The Spirit of Korea’s Baseball Success

The Hankyoreh turns Korea’s defeat of Japan in a children’s game into an exemplum for business and government.
The Korean national baseball team yesterday beat Japan to advance in to the semi finals of the World Baseball Classic. It’s a remarkable achievement given that the competition began just three years ago. Our gratitude now is no [...]

Police: Jang Ja-yeon May Have Been Beaten, Raped

A reporter for the Hankyoreh recently examined the allegations that before her suicide Jang Ja-yeon compiled documents accusing important members of the entertainment world of systematic abuses of their authority. Other news media have — in English, at least — referred to the allegations as “beatings and rape”, but the Hani took a more euphemistic [...]

Hankyoreh: Bad Economy Making Retro Food More Popular

Hankyoreh: Bad Economy Making Retro Food More Popular
Yummy.
With the worsening economy, eating 1980s-style in convenience stores is growing more popular.
In the GS25 chain of convenience stores this year, in January and February the popularity of such foods increased 42.2% from the same period last year.
One product, “Nostalgic Dosirak” (추억의 도시락), consisting of rice with kimchi [...]