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“Mom, if I’m going to take care of you when you’re old, I won’t be able to raise my own kid—and vice versa.” — Kuan, 30s, mortuary worker, Taipei What…

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ByAngel Yen

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May 2025

Who likes AI? Who doesn’t? A look at the world’s attitudes

There is a striking divide between countries that love AI and countries that fear it — with many nuances in between, of course, but the contrast is fascinating. Recent data…

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ByIngyu Oh

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May 2025

Influence Long Format New ideas

Cracking the Code of Pop Culture: insights from Japan and Korea

Japanese pop culture first captured global attention in the 1950s, when postwar melodramatic films found international audiences. But its true global breakthrough came in the 1980s with the rise of…

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ByIngyu Oh

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Apr 2025

Influence Long Format New ideas

Baseball Fairies: Taiwan’s “Cheerleaders’ Diplomacy”

It is Taiwan's national sport. Baseball gets people moving all around the island, riveted to their television or lining up to enter stadiums. It has a tangled history of colonialism…

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ByErya Hsue

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Apr 2025

Lines of Tension Long Format New ideas

Yoon’s impeachment and the rise of Fandom Politics

This is the new face of Korean politics: "fandom politics." Much like K-pop fans who rally behind their favourite idols with fierce loyalty and social media savvy, political supporters in…

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ByIngyu Oh

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