April 2026
Strategic Overview: Navigating Healthcare Benefits and Compliance in the South Korean Market
1. The “Four Major Social Insurances” are Mandatory In the UK, National Insurance (NI) is a general tax that covers various social costs. In Korea, employers must register every employee for the “Four Major Insurances” separately. Healthcare is just one pillar: The Rule: If your company has even one employee, you are legally required to […]
Explaining Benefit in Kind to Korean HR Director
In the UK, the healthcare landscape differs significantly from the universal national insurance model in Korea. The British system operates on two parallel tracks: Unlike Korea’s unified national health insurance, where everyone contributes to and accesses the same equal system, the UK offers a choice between the comprehensive, free public sector and the independent private […]
Listening to Extremes: A Podcast, Ethno-Nationalism, and an Uncomfortable Realisation
A Random Podcast Encounter Recently, while listening to a podcast at random, I came across a far-right activist whose views felt strikingly radical even within today’s polarized political climate. His name is Steve Laws. Although he appears to have gained attention within fringe online communities, his ideas seem too extreme to enter mainstream political discourse […]
When Healthcare Systems Shape Choices: A Korean Perspective on the UK and Korea
Recently, I came across a YouTube video of a South Korean woman documenting her cancer treatment journey. In the video, she explained that the total cost of her chemotherapy treatment at a Korean hospital was roughly £50,000. Yet the amount she actually paid out of pocket was only about five percent of that figure. The […]
Enough is enough! No more private lessons for 3 years old In South Korea
South Korea’s New Policy on Early Childhood Education: Balancing Learning and Childhood The Korean government has introduced a major policy aimed at limiting intensive academic programs for very young children, particularly those under the age of three. Under this new regulation, private tutors or academies providing structured lessons in English, math, or other cognitive subjects […]
Bad Therapy: Why the kids are not growing up
In today’s world — where child and adolescent therapy has become widespread and parenting increasingly emphasises reading and validating children’s emotions — this book feels almost counter-trend. Yet it is refreshing, and in many ways, deeply persuasive. The author examines how modern society and many parents may be too complacent about the growing level of […]
Why people do not visit art galleries anymore
Recent reports highlighting the ongoing decline in visitor numbers at Tate Modern prompted me to reflect on why audiences may be losing interest in visiting art galleries. Once drawing over 6 million visitors annually in 2019, the museum now receives around 4.5–4.6 million visitors per year — about a quarter fewer than before the pandemic. […]