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Packaged snack items and a dessert cup sit on a wooden table.

Is 'zero' the hero? Living off the latest food craze for a day.

Korea is all about zero-calorie and zero-sugar foods and drinks, it seems, and I decided to try surviving on them for a day. Was it worth it?

2026.7.20

'Body profiles” were once considered to be exclusive to professional models or body builders, but over the past few years and especially into the 2020s along with the Covid-19 pandemic, such glamour shots have become increasingly common among ordinary Koreans. [MOON JI-WAN, YUN YOUNG]

[WHY] The rise of 'body profiles' — health conscious or social media mad?

Twenty-seven-year-old IT worker Jung was scrolling down his Instagram feed and was surprised to see an unlikely sight: his coworker scantily clad, flexing his toned body in a professional photoshoot. “I had heard of the trend, but I was a bit ...

2023.3.18

Tag: diet culture

diet culture

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Is 'zero' the hero? Living off the latest food craze for a day.

[WHY] The rise of 'body profiles' — health conscious or social media mad?

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