Independent Korean restaurants are closing at a stunning rate—more than six per day.
Delivery apps and rising costs favor chains, not small operators.

Franchises for Korean food grew 4.1% last year. Are we losing what makes Korean dining culture special?

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"Surround by intricate arabesque patterns, a seated dear was done in the repoussé technique. Such animal motifs were widely shared among Eastern Eurasian tribes, from where the first settlers in the Korean peninsula originated."

The world is ending, but it is also not ending. #MindsBlown

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Seated Amitābha https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.94

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that Ukraine has captured two wounded North Korean soldiers in Russia's western Kursk region and investigators are questioning them.

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Boating in Moonlight https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.87

One point that's not being properly discussed is the quiet Empathy Revolution that has become integral to contemporary South Korean culture and society. It's a complicated phenomenon, but I would argue it was empathy among different stakeholders that saved the day. time.com/7199919/sout...

The great unsung heroes of South Korea's brief martial law crisis are the country's military and police. Unlike the crackdown in Thailand in 2014, or even Hong Kong in 2019, no deaths were reported.

1980 in Gwangju and then the summer of 1987. 2016-17 candlelight protests against Park Geun-hye. Today's opposition to President Yoon (including from within the PPP). The ROK commitment to democracy should be an inspiration to the democratic world. www.timesnownews.com/world/asia/l...

Jar with Design in Underglaze Iron https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.87

Bowl with Chrysanthemum Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.243

A vanished world - Mother and child passing a bamboo forest, #Japan, ca. 1900 - by Tamamura Kōzaburō gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/7679554...