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

Published: Sept. 30, 2021, 4 p.m.

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

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20:34 mins

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

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

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

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  1. What is Chuseok; difference between Chuseok celebrations, pre and post-Covid-19 (1:04)
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  2. South Korea - a still-patriarchal society or a modern, technologically-driven nation? (6:18)
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  3. Blatant gender inequality in everyday life, even in schools and the workforce (9:40)
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  4. May Choon\'s personal experience of Chuseok and gender divide in South Korea (13:46)
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  5. Newer Chuseok traditions being created by modern Korean mothers-in-law (17:06)
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Produced by: Bhagyashree Garekar (bhagya@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim & Fa’izah Sani

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Edited by: Hadyu Rahim & Dan Koh

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