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Public & Everyday Life · 빨리빨리

Ppalli-ppalli: where Korea's 'hurry, hurry' culture came from

Thirty-minute delivery, elevator door buttons pressed twice, a 428 km expressway built in under two and a half years. How Korea became the country of 빨리빨리, what it cost, and what it's like to live with.