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Korea’s global influence is often reduced to K-pop, K-dramas, beauty, and fashion. But its real power lies elsewhere. Korea doesn’t export products first — it exports stories. Stories that structure everyday life, shape habits, and create shared emotional worlds. From media and rituals to food, spaces, and social norms, Korean culture is lived, repeated, and remembered. That is how soft power moves from visibility to participation, and why people don’t just consume Korea — th

Winter reveals more than cold weather — it shows how people move, gather, slow down, and find warmth in predictable rituals. From kimchi-making and padded jackets to jjimjilbang nights, first snow moments, year-end stages, and Seollal prep, the season becomes a map of habits that return every year. A reminder that winter isn’t just endured; it’s lived through shared rhythms.

Bullying in South Korea has never been just a “school problem.” Forty-five students were recently denied admission to top universities due to documented school violence, turning hallways into national headlines. For some, it’s overdue accountability; for others, it’s punishment arriving long after the harm was done. In a country where hierarchy and silence shape childhood and work life alike, the question grows louder: What kind of future is built on unhealed pasts?

RM’s journey didn’t begin in museums, but in poems scribbled on a classroom forum. Today, his love for Korean art and literature sits in policy rooms, museum halls, and global conversations. From collecting Yun Hyong-keun’s paintings to urging APEC leaders to fund culture, he proves that art isn’t a hobby—it’s heritage, diplomacy, and a way of thinking.

A decade in Seoul has changed Polo Ralph Lauren in quiet ways. The stitching stays the same, but the story feels different. From Garosu-gil to Ralph’s Coffee, the brand has learned to listen rather than lead — blending Western heritage with Korean sentiment. This piece explores how Korea taught Ralph Lauren to feel its own legacy differently, where belonging quietly replaced branding.