American consumers of Korean cosmetics and skin-care products are bulk buying, as President Trump threatens 25 percent tariffs on imports.
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South Korean Adoptions and a Nation’s Painful Past
South Korean adoptees have been returning to the country to hold the government accountable for what they call a corrupt adoption system that went largely unchanged until recent decades.
Your Monday Briefing: Putin and Xi to Meet in Moscow
Also, Donald Trump says his arrest is imminent and UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse.
Your Tuesday Briefing
The U.S. kills Al Qaeda’s leader.
Mosque Dispute Becomes Flash Point in South Korean Identity Politics
A mosque dispute in a conservative city has forced some South Koreans to confront what it means to live in an increasingly diverse society.
Overlooked No More: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Artist and Author Who Explored Identity
She was murdered after the publication of her first novel, “Dictee,” a challenging exploration of Korean history and immigrant life that inspires Asian American writers today.
Pandemic Disrupts South Korean Adoptee Reunions, but Some Find a Way
For members of the world’s largest diaspora of adoptees, returning to the country of their birth was a rite of passage — until the coronavirus pandemic changed everything. Some found a way to make the trip anyway.
She Helped South Korea in Its Time of Need. In the Pandemic, It Repaid Her.
Decades ago, a young American woman served an impoverished South Korea as a Peace Corps volunteer. Now the country is an economic powerhouse, and it decided to send her a token of its gratitude.
My Family’s Shrouded History Is Also a National One for Korea
Decades after the war ended, scars left by the Japanese occupation persist for millions of Koreans and Korean-Americans, including the author Alexander Chee.
South Koreans in New York Celebrate a 100-Year-Old Independence Movement
About 200 people gathered in Midtown Manhattan on Friday to commemorate a movement against Japanese rule that helped to unify Korea.