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A portrait of Sasami from her self-titled LP, "Sasami."

‘It’s all mixed’: Sasami makes music inspired by her multicultural heritage 

Movement

Sasami’s latest album, “Squeeze,” is a musical concoction of different genres and influences — including her family’s multicultural heritage as zainichi Koreans. Meklit Hadero, host of “Movement,” our series on music and migration, speaks with Sasami about her family history and upbringing. 

Man stands in 7-Eleven in work vest

South Korea’s ‘No Japan’ boycott is new. But the wounds are old.

Protest
Kang Chun-hyok is an aspiring rapper in Seoul. He's also a defector from North Korea, and his music reflects what life was like there.

This North Korean rapper’s lyrics draw on his experience eating tree bark and drinking from puddles

Music

Obscure U.S. Army program proves popular road for immigrants to gain citizenship

Global Politics

Join the Army, Speak a Language and Become a Citizen

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

North Koreans Searching for Support in the South

Conflict & Justice

More than 20,000 North Koreans have defected to the South and more are expected to arrive this year.

The World

Korean Greens

The price of South Korea’s huge post-war development binge has been high: a massive pollution hangover. Increasingly, South Koreans find rising incomes don’t mean much if the quality of life is poorer, and they are starting to speak out. Lucie McNeill reports on the country’s budding environmental movement.

The World

Soap operas in North Korea

Arts, Culture & Media

Soap operas are a popular form of entertainment in South Korea and they’re also hot on the North Korean black market, in the form of DVDs, a development which worries the North Korean government