Korean Demographics

Korean Sociological Image #59: Childcare is (Still) Women’s Job!

Mon, 05/16/2011 - 20:45 - James Turnbull
(Source)

Do crosswalk lights with only male-shaped figures really discriminative against females?

Is Divorce in Korea Finally Socially Acceptable?

Wed, 01/26/2011 - 18:53 - James Turnbull
(Source)

Sorry for the lack of posts recently, and the very short notice with this one, but in an hour from now (7:45pm Korean time) I’ll briefly be on 101.3 TBS eFM’s evening show, talking about the title topic. For the details, see here, and note that unfortunately you can only listen live on Internet Explorer sorry.

Sex and the University, Part 3: University Students’ Cohabitation Culture

Sun, 12/19/2010 - 23:13 - James Turnbull
( Live Together, 2007. Source )

Much to my regret later, I never properly met any Koreans in New Zealand before I first came here.

But by coincidence, a Korean woman replaced me in my last flat after I left. And as my ex-flatmates soon gleefully reported, she was the perfect flatmate, paying her share of the rent without ever actually spending so much as a single night there.

Countering Sexual Violence in Korea (Updated)

Mon, 10/18/2010 - 17:45 - James Turnbull

Once again, Korea has gotten the lowest score of all high-income countries in a recent survey of gender-equality worldwide. And, at 104th out of 131 countries surveyed, it was bested by numerous much poorer countries at that.

Yes, Old Korean People Have Sex Too…

Thu, 09/30/2010 - 18:20 - James Turnbull
( Source )

But perhaps as you’d expect, they’re generally not using protection. A quick report from The Daily Focus on Wednesday:

Korean Sociological Image #47: East End Girls, meet West End Boys

Fri, 07/23/2010 - 22:45 - James Turnbull

Yes, it had to happen eventually! A big round of applause to Nextour (넥스투어) for producing the very first Korean commercial to feature a Korean woman literally dreaming of having a romantic and/or sexual relationship with a Western man, and with no suggestion that there will be anything but happiness once she succeeds.

Korean Sociological Image #46: The Language of Exclusion (Updated)

Thu, 07/22/2010 - 16:00 - James Turnbull
( Source: Mental Poo; reproduced with permission )

A receipt from a recent visit by blogger My Jihae to an upscale restaurant in Seoul, about which she wrote:

The Gender Politics of Smoking in South Korea: Newsflash

Wed, 07/14/2010 - 23:37 - James Turnbull
( Source: Metro, Busan edition, 8 July 2010, p. 3 )

A quick newspaper report on Korean smoking rates that caught my eye.

Korean “Double In-Laws”… and Other Dramas!

Tue, 03/23/2010 - 23:34 - James Turnbull
( Wedding Day by summer park )

An interesting question from Curtis, a reader with a slightly unusual family in which 2 brothers from one family married 2 sisters from another. And as you will see, with logical concerns about how this might be received by Koreans:

Dear James,

The Grand Narrative in The Washington Post

Mon, 03/01/2010 - 13:32 - James Turnbull
( Source: RaySoda )

While the background will be very familiar to regular readers, I confess I was still intrigued when Washington Post reporter Blaine Harden emailed me about this last month:

With pressures high, South Korean women put off marriage and childbirth

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