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Tracing homophobia in South Korea's coronavirus surveillance program

  • Written by Timothy Gitzen, Postdoctoral Fellow, Society of Fellows in the Humanities, University of Hong Kong
imageKorean health workers offer coronavirus testing in the Itaewon nightlife district of Seoul.Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images

Many people around the world have looked to South Korea’s so-called “democratic” response to the coronavirus pandemic as a template for other nations to follow. That response is often contrasted with...

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