#KoreanBook
So many people are pushed deeper into isolation not because they lack strength,
but because they lack words the world is willing to hear.

#koreanbook
#DisabilityJustice
#ChronicIllness
#CareEthics
#LanguageMatters
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Great wee book. Classed as young adult but great for old adults too
#booksky #koreanbook ❤️📚
February 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“As I grew into motherhood in a world full of many kinds of knowledge and information, I began to realize that there isn’t just one ‘correct’ way of knowing what it means to be human.”

—Jeong Seokyung, Care and Work

#Parenting #Care #Korea #KoreanBook #Bookstagram
February 20, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Some #pain gets a diagnosis.
Some pain gets an apology.
Some pain gets nothing.

I wrote about What Pain Makes Visible (아프면 보이는 것들) — an untranslated #KoreanBook that helped me see #PostpartumCare, the humidifier disinfectant disaster, and #infertility in a new way.
Some Pain Gets a Diagnosis. Some Pain Gets an Apology. Some Pain Gets Nothing.
Reading "What Pain Makes Visible," an untranslated Korean book about suffering, care, and what falls through the cracks in Korea
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April 15, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Friendship is the act of becoming a companion on the journey toward a better life.

From the book The World Cared for by Care (돌봄이 돌보는 세계, Available only in Korean)

#koreanbook
#friendship
February 11, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Body is working, mind is in Seoul
#Korean #Korea #languagelearning #Koreanbook
August 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Sometimes the most radical thing you can do is describe the state like a boring workplace, with a very basic job description, and then notice when it stops doing the job.

#Democracy #CivicEngagement #PoliticalCulture #koreanbook

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Democracy Can Move Backward. Citizens Can Pull It Forward.
What “civic muscle” looks like when the state forgets its job description.
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February 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
“They say pain is an experience where the whole world shrinks into a single body.”

(From the #Koreanbook #아프면보이는것들, literally: What You See When You’re #Hurting.)
February 19, 2026 at 12:17 AM
> Mo Story, Yeonju Choi @chocolateye
> Le tigre aux sourcils blancs (The tiger with white eyebrows), Lee Jin-Suk
.. and loads more!
#koreanbook #koreanchildrensbook #koreanillustration #koreanillustrator #koreanartist #koreanstory #centreculturelcoreen #koreanculture
July 18, 2026 at 2:56 PM