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Korea Exposé
Korea Exposé is an independent news website based in Seoul, South Korea. The website was founded in 2014 by Se-Woong Koo, a former Korean Studies professor and lecturer at Yale and Ewha Women’s University.

Korea Exposé is known for its in-depth analysis of issues within the Korean peninsula and providing commentary for international media outlets such as the BBC, Al Jazeera , and the New York Times.

1. History
Korea Exposé began as an online magazine in August 2014, publishing both in-depth and opinion pieces about Issues in South Korea. Its founding aim was “showing Korea as it really is” and is now “critical, independent, unbound.”

Korea Exposé has consistently covered a wide range of topics: the environment, LGBT rights , religion , misogyny , disability , racism , culture , etc. It was one of the first media outlets to write about the environmental toll of the Pyeongchang Olympics on the Korean Peninsula.

It rose to prominence with its detailed coverage and analysis of the 2016 South Korean Political Scandal involving Choi Soon-sil and former president Park Geun-hye. It has been funded by Korean media startup incubator Mediati since March 2017, and now has 13 full or part-time employees.

2. Products
Managing editor Haeryun Kang revealed in an interview with Mediati that Korea Exposé emphasizes three main things. First, Korea Exposé staff are required to always use primary sources and conduct original reporting whenever possible. Second, all articles must haves “an original angle.” Third, the pieces should have some “literary merit” for its readers.