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Likely because California is not beholden to other interests. Even rural voices in California are subdued when it comes to big city politics, especially San Francisco.

Korean birth rates are one of the very few that are rising in the rich world. So something is going right.

The best pizza restaurant in Tokyo is run by an Italian. So perhaps the Italians edge out Japanese in terms of craft?

PR's not showing properly for us, closed PR's showing as open, and seeing odd branch conflict warnings not reflected upon inspection.

Some Korean firms have already halted business travel to the US except for critical tasks.

Probably attributable to a time lag as the Korean GDP per capita in the 1960's was close to sub-Saharan African levels + military junta rule that stymied liberal education for a go…

Reading a book about this by Chris Hayes called Siren's Call. Attention and Information are at odds with each other.

Generally free + outlets like the NYTimes are based in Seoul. Taiwan is more free than Korea but due its political predicament, it is not a candidate for the bureaus. As for Japan,…

Being a doctor in Japan has too many requirements and has a strong network tied to schools with the "good old boys". If they have English skills, many aim for America and other Ang…