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E. Tammy Kim
All Work
- Dispatch
The Messy Reality of Personalized Learning
Untangling the mixed record of the latest big-fix educational trend promoted by Silicon Valley.
July 10, 2019
- Culture Desk
The Passamaquoddy Reclaim Their Culture Through Digital Repatriation
For years, the tribe had little say over the use of its cultural property. Now, thanks to recently reclaimed wax cylinders, its members can better preserve their traditions.
January 30, 2019
- Culture Desk
The Search for a Missing Brother on the Casino-Bus Circuit in Queens
Chang-Nam Ko’s sibling had come to New York to escape a debt collector in Seoul, then fallen out of touch. Ko travelled to Flushing to retrace his brother’s steps.
September 5, 2018
- Dispatch
South Koreans Are Still Hopeful After the Trump-Kim Summit
Nearly everyone uses the same common phrase to express a basic optimism: “I think it’ll work out.”
June 12, 2018
- Dispatch
News Whiplash and a Sense of History in the Making in South Korea
Though President Moon Jae-in’s conservative opponents have accused him of cozying up to a dictator, his approval ratings in the South remain high.
May 29, 2018
- Dispatch
Can Arizona’s Teachers Still Consider Themselves Middle Class?
When Mitch Askew first went into teaching, he saw the profession as a way up in the world. He’s no longer so sure.
May 2, 2018
- The Sporting Scene
Politics Are Center Stage at a South Korean Winter Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, in Seoul, took place in a time of upheaval for the country. Thirty years later, the nation has evolved, but some stories remain the same.
February 7, 2018
- The Sporting Scene
The Anxiety of the Winter Olympics in Korea
This month, as a symbolic rejoinder to the unnerving exchanges between Washington and Seoul, athletes from the two Koreas will march under a united flag.
February 1, 2018
- Annals of Technology
How Scripto, the App That Stephen Colbert Helped Build, Became a Fixture of Late-Night Comedy News
First conceived at “The Colbert Report,” in 2010, the TV-production tool has had an unusual rise.
January 9, 2018
- Elements
Washington State’s Great Salmon Spill and the Environmental Perils of Fish Farming
Last month, thousands of non-native Atlantic salmon escaped their pen and disappeared into the Pacific. What could the repercussions be?
September 13, 2017
