1. This article was the top searched for article on the Chosun Ilbo website, despite it being from 3 years ago. I'm not saying bad parenting and child neglect don't happen elsewhere, but rather I'm posting it because this case of child neglect is 100% TiK.
2. This article reports that prices in major Korean cities are 20% higher than in New York City. One reason it cites is housing costs, which is certainly true, but the failure to mention massive protectionism is another element of TiK.
3. From the same article as linked to above, another element of TiK: "Korea ranked 52nd in gender equality, showing just how far the country still has to go to improve treatment of women." The fact that it's acknowledged is nice to see, the fact that nothing will get done about it despite the acknowledgement is par for the course.
4. All you really need to read in this article is the first paragraph: "Korea ranked high among world countries in higher education achievement but near the bottom in quality."
5. Life would be easier if they just became vegetarians. I say this based on the resumption of reporting on US Beef and now the bird flu as well. On the beef front there were two stories, including this one. In this wonderful tale, children are being exploited to propagate lies. The fact that there have been 'many nights of candlelit vigils' is at the same time disturbing that it can draw that kind of protest, as well as nice to see that non-violent protests can still take place in the world. And this article highlights the delusional arguments and positions that are still being thrown around and adopted in the beef 'debate' (I loathe to call it a debate). Lastly there's the massive numbers of chickens, urm, I mean Koreans, who are refusing to eat chicken because of bird flu scares.
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