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Reporting and writing for @nytimes. Ex-@latimes correspondent in Seoul. Tips: max.kim@nytimes.com | bluesky: @maxsoeunkim.bsky.social
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This company delivers packages faster than Amazon, but workers pay the price

This company delivers packages faster than Amazon, but workers pay the price

MIT Technology Review — South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang uses AI to promise almost-instant delivery. But speed comes with troubling labor issues-including worker deaths.
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Young Koreans are echoing r/WallStreetBets in their war against short sellers

Young Koreans are echoing r/WallStreetBets in their war against short sellers

Rest of World — How /r/WallStreetBets set off a similar movement in South Korea
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A South Korean e-commerce titan falters, as rapid growth hurts its workforce

A South Korean e-commerce titan falters, as rapid growth hurts its workforce

Rest of World — Jeon Woo-oak has the numb, strained aspect of someone forced to grieve in the public eye. It has been months since she recovered from Covid-19, but she is still nervous in public spaces, preferring to meet in a rented private study rather than a cafe. "I'm worried I might get it again," Jeon says.
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The cost of convenience

The cost of convenience

Rest of World — South Korea’s Coupang promised to make e-commerce lightning fast. A Covid-19 outbreak at one of its warehouses shows that its workers paid the price.
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Seoul's Radical Experiment in Digital Contact Tracing

Seoul's Radical Experiment in Digital Contact Tracing

The New Yorker — A dispatch from the frontlines of South Korea's contact tracing system during the early months of the pandemic.
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How greed and corruption blew up South Korea's nuclear industry

How greed and corruption blew up South Korea's nuclear industry

MIT Technology Review — Seoul had a solution to the world’s energy problems. Then everything went wrong. For MIT Technology Review's April 2019 print issue.
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Video games are dividing South Korea

Video games are dividing South Korea

MIT Technology Review — Arguments over whether game addiction is real have led to feuds between government departments and a national debate over policy. For MIT Technology Review's December 2019 print issue.
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