08 – Korea Seen Through Comparison with Western Societies
Korean social patterns may appear in the present as habits or traits, but they often make more sense when read as the residue of long, accumulated time.
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07 – Transportation in Korea: Efficiency Built on Social Trust
What felt ordinary inside Korea became visible only after leaving it. Sometimes freedom shows up not as choice, but as the absence of doubt.
06 – There Is an Unseen Framework in Everyday Life in Korea
Shared understandings, more than explicit rules, hold the day together. Korean daily life unfolds quietly within an unseen framework.
04 – Between Rudeness and Kindness: The Lubrication of Words and the Shape of Silence
What reads as coldness at first glance may follow a different logic altogether.
In Korea’s cities, distance often moves in step with pace.