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Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-mo
A company in South Korea made headlines last year when it announced it would award employees 100 million won (about $75,000) for every baby that they have. It's part of an effort to reverse the country’s low birth rate, which has been fueled by high living costs, a grinding work culture, and the growing sentiment among many young women that marriage isn't worth the hassle. In the short and sly novel Apartment Women, first published in Korean in 2018 and translated into Englis
Mar 29
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