DIVE DEEP INTO SOUTH KOREA

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DIVE DEEP INTO SOUTH KOREA

Global

Pandemic World: Galapagos reopening, lockdown in Australia

Each week, we’re taking a look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.

by Stranger’s Guide
How the world is coping with coronavirus this week: South Korea COVID-19 arrived in South Korea and the US at roughly the same time. Yet, while US fatalities approach 130,000, South Korea has kept its death toll under 300—a stunning accomplishment. To understand how they’ve done it, read the latest from our South Korea print guide. Mexico Sonoyta sits right on the US-Mexico border, and residents have worried about travelers from the US coming in from Arizona, one of the worst-hit states for coronavirus infections. Sonoran officials implemented filters to prevent tourists from crossing over, and when an exception was...

South Korea

How South Korea is Beating COVID

From mask vending machines to a general culture of responsibility

by Stranger’s Guide
As coronavirus cases continue to rise in the US, it’s easy to forget the virus arrived in...

South Korea

During COVID-19, the World Watches South Korea

For Korean Americans, it’s a bittersweet moment as Seoul succeeds while Washington flounders

by E. Tammy Kim
In late February, I was at my parents’ house in the Seattle area, when what had...

China

The Changing Sounds of Hong Kong

In China's unique city, more and more residents are starting to sound like the rest of the country

by Nithin Coca
It is an understatement to say that Hong Kong is a loud city. With over seven...

Global

Pandemic World: Fiji welcomes the billionaires

Each week, we’re taking a look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.

by Stranger’s Guide
How the world is coping with coronavirus this week:   Fiji After months of strict lockdowns...

Moscow

Taking to the Streets

Pro-democracy protests were loud in Moscow in 2011, but slowly got quieter

by Mikhail Fishman
It was Monday, December 5, 2011—a grey, warm afternoon, and a thin cover of snow started...

Uganda

Fruits of their Labor

How farmers changed the way Ugandans eat

by Esther Muwombi
The violence in Uganda was escalating when my parents fled to Kenya on foot, trekking through...

Morocco

K-pop in Morocco

BTS has catapulted Korean pop into some unlikely places

by Kyle Haddad-Fonda
Not long ago, a Chinese man who lives in Dubai told me about a survey conducted by...

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Orkney Islands

Island Hopping

This is the cockpit of “The Islander”—the small aircraft that offers commercial flights 1.7 miles each way from Westray to Papa Westray in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The route is operated by Loganair, and it’s the shortest scheduled passenger flight in the world. Flying time comes in at just under a minute and a half, and the distance covered is half the length of the world’s longest commercial runway (at Tibet’s Qamdo Bamda Airport, which is 3.4 miles long).

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