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Culture and Identity

Because of the emphasis on family lineage, Korean parents are unenthusiastic about adoption, and orphans are socially stigmatized. Pictured, a volunteer holds a baby abandoned at a church's "baby box." (Paulina Cachero/GroundTruth)
Democracy

Korean orphans languish in system as tradition, new laws make adoption difficult

Rev. Sungsuk Kang is a third-generation Methodist pastor and an advocate for legalizing medical marijuana. His sign reads, "Marijuana is a matter of life and death." (Tom Carroll/GroundTruth)
Democracy

An unlikely advocate for medical marijuana legalization

SEOUL — Seated on a large colorful play mat, a doctor coos at her son; they are both...

Apr 25, 2018
A#MeToo flyer was posted outside campus center at Yonsei University, inviting students to a discussion on the movement. (Tommy Brooksbank/GroundTruth)
Faith

Churches filled with Korea’s youth embrace the #MeToo Movement

SEOUL — It started out as a tweet in the United States just a few months ago. It’s a...

Apr 25, 2018
When asked about their favorite pastime, most students at Hanguk University mentioned spending time with friends. Unlike their parents, a majority of young South Koreans don't have a religious affiliation. (Ashley Vazquez/GroundTruth)
Faith

Korean churches lose young congregants, who view religion as irrelevant

SEOUL — Like many of Korea’s formerly religious youth, Ryoo Eunseo didn’t make a conscious choice to leave...

Apr 25, 2018
Environment

The Last Generation

The Last Generation: An interactive film on the Marshall Islands (Photo by Michelle Mizner/GroundTruth/FRONTLINE) By The GroundTruth Project|April...

Apr 06, 2018
A supporter of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi campaigns for the president in Tahrir Square ahead of the election today. (Roger Anis/GroundTruth)
War and Peace

Egypt’s revolutionaries grieve ahead of Sisi re-election

You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It’s in...

Mar 26, 2018
Supporters of Black Lives Matter join an estimated 500,000 marchers at the March For Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Grant)
Democracy

With March for Our Lives, an inclusive youth movement is born

WASHINGTON — DeVontae Gliss shivered in the morning cold as he held a sign honoring his late mother,...

Mar 24, 2018
On Feb. 21, 2018, anti-LGBT protesters stand in front of the Gangneung station, a port to several Olympic venues such as ice hockey and figure skating. (Jisoo Hong/The GroundTruth Project)
Faith

South Korea’s conservative Christians are at odds with a growing LGBT movement

SEOUL — Amid the unity flags flapping in the wind and other messages of peace at the 2018...

Mar 22, 2018
Athletes from South Korea and North Korea enter the Olympic stadium on February 9, 2018, under a unity flag depicting the Korean peninsula. (Andy Miah/Flickr Creative Commons)
War and Peace

Despite a show of Olympic unity, many South Koreans remain skeptical of North Korea

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — After watching the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Feb. 9, I...

Feb 17, 2018
Fuels monitoring assistant Emily McCrea, 23, watches over a prescribed burn by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire just outside of Elmo, Mont., on Tuesday, October 24, 2017. McCrea was one of only two women working on the burn site that day. Tribes used prescribed burns long before European settlers arrived. Burns are made using a quilt technique that serves as a barrier preventing more intense fires from spreading. (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
Photography

The next generation

Tre’ana Taylor, 17, in the bedroom she shares with her sister and niece at her home in Springfield,...

Jan 25, 2018
Floyd Central High School cheerleaders form their pom-poms into a heart shape for a group photo before a football game in Langley, Ky., on Friday, September 22, 2017. (Photo by Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
Special Reports

Floyd Central High School (KY)

Floyd Central High School (KY): Student Stories Floyd Central High School cheerleaders raise their pom-poms into a heart...

Jan 12, 2018
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