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Five things I miss about my second home, South Korea
The writer used to dress according to the seasons and spend her afternoons in large, lovely cafes.
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The K-dramas the writer used to love lost their appeal, as she found more scintillating drama bubbling in the daily news headlines about the country.
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I have a love-hate relationship with my husband’s homeland, South Korea.
While living and working there for eight years, I was constantly frustrated with the largely homogenous country, its systems built on deeply-ingrained hierarchy and patriarchy, its break-neck ppalli-ppalli (hurry hurry in Korean) culture, and its people’s unhealthy obsession with beauty and appearances.
