Counting global income inequality, what would Olympic coverage look like if we considered national wealth alongside medal counts? When the 2018 Winter Olympics came to a close last month, the global consensus was that by the count of gold medals, Norway and Germany took the top two spots. But is a medal count alone the best way to measure the “winners” of these games? Or should we consider the …
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Individual Identity and National History: The Case of Korean Han
How does one's regional history affect one's individual identity? The term regional history is preferred to national because nation-states are relatively new phenomena and represent too large a territory to categorize per se. One’s sense of national identity can vary substantially within its regional borders, such as in India or the United States, and current borders do not designate previous …