Why Is Cosmetic Surgery So Popular in Korea?

The new “Gwangju Talks” series asks local Gwangju residents to explore a hot issue. This month: plastic surgery.

Healing Human Minds: A Plastic Surgeon Speaks

Despite double eyelid surgery not being the centerpiece of last issue’s health article “Seeing Straight”, it triggered a surprising amount of debate, so much so that Dr. Kwak Seung-ho of … Read More

Plastic Surgery in Korea

What kind of a person purposely undergoes the knife for the sake of beauty? Are these people bold, courageous and rational? Or rather, does it show an underlying problem in Korean society?