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My husband hated the idea of me keeping my name. Then suddenly, he changed his mind
It took long enough to convince my Korean parents to accept my Japanese partner. ‘Just don’t come home with a Japanese name,’ my mother said
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I know why anti-vaxxers think the way they do — I believed Korean health disinformation for decades
Growing up in Korea, we were taught that we’d swell up and die from ‘fan death’ if we kept our fans on overnight, among other absurdities. Even when I left the country and learnt it had been government propaganda, I couldn’t stop believing it
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A visit to Seoul during Covid changed my opinion of a country I once despised
When we lived in Korea, curfews and censorship were rife. But when I returned during the pandemic, I was met with a healthcare system far safer and more sensible than the one I know in the US
