In this article of the Hong Kong media 'South China Morning Post' about #SouthKorea's college entrance exam #suneung, its effects on students #mentalhealth and discussion of reforming it. #CSAT #pressure #hagwon #education #reformation

Now that #China faces a #decliningbirthrate, this article of the U.S. news media CNN World discusses the topic in constrast to its former #onechildpolicy. But I want to take a closer and critic look on how CNN discusses this topic, their use of framing and social representations... #heihazi #hukou

While even tourists are complaining about "too many tourists" in #Japan, this article of the Shingetsu News Agency takes a quite different and critic perspective on #overtourism and how it raises #xenophobia and #racism in Japan. #foreigners #discrimination #framing #socialrepresentationtheory

To discuss Xenophobia in South Korea, I want to refer to this article by the Korean newspaper 'The Korea Times' which is a mostly factual reporting and left-center biased source, published in English. #xenophobia #southkorea #china #anti-chinese #jeongjok #crime

To discuss the issue of declining populations and decreasing fertility rates across East Asia, I read this article of the online media 'Asia Times' about Japan's birth rates. #birthrates #japan #eastasia #decliningpopulation #fertility #leadership #politics #blaming asiatimes.com/2025/02/japa...

I take this article of the U.S. media journal 'NVP' as a chance to talk about the current trend of "Chinamaxxing" and its relation to the practice of Orientalism of the West - in this case the U.S. in specific. #chinamaxxing #orientalism #china #US #West #East #culture #chinese #powerimbalance

I read this acticle on why Taiwanese thinking of themselves as Taiwanese not Chinese of the online news channel 'The Diplomat' which specializes on news in the Asia-Pacific region. thediplomat.com/2023/12/the-...

Taking closer look at this article from the online journal of the UK global news organization 'The Guardian' which was uploaded on 25. February this year, I want to analyze the social representations of the SK declining population. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

While there are not that many German articles about K-Pop yet even though it is globally very successful, I now read this article of the German online journal WELT of the Axel Springer media group who mostly addresses a conservative and right-wing audience.

If you are considered to be an 'idol' you basically have to give up or sacrifice at least some part of your own person to this image. Your not acting on your own ideas and ideals but your acting on those who are publically considered as ideal.