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Loosening up

South Korea

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South Korea is going through deep social, economic change. But the transformation is still fragile, and covid-19 is not helping, says Lena Schipper

South Korea

South Korea is going through deep social, economic change

But the transformation is still fragile, and covid-19 is not helping, says Lena Schipper

Startup city

New economic models

Startups offer a different future for South Korea’s economy

But chaebol still dominate

Confronting the spycam problem

Men and women

South Korean women are fighting to be heard

Women have taken their struggle against misogyny into the open

Beyond K-pop

K-pop is changing, too

The world’s most successful boy band make perfect posterboys for the new Korea

Politics

South Koreans are unhappy with the pace of political change

A younger generation has now been politicised

Still foes, not bros

North Korea

North Korea is changing, but still dangerous

Attempts at reconciliation have stalled

The future

South Korea’s transformation is still fragile

And covid-19 could damage it even more

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The African century

Africa

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Rapid economic and social change will give the continent a bigger role in world affairs, says Jonathan Rosenthal