: to eat a ton of fresh hoe (sashimi). So when my friend Y said...

November 4, 2017
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Korea in Photos

Seoulsearching, Day 1: Homophobia

 On April 13th, the commander-in-chief of the Korean army was found guilty of ordering the army’s intelligence unit to “find the gays”: The army’s intelligence unit used fake IDs...

April 30, 2017
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Goodbye, Pyongyang Time Zone

Published by Emily Singh

[Image description: Two clocks on the wall, side by side. One reads 11:46 (Seoul), and the other reads 11:16 (Pyongyang). Source: Yonhap Agency] Today, Pyongyang’s 30-minute difference with Seoul...

May 5, 2018
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June 7, 2018

Interview with Mr. Kang Chol-hwan for Urix, Norwegian...

May 29, 2018

With Mr. Ji Seong-ho at Oslo Freedom Forum

May 4, 2018

ARTE – Tous les internets – En Corée du Sud, les...

March 13, 2018

TRT World/The Newsmakers (12 Mar 2018)

January 13, 2017

100 Women: How South Korea stopped its parents aborting girls...

November 27, 2016

Drugs in South Korea: Sex, Sales and Crackdowns (at Korea ...

October 21, 2016

Drugs in Korea: A Silent Crisis (at Korea Exposé)

September 5, 2016

In Defense Of South Korean Feminism: Rise Of Megalia &...

August 26, 2016

Interview with BBC Tech Tent (Aug 19th, 2016)

August 16, 2016

Interview with BBC (August 15th, 2016)

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2019 Update

by Emily Singh

Hi everyone! It’s been ages. Really. I’ve started a new job – in human rights, turned down the PhD offer from Edinburgh due to funding issues (the UK is very, very stingy on non-UK funding), and started taking classical singing, drums and modern dance lessons. This year I’m hoping to revamp Real Koreans, and to continue writing about Korea, but to also write more...

March 6, 2019
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Emily Singh

Emily Singh

Internationally lost since 2000, Emily was born in Seoul, raised in India, and has been living and studying in France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands since 2014. A translator and interpreter by profession, she enjoys talking and debating just about anything.

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