In this highlight from the very first episode of ACM, Juno & Sarah discuss the importance of maintaining a critical perspective of their own society.
The ability to be critical of your own society is a privilege.
South Korea is sick and the symptoms are showing. We invest the most in our children's education, yet we have the highest rate of suicide amongst youth in the world. This is the most important problem that our society must solve.
About the full podcast episode - [#1: Culture & Society] Living in Seoul as a Korean American, Racism during the Pandemic & Korean Society.
We’re in Seoul, Korea today, and our guest is Sarah Park.
Sarah is Korean American, born and raised in Kansas City. She has also lived in both LA and NY before making her way to Seoul recently, where she works as a freelance marketing consultant.
Sarah is fun, thoughtful, and perceptive. In our conversation, we dove into a wide range of topics, from her upbringing as an Asian American in the Midwest to my experience growing up in Japan, the US, and Europe. We also discussed the cultural differences she encountered when first moving to Korea and the social phenomena prevalent in today's society