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The freedom to be out of the loop

Not long ago, I was with friends laughing about a video I had never seen. “You haven’t seen that?” someone asked. I laughed it off, but on my way home, I opened my phone to see what I had missed.

Arts Council Korea's Literature Week returns to Seoul in September

Arts Council Korea, the state-run agency dedicated to funding and promoting the nation’s cultural landscape, will host Literature Week 2026 throughout September. Under the theme “A Sidelong Glance,” the festival will anchor its main festivities at Marronnier Park and its own venues in Daehangno — Seoul’s vibrant, historic theater district…

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