가족 · Area of life
Family
Parents, in-laws, siblings and the duties that come with being someone’s child.
Parents & children
효
효 (hyo): duty to parents in a country with one of the world's lowest birth rates
What 효 (filial piety) really means to Koreans, from Confucius and the tale of Sim Cheong to weekly phone calls, cash for parents, Parents' Day carnations and a 2007 law, and why a generation squeezed between aging parents and expensive kids is rewriting the rules.
교육열
Why Korean parents spend so much on education: 교육열, explained
What Koreans mean by 교육열 (education fever), where it comes from, what hagwon life and Daechi-dong are really like, how much families spend, the 10 p.m. hagwon curfew, the '4-year-old exam' ban, goose dads, SKY universities, and what is starting to change.
In-laws
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