S1E6: Celebrating Chuseok and observing gender inequality in South Korea: Letter from the Bureau Ep 6

The Straits Times Podcasts · Sep 30, 2021 · 20m

Letter From The Bureau Ep 6: Celebrating Chuseok and observing gender inequality in South Korea

20:34 mins

Synopsis: The Straits Times' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar chats with ST’s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe every month.

They talk about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises.

In this episode, she chats with ST's South Korea correspondent Chang May Choon about the following:

What is Chuseok; difference between Chuseok celebrations, pre and post-Covid-19 (1:04)

South Korea - a still-patriarchal society or a modern…