Global Voices

High Effort, No Reward: From Delhi to Seoul, Youth Have Had Enough

Safina Nabi / Truthdig Aug 5, 2026 Promised that studying hard would lead to stable jobs, Indian and Asian students instead face high suicide rates and exam leaks. In Delhi, students protested for 36 days and won — or did they? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Global Voices

Inside South Korea’s Thriving Digital Sex Abuse Machine

JiHye Jeong / Truthdig Jun 30, 2026 AI is supercharging South Korea’s online ecosystem of illegal filming and sexual exploitation, shifting men from consumers to producers. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Film

An Artist Moves On

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Aug 8, 2025 A quiet South Korean domestic drama turns the lens on its director’s scandals in an effort to close the book on them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Film

Enter the Void

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Apr 23, 2025 Hur Jin-ho’s “A Normal Family” explores the chasm between parents and a generation raised on a violent, free-for-all internet. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Asia Pacific

Was South Korea’s Coup an Attempt to Restart the Korean War?

Ju-Hyun Park / Peoples Dispatch Dec 17, 2024 Testimony at the National Assembly suggests Yoon’s coup plot may have included plans to trigger a “limited war” with North Korea. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Asia Pacific

Washington Moves Toward Long-Standing Goal of An ‘Asian NATO’ in the Pacific

Ju-Hyun Park / The Real News Network Oct 13, 2023 The budding Japan-South Korea-US (JAKUS) trilateral alliance minted at Camp David is a dream come true for Washington in the New Cold War. And it wouldn’t be happening without South Korean President Yoon’s war on labor and the opposition. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Labor

South Korean Intelligence Agency Raids Top Union Confederation

Kap Seol / Labor Notes Jan 26, 2023 The recent raid on KTCU is part of a broader conservative backlash against the gains of South Korean labor. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

China Shuts Down Mount Everest Climbing Routes

The Associated Press Mar 12, 2020 A roundup of the latest news on the world's coronavirus pandemic. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Virus Hits 100,000 Cases as Its Economic Impact Snowballs

MATT SEDENSKY and ANGELA CHARLTON / The Associated Press Mar 6, 2020 The number of global infections is largely symbolic, but dwarfs other major outbreaks, such as SARS, MERS and Ebola. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Companies Trim Outlooks, Travel and Staff as Virus Spreads

The Associated Press Mar 4, 2020 The coronavirus is changing the way companies do business — in the U.S. and across the globe. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Anti-Virus Measures Take Drastic Turns in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Italy

MATT SEDENSKY and LORI HINNANT /The Associated Press Mar 4, 2020 From religion to sports, countries are taking radical and increasingly visible measures to curb the coronavirus. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Virus Spreads Worldwide: Italy Cases Surge 50%; France Closes the Louvre

JOHN LEICESTER and COLLEEN BARRY / The Associated Press Mar 1, 2020 New fronts in the battle to contain the virus open rapidly, deepening a sense of crisis that has already sent financial markets plummeting. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )